1. Military and U.S. Government resources:
A. Military Adoption benefits: (Click Here)
B. Military Adoption reimbursement form: (Click Here)
C. U.S. Department of State (Information on International adoption): (Click Here)
D. USCIS (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services) - formerly INS - essential information for you before you adopt internationally: (Click Here)
E. National Adoption Directory which includes State-by-State contact information for a variety of adoption-related organizations and services including public and licensed private adoption agencies, support groups, State reunion registries, and a whole lot more: (Click Here)
2. Domestic Adoption Resources:
A. Foster care resources:
(1) Adoption and foster care: (Click Here)
(2) Adoption Directory Service: (Click Here)
(3) State Adoption Services: (Click Here)
(4) State Adoption Exchange: (Click Here)
(5) Oklahoma State POC (Ms. Linda Foster): (Click Here)
(6) Choosing Foster Adoption: (Click Here)
B. Private:
(1) (Click Here) (advertising parents’ profile)
(2) (Click Here) (Texas agency)
3. Finding an Adoption Agency:
A. Agencies able to place with U.S. Citizens living abroad: (Click Here)
B. List of agencies that place children from countries located outside the United States: (Click Here)
4. Inter-country and International Adoption Resources:
A. General information: (Click Here)
B. Countries open for adoption: (Click Here)
C. Joint Council on International Children’s Services: (Click Here)
D. Resources for International adoption: (Click Here)
E. Children adopted from China: (Click Here)
F. Pre-adoption Medical service:
(1) (Click Here) (Adoption Doctors)
(2) (Click Here) (POC Drs. Bledsoe)
(3) (Click Here) (Military medical forms)
A. Photo listing of children available both domestic and international: (Click Here)
B. Lists of children waiting adoption: (Click Here)
C. Adoptable kids: (Click Here)
6. Legal and Financial assistance:
A. Adoption Attorneys: (Click Here)
B. IRS tax incentives: (Click Here)
C. National Adoption Foundation: (Click Here)
D. Gift of Adoption Foundation: (Click Here)
E. FORE Adoption Foundation: (Click Here)
F. Shaohannah’s Hope: (Click Here)
G. A Child Waits Foundation: (Click Here)
H. North American Council on Adoptable Children: (Click Here)
I. National Foster Parent Association - has released a Guide for Foster/Adoptive Parents, and Kinship Caregivers to outline the tax benefits available for the tax year 2007. This guide can be downloaded: (Click Here)
A. Download and print an Adoption Planner: (Click Here)
B. Adoption Services for Military Families - for professionals to find and help military families adopt children from foster care: (Click Here)
C. Top 100 sites for adoption: (Click Here)
D. Internet adoption resources: (Click Here)
E. Information on adoption concerns: (Click Here)
F. Assistant Stork - a document and Visa specialist - wonderful links: (Click Here)
G. Information on how to adopt: (Click Here)
H. The Adoption Guide: (Click Here)
8. Parenting and dealing with difficult behaviors:
A. Offering online courses on child behaviors, especially those coming from foster care: (Click Here)
B. Covering the joys and challenges of adopting older children: (Click Here)
A. Magazine (Adoptive Families): (Click Here) Press CONTINUE button after making subscription selection. The KMC Adoption Support Group will get credit for your subscription. IF YOU ARE PROMPTED FOR A CODE, PLEASE USE: E09196.
B. Articles: (Click Here)
C. Books: (Click Here)
10. Miscellaneous Adoption Info:
A. Ethical adoption issues: (Click Here)
B. Adoptee’s resources: (Click Here)
C. Policy and research on adoption issues: (Click Here)
D. Internet Seminars on adoption and adoptive parenting: (Click Here)
E. Adopting While Living in Europe Article (Click Here)
11. Home Study Providers: (Click Here)
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