Adoption: Considering Your Options and Making a Plan

Date: February 2020
Adoption: Considering Your Options and Making a Plan

Series Title: Factsheets for Families

Author(s): Information Gateway

Year Published: 2020

File Size: 340 KB

This factsheet provides information and guidance for exploring parenting and adoption options and about making an adoption plan. It points to resources that may help those contemplating adoption come to a choice that feels best for them and their child. Others who are affected by adoption decisions, such as relatives, also may find this factsheet useful for answering some of their important questions. In addition to resources highlighted throughout this factsheet, a list of blogs and websites with more information is provided after the conclusion. 

Suggested Citation: Child Welfare Information Gateway. (2020). Adoption: Considering your options and making a plan. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Children's Bureau.

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