Adoption information and resources, message boards, email communities, and links to adoption professionals. Includes special sections for both birthmothers and adoptive parents.

url: www.abcadoptions.com

Provides access to thousands of resources addressing all aspects of adoption. Includes coverage of international adoption issues.

url: adoption.about.com/

Listing of adoption resources on the Internet, organized in topical categories.

url: www.adopting.com/

A Christian adoption resource center, with services for birthmothers and adoptive parents.

url: www.preciouskids.org/

Dedicated to finding homes for Canada's waiting children. Includes news, publications, legislation, events, research, viewpoints, and newsletters.

url: www.adoption.ca

Consumer protection and advocacy for adopting families, international or domestic. Site features news, articles, and resources.

url: www.theadoptionguide.com

Information about the adoption of children within the UK.

url: www.adoption.org.uk

General adoption information, articles, links to related resources, and notice board.

url: www.billsimpson.com/

Offers webbased educational courses for all members of the adoption triad. Includes course descriptions and a mailing list.

url: www.adoptionlearningpartners.org/

Features information about workshops and support groups, profiles of families hoping to adopt (from specific agencies) and resources.

url: www.adoptionopen.com/

Features a free reunion registry, chat rooms, discussion boards, bookstore, online newsletter, virtual postcards, and a links library.

url: www.adoptiontriad.org/

A public service ring dedicated to the best interests of adoption triad members.

url: www.plumsite.com/adoptionring/

General information and resources.

url: www.adoptioninformation.com

Presents information about adoption and fostering with a United Kingdom focus. News, child profiles, bulletin board, and glossary of related terms are included.

url: www.adoption-net.co.uk/

Features a directory of adoption professionals, and the Adoption SuperCalendar of adoption events, meetings and conferences in every state.

url: www.adoptions.com/

National photo listing service for children awaiting adoption across the United States.

url: www.adoptuskids.org/

A series of written stories, as well as a onehour audio broadcast, which explore fifty years of experience with international adoption by Americans. Additional materials include photojournals, interviews, audio diaries, and supplementary stories.

url: americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/adopti....

Londonbased charity with offices in Wales, Scotland and England. Offers resources for those wishing to adopt and related professionals. Includes membership details, news, legal details and directory of agencies.

url: www.baaf.org.uk/

Presents articles about a variety of adoption related topics.

url: www.bellaonline.com/site.asp?name=adoption

Articles and FAQs about adopting a child, becoming a foster parent, adopting a foster child, adoptees and birth parents, and services for adopted children.

url: www.childsworld.ca.gov/PG1301.htm

Features a range of adoptionrelated information. Includes a message board, Waiting Parents Registry, list of famous adoptions, calendar of events, and links to Canadian resources, including agencies and support groups.

url: www.canadaadopts.com/

Provides research, analysis, advice and education to practitioners and the public about legislation and practices governing domestic and intercountry adoption in the United States and the rest of the world. Includes publications and information about projects.

url: www.adoptionpolicy.org/

Provides former Michigan members (adult adoptees, birth parents, adult siblings, and adoptive parents) with postadoption services and intermediary search services.

url: www.cfsm.org

Offers infertility and adoption information and support. Includes a discussion of common myths, newsletters, and message boards.

url: www.childofmydreams.com/

Not for profit organization that provides adoption and birth parent services.

url: www.chsofnj.org/

A nonprofit organization of citizens concerned about children who wait for permanent homes.

url: www.texas-coac.org

Encourages adoption in the United States and advocates for children in the public welfare system. Offers a beginner's guide, videos, and other adoption resources.

url: www.davethomasfoundationforadoption.org/

Listings of deaf children waiting to be adopted, and a mailing list.

url: users.erols.com/berke/deafchildren.html

Information for adoption professionals: research, policy, and practice.

url: www.adoptioninstitute.org/

Nonprofit volunteer organization advocating and encouraging private (nonagency) adoption. Meetings held in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.

url: ffpa.org/

A biographical dictionary of famous or otherwise influential adoptees and others raised for significant periods outside their birth families.

url: www.dils.aber.ac.uk/dils/Research/RFocus9/staf_rrf....

Short profiles, many with bibliographical and hypertext links, of famous or influential people who were adopted, fostered or otherwise raised by people other than their birth parents.

url: www.dil.aber.ac.uk/dils/Research/RFocus9/staf_rrf.....

Information about transitional residence and fostering of troubled children.

url: glatzj.tripod.com/

Information about adoption, qualities of adoptive parents which agencies are looking for, and other legal issues.

url: www.gottrouble.com/legal/family/adoption.html

Statewide effort to find permanence for all children with special needs. Picture book registry, information about the process, and newsletter.

url: www.in.gov/dcs/adoption/

Weekly radio show available on the Internet. Show schedule, brief host profile, and archives are presented.

url: www.letstalkadoption.com/

Providing services for young women who are pregnant and parenting, families with young children and adoptive families.

url: www.lundfamilycenter.org

Portal to photo listings and resources, including chat, online courses, and articles.

url: www.adopt.org/

Provides financial assistance, services and support to families. Contains information about programs, membership, and achievements.

url: www.nafadopt.org/

Postadoptive articles and a "How to Adopt" section which provides an overview of issues and steps to take when considering domestic adoption through the foster care system.

url: www.nacac.org

Resource for birthparents and adoptive parents. Includes profiles of waiting families, information about available situations, and links to support organizations, agencies, and financial help.

url: www.nurtureadopt.org/

Weekly online publication offering articles and information. Includes message board, bookstore and links.

url: www.olderchildadoption.com/

Adoptionrelated services for children of color, their birthparents, and their adoptive parents.

url: www.pactadopt.org/

Features a registry of waiting families wanting to adopt, mailing list, articles, and information about scams.

url: www.preciouskids.org/adopt/

Directory of adoption related mailing lists across the United States.

url: members.tripod.com/~StateMailingLists/index.html

Advocates adoption laws that are in the best interest of all adoptees. Includes the Texas Adoption Registry, discussion forums, articles, newsletters and statistics.

url: www.txcare.org/

Suzanne, a single woman in her forties, after years of trying to become pregnant, decided to adopt an AfricanAmerican baby. This is the story of her adoption quest. [29:00 streaming audio broadcast] (2005)

url: www.longhaulpro.org/pages/series/heartland.html#bi....

About 1.6 million American families have adopted children. In more and more cases, they are open adoptions. Four families share their stories. [Each story approximately 5 minutes in duration.] (December 24, 2004)

url: www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4239....

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