Best Pre-Adoption Websites

General Adoption Information

• Adoptive Families
www.adoptivefamilies.com
National magazine for families before and after adoption. Includes searchable databases of adoption programs, attorneys, and parent support groups.

• American Academy of Pediatrics
www.aap.org/healthtopics/adoption.cfm
Includes directory of pediatricians specializing in adoption.

• Ethica: A Voice for Ethical Adoption
www.ethicanet.org
Updates on changes in adoption law and practice in the U.S. and around the world.

• Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute
www.adoptioninstitute.org
Adoption research, white papers, facts, and policy papers.

• Institute for Adoption Information
www.adoptioninformationinstitute.org
Adoption information for schools, journalists, and health professionals.

• Child Welfare Information Gateway
www.childwelfare.gov
Summaries of state by state law, databases of agencies, support groups, reliable fact sheets.

International Adoption

• Comeunity: Adoption Support
www.comeunity.com
Adoption and disability information. Comprehensive adoption listserve index.

• Joint Council on International Children’s Services
www.jcics.org
Intercountry adoption agencies promoting ethical practice and child welfare practices.

• Karen Holt’s Adoption Links
www.karensadoptionlinks.com
Comprehensive list of adoption links and Web sites.

• Rainbow Kids
www.rainbowkids.com
Monthly international adoption e-zine.Waiting children.

• U.S. State Department
www.travel.state.gov/adopt.html
Summaries of international adoption laws. INS requirements and processes.

Domestic Adoption

• AdoptUSKids
www.adoptuskids.org
Photolistings of American children awaiting adoption.

• American Academy of Adoption Attorneys
www.adoptionattorneys.org
National directory of attorneys who specialize in adoption.

• American Adoption Congress
www.americanadoptioncongress.org
Adoption reform and open records resources.

• Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption
www.davethomasfoundationforadoption.org
Support for foster adopters.

• North American Council on Adoptable Children
www.nacac.org
Extensive resources for families considering foster adoption.

• National Adoption Center
www.adopt.org
Adoption information, work and adoption initiative.

Best Country Specific Web Sites

• Adopting from Russia
www.adoptingfromrussia.com

• Eastern European Adoption Coalition
http://eeadopt.org

• Families with Russian and Ukranian Children
www.frua.org

• Russian Government
www.russianembassy.org/consulat/adoption.htm

• Families with Children from China
www.fwcc.org

• China Center for Adoption Affairs
www.china-ccaa.org

• Latin American Parents Association
www.lapa.com

• Guatemala Adoptive Families Network
www.guatefam.org

• Families with Children from Vietnam
www.fcvn.org

• iChild
www.ichild.org

• Kazakh Adoptive Families
www.kazakhadoptivefamilies.com

• Korean American Adoptee Adoptive Family Network
www.kaanet.com
Network of U.S. and Canadian groups and individuals related to Korean adoptions.

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