 |
 |
|
|||||||||
RSS
 |
Home > Adoption Exchange or Matching Services
Adoption Exchange or Matching Services
Related Organizations List
These results are current as of: November 21, 2009
National Headquarters 1025 N. Reynolds Road Toledo, OH 43615
http://www.adoptamericanetwork.org/ The Adopt America Network, a private adoption exchange, is supported by donations, grants, and the purchase of services. Their mission is to find permanent and loving adoptive homes for special-needs children who are awaiting adoption. AdoptUsKids Adoption Exchange Association 8015 Corporate Drive, Suite C Suite C Baltimore, MD 21236
http://www.adoptuskids.org Spanish Information on Website: http://www.adopte1.org/ AdoptUsKids is a project of the Children’s Bureau, part of the Federal Department of Health and Human Services. The Children’s Bureau contracted with The Adoption Exchange Association and its partners (The Collaboration to AdoptUsKids) to devise and implement a national adoptive family recruitment and retention strategy, operate the AdoptUsKids.org website, encourage and enhance adoptive family support organizations and conduct a variety of adoption research projects. The six organizations listed below are the initial partners in The Collaboration. During the life of the project, other groups, agencies and foundations will be asked to contribute their expertise and resources to make the scope of the project truly nationwide. The partners include:
Training Specific: Adoption Exchange Association (AEA) 8015 Corporate Drive Suite C Baltimore, MD 21236
http://www.adoptea.org/index.html The Adoption Exchange Association (AEA) connects representatives of State, regional, and national adoption agencies, placement agencies, parents, child welfare professionals, and concerned citizens nationwide. The AEA provides a forum which promotes the exchange of ideas and strategies, collaboration on issues of mutual interest, and increased effectiveness in utilizing resources to provide waiting children permanent homes. Deaf Adoption News Service (DANS) berke@erols.com http://users.erols.com/berke/deafchildren.html The Deaf Adoption News Service is a special interest group of the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD). It is a text-only, free listing service for waiting foreign and domestic deaf and severely hearing-impaired children. Independent Adoption Center (IAC) Headquarters 391 Taylor Boulevard, Suite 100 Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
http://www.adoptionhelp.org The mission of the Independent Adoption Center is to make open adoptions a viable and accessible alternative to untimely pregnancy throughout the United States by providing professional, licensed, educational, and counseling-centered services to birth parents, adopting parents, and adopted persons nationwide. Little People of America Adoption Committee (LPA) 5289 NE Elam Young Parkway Suite F - 700 Hillsboro, OR 97124
http://www.lpaonline.org/mc/page.do?sitePageId=44289&orgId=lpa The purpose of the Little People of America Adoption Committee (LPA) is to find a loving home for every dwarf child. The role of LPA is to act as a link between prospective parents and adoption agencies that represent dwarf children. LPA is not an adoption agency, but a referral source only. By outreaching to adoption agencies, doctors, hospitals, geneticists, and others, LPA is are able to locate available dwarf children for adoption and prospective parents who are interested in adopting them. National Adoption Center (NAC) 1500 Walnut Street Suite 701 Philadelphia, PA 19102
http://www.adopt.org General Scope: The National Adoption Center expands adoption opportunities for children throughout the United States, particularly children with special needs and from minority cultures. Training Specific: In collaboration with Adoption Learning Partners, the National Adoption Center offers The Adoption Roadmap, a complete online family preparation training program available for purchase. Geared toward prospective adoptive and foster parents, the training courses cover the entire adoption process from general information regarding types of adoption to what the child experiences to what to do after placement. For more information, visit http://www.adopt.org/assembled/overview_courses.html. Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
To search for other child welfare-related national organizations by topic, use the Related Organizations Search. This material may be freely reproduced and distributed. However, when doing so, please credit Child Welfare Information Gateway. |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Email
Share
Rate This
