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Domestic Adoption
Resources for parents who are considering domestic adoption, including State and local examples.
The Adoption Guide: Choosing Foster Care Adoption
Adoptive Families Magazine
Resources for foster adoption, personal stories by families who adopted foster children, and links to relevant national organizations.
AdoptUsKids
National, federally funded photolisting service for children in foster care waiting for permanent families.
Foster Care
Adopting.org
Information and resources for those considering becoming foster parents, for foster parents, and for those who were formerly fostered.
Foster Parent Adoption
This paper discusses issues related to the increasing importance of foster parents as permanency resources for children in foster care. In order to facilitate adoptions by foster parents, professionals should be knowledgeable about the benefits, costs, and practice issues surrounding foster parent adoption. Practice issues include assessment, adoption preparation and postadoption support, and facilitating ongoing connections with birth families.
State Adoption Exchange Websites
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Adoption exchanges provide adoption information to educate prospective adoptive parents and connect waiting families with waiting children. This resource list provides website addresses for State adoption exchanges.
State Adoption Information Websites
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Includes website links to adoption information provided by State child welfare agencies in all 50 States and the District of Columbia. Links to State adoption information in Spanish are provided when available.
State Adoption Photolisting Services Websites
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Photolisting services provide pictures and brief descriptions of the children in the State's foster care system who are available for adoption and waiting for families. This resource list provides website addresses for State photolisting services.
State Child Welfare Agency Websites
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This resource listing provides website addresses for State child welfare agency offices. All 50 States and the District of Columbia are included.
State Foster Care Information Websites
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Includes website links to foster care information provided on State child welfare agency websites in all 50 States and the District of Columbia. Links to State foster care information in Spanish are provided when available.
Wednesday's Child
Freddie Mac Foundation
Provides information about the children featured in weekly Wednesday's Child television segments designed to help find permanent, loving, adoptive families for children in foster care.
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State and local examples
Adopting a Child in Michigan (PDF - 208 KB)
Michigan Department of Human Services (2008)
Information for prospective adoptive parents considering adoption in Michigan.
Adopting Through DSS
South Carolina Department of Social Services
Provides information about the foster care adoption process in South Carolina.
Answers to Your Questions About Adoption
Minnesota Department of Human Services
Guide to help families in Minnesota understand the adoption process.
Guide for Foster and Pre Adoptive Parents (PDF - 3256 KB)
Massachusetts Department of Social Services
Guide for Massachusetts families on how to adopt a child waiting for a family in foster care.
A Guide to California Adoptions (PDF - 1315 KB)
California Department of Social Services
Designed to help California families navigate the adoption process.
Handbooks for Adoptive Parents
National Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice and Permanency Planning
Links to States' child welfare agency handbooks that assist prospective adoptive parents in negotiating the foster care adoption process.
Path to Adoption
New Jersey Department of Children and Families
Describes the process for adopting a child waiting for a permanent family in foster care in New Jersey.
Questions About Adoptions
Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth and Families
Provides answers to common questions about the adoption process in Rhode Island.
Steps to Adopting a Child in North Carolina
North Carolina Division of Social Services
Designed to help families interested in adopting a child in foster care in North Carolina.
Steps to Adoption
North Dakota Department of Human Services
Describes the steps involved in adopting a child in foster care in North Dakota.
Steps to Adoption
Virginia Department of Social Services
Outlines the steps families must take to adopt a child in foster care in Virginia.
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