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Counseling, Support Groups, and Respite Care
Resources to help adoptive families understand and connect to adoption-competent providers and supports, including, State and local examples.
Adoption Organizations That Provide Support to Adopted Persons, Adoptive Parents, and Families
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This resource listing provides the addresses and phone numbers of selected organizations that provide support to adoptees, adoptive parents, and other family members touched by adoption. Each entry includes a brief description of the function of the organization and e-mail and web addresses when available.
Adoption: Support
DMOZ Open Directory Project
Links to online adoption-related support chats and forums.
Adoption Support and Preservation Services: A Public Interest (PDF – 443 KB)
National Consortium for Post Legal Adoption Services (1996)
Provides guidelines for obtaining help and preventing adoption dissolution. Support and preservation services are defined, and their underlying principles explained.
Family Preservation: The Second Time Around. A Curriculum for Adoptive Families
North American Council on Adoptable Children (1992)
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This curriculum is designed to help counselors facilitate the development of adoptive parent support groups.
Frequently Asked Questions
North American Council on Adoptable Children
Information for parents on how to obtain postadoption services, including support for families to prevent disruption/dissolution.
National Foster Care & Adoption Directory Search
Child Welfare Information Gateway
State-by-State contact information for foster and adoptive parent support groups.
Respite Care
The National Resource Center on Family-Centered Practice and Permanency Planning
Features a collection of publications and websites addressing respite care services.
Respite Care Services for Families Who Adopt Children with Special Needs: Synthesis of Demonstration Program Final Reports
This report synthesizes information from the final program and evaluation reports of 8 Adoption Opportunities discretionary grants programs written between 1994 and 1999. It summarizes project descriptions, lessons learned, accomplishments, and recommendations. An appendix includes project information for each of the 8 projects, including contact information, area served, target population, and evaluation activities.
Starting and Nurturing Adoptive Parent Groups: A Guide for Leaders
North American Council on Adoptable Children (2002)
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Explains all aspects of group management, from developing group identity to obtaining tax-exempt status.
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State and local examples
Adoptions: Post Legal Adoption Services. Final Performance Report
San Diego Youth and Community Services (2001)
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This final report describes a post legal adoption program providing respite care, social events, support groups, tutoring, and community referrals to strengthen adoptive families.
Forging Family Connections: Adoption Plans for Special Children
New Jersey Department of Human Services (2004)
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Describes the activities and outcomes of a Federally funded project designed to revitalize the many inter-connected systems that identify, support, and maintain children adopted from foster care in select adoptive families in New Jersey.
The Permanency Project /Anoka County Community Health and Social Services
Community Health and Environmental Services Department (2003)
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Outcomes of an Adoption Opportunities Demonstration Grant applied to a system of services designed to increase the stability of adoptive and kinship families.
Post Legal Adoption Network (PLAN) Program Summary (pro-gen)
New Alternatives for Children, Inc. (2002)
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Final report from the agency's second Adoption Opportunities grant to expand its services for adoptive families with children who have special medical or mental health needs.
The Post-Legal Adoption Services Program
Connecticut Department of Children and Families (2002)
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Final report from the agency's Adoption Opportunities grant to implement post adoption support services for adoptive families.
Project CAN DO (Colorado Adoption Network: Developing Opportunities)
Colorado State Dept. of Human Services (2000)
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Describes a Federally funded project designed to prevent adoption disruption by offering post-adoption support and networking services for adopted adolescents and their families.
Utah's Post Adoption Support Three-Year Plan: Evaluation of Year Two (PDF – 248 KB)
Utah Division of Child and Family Services (2003)
Includes an evaluation of postadoption support in Utah provided through an Adoption Opportunities Grant. The evaluation was administered using surveys, focus groups, and interviews.
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