Adoption Search and Reunion Organizations

Phone: (541) 346-3118

Email: adoption@uoregon.edu

The Adoption History Project website introduces the history of child adoption in the United States by profiling people, organizations, topics, and studies that shaped adoption during the twentieth century. It is also intended for students and teachers interested in social welfare, the human sciences, and the history of children and families in the modern United States.

The website was created and is maintained the Department of History at the University of Oregon. It was based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0094318.

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Phone: (202) 483-3399

Phone: (800) 888-7970

The American Adoption Congress (AAC) is an international network of individuals and organizations committed to honesty and openness in adoption and to reforms that protect all of those involved from abuse or exploitation. Membership is open to adoptees, birth parents, adoptive parents, professionals, and all others who share a commitment to the AAC's goals.

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Toll-Free: (800) 394-3366

Email: info@childwelfare.gov

Child Welfare Information Gateway connects professionals and the general public to information and resources targeted to the safety, permanency, and well-being of children and families. A service of the Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Child Welfare Information Gateway provides access to programs, research, laws and policies, training resources, statistics, and much more.

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Phone: (800) 822-2777

Concerned United Birthparents, Inc. provides support for all family members separated by adoption; resources to help prevent unnecessary family separations; education about the life-long impact on all who are affected by adoption; and advocates for fair and ethical adoption laws, policies, and practices.

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Phone: (760) 690-3995

Fax: (617) 608-2381

Email: info@FindFamiliesInMexico.com

Find Families in Mexico specializes in helping agencies find parents and relatives, in Mexico and Central America, of children in foster care.

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The goal of this nonprofit nationwide adoption reunion registry is to help all adoptees and their birth family members including birth mother, birth father, and birth siblings locate each other and reunite through a free mutual consent search process.

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Phone: (775) 882-7755

TTY: (888) 886-4777

International Soundex Reunion Registry (ISRR) is a nonprofit, humanitarian agency which serves and promotes, through the reunion registry, the interests of adults desiring and seeking a reunion with next-of-kin by birth. The Registry serves the needs of birth family members who have been separated by adoption, divorce, foster care, institutional care or abandonment. ISRR is not affiliated with any registry or other organization. ISRR is the largest free search registry in the world. This registry does not perform a search or provide search advice. Voluntary registration by adults desiring contact or reunion with their next of kin by birth is deemed legal consent for contact.

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Phone: (847) 298-9096

Toll-Free: (800) 526-9022

Fax: (847) 298-9097

Email: mac@macadopt.org

Midwest Adoption Center is a not-for-profit organization that provides a wide range of services to children, adults, and families touched by foster care and adoption in Illinois, and the professionals that serve them. The Center's programs focus on helping each member of the adoption triad and address topics such as adoption search and reunion, adoption records, and referral to counselors and other professionals sensitive to adoption-related issues.

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Phone: (215) 735-9988

Toll-Free: (800) 862-3678

Email: ac@adopt.org

The National Adoption Center (NAC) expands adoption opportunities for children living in foster care throughout the United States and is a resource to families and to agencies who seek the permanency of caring homes for children. NAC provides links to specific resources for adoption professionals, prospective parents, adoptive families, and those seeking assistance with adoption search and reunion.

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Phone: (785) 243-4471

Email: info@orphantraindepot.org

The National Orphan Train Complex conducts research and compiles materials on the period from 1854 through 1930 during which more than 150,000 orphaned, abandoned, or homeless children were relocated. The purpose of this website is to educate the American public about this chapter in American history and to provide resources for further research and information exchange.

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Email: support@searchangels.org

Search Angels offers search and reunion information and assistance to adoptees and the adoption community. Guided by the belief that everyone deserves to know where they came from and who their ancestors were, skilled volunteers "Search Angels" provide support, advice, and help using traditional search and genetic genealogy for adoptees looking for their birth family.

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