Adoption Resources
We have compiled this list of adoption related resources that we hope will be helpful to you. It is our desire that you be as prepared as possible for the arrival of your adopted child. If you have information that you feel others would benefit from, please feel free to share it with us, and if possible, we will add it to the site.
Adoption.com
Information on International and Domestic Adoption
Adoptlanguage.com
Simple language phrasebooks and CDs written specifically to help adoptive families communicate with their new family members in their first weeks home. Now available in Mandarin Chinese, Russian, Spanish, and Haitian Creole. Soon to be available in Amharic.
Adopt Shoppe.com
Unique Adoption Gifts, Books and Resources
AdoptionOptions.com
Free adoption articles to help you learn what your adoption options
are, along with other sites of interest.
Adoption i Resource
A comprehensive guide of adoption placement.
American Adoption Consultant
Social worker living in the UK to provide home studies for Americans living abroadChristine Deering, MSW, DCSW, LICSW Tel/Fax: (44) 015 395 35035
Angel Covers
Angel Covers is a 501(c)(3) organization. Sales are made through our website and by selling our products at craft shows and festivals. In this way, we support orphanages by raising money that would not be given through normal donation channels and is not in competition with other non-profit organizations and foundations.
Angels Haven Orphanage
Northwest Airlines
Airline Discounts For Adoptive Parents
A Child’s Desire,
A Child’s Desdire, Children’s Charity: providing adoption fundraising and free language resources geared to adopting parents.
A Child Waits Foundation
A non-profit Charitable foundation which offers help with the costs of adoption by making low interest loans to prospective parents to help them with the upfront costs.
A Child to Love
This site has been designed to offer the opportunity for connection between couples/families and birthparents seeking to place their child for adoption to connect, while providing information and resources about adoption, pregnancy and parenting all in one site.
ABC ADOPTIONS.COM
This is an adoption information and resource site providing over 1200 links of adoption related matters and have developed the site to be useful for adoption professionals as well.
ADOPTING.COM
An adoption resource site. “Everything you need to know to help you choose the path to adopting that’s right for you can be found on the internet, and if it’s out there, it can be accessed from Adopting.com.”
Adoptiondoctors.com
helps families become educated in regards to the complex medical issues encountered in children adopted internationally. Our services include Pre-Adoption Medical Records Evaluations, Blind Referral Consultations, Support Services during travel and Post-Adoption Medical Care. “The Go To places for Adoption Medicine Information for Parents”
Adoption Travel Info
Travel and Medical Information from Adoption.com
AdoptiveFamilies.com
The award-winning national adoption magazine, is the leading adoption information source for families before, during, and after adoption.
ComeUnity.com
Adoptive Parents Of Vietnam:600 member mailing list, family stories, articles and resources.
Baby-Gifts-PlusMore.com
Baby Furniture and Baby Gifts - Affordable & Durable Baby Furniture & Gifts. New and innovative baby products at affordable prices!
U.S. Citizenship And Immigration Services
UPDATE: Public Law No. 106-395 (the Child Citizenship Act of 2000), which went into effect on February 27, 2001, amended INA 320 to confer automatic U.S. citizenship upon certain categories of children born abroad upon their admission to the U.S. as lawful permanent residents. Since the obligations of a sponsor under a Form I-864 (Affidavit of Support) terminate when the sponsored alien acquires citizenship, the Department of State and INS have agreed that an I-864 shall not be required to those categories of immigrants who will acquire citizenship upon admission to the U.S. Effective immediately, an I-864 will not be required for an orphan classified IR-3, provided the child will be admitted to the U.S. while still under age 18 and will reside in the United States with, and in the custody of, the adoptive U.S. Citizen parent. An I-864 will continue to be required for all other adopted children of U.S. Citizens who are not eligible for automatic naturalization upon admission as a legal permanent resident. Specifically, an I-864 will continue to be required for any alien classified IR-4. An alien exempt from the I-864 requirement must still show that he/she is not likely to become a public charge.
This is the branch of our federal government responsible for issuing the visa for your adopted child to enter the United States. There are forms you will need to order to complete this process. The forms are: I-600A, I-600 and I-864. You may order the forms from this site. The I-600A will be submitted with your completed home study, the other forms will be needed after your adoption is completed in the foreign country. However, it is our understanding that they will not accept them if they are downloaded (as they need to be on INS paper).
CERTIFIED Adoption Documents
is a convenient service for obtaining Apostilles and Authentications for international adoption documents. We also assist in obtaining vital statistics, passports and travel visas, and an OHIO same-day Apostille service. Please contact us at DianaSkaggs@adelphia.net or 330-752-4805.
ComeUnity: Adoption Support
Adoption articles, mailing lists, online magazine, resources, health & special needs
Public Records
This site provides links to criminal records, civil court records, marriage records, divorce records, recorded documents in your state.
Document Courier in Washington DC
Kevin Carlson and his wife run a small adoption courier service in Washington D.C. We charge a flat fee of $75.00 per family. Does not matter how many documents. If you like more info by mail you can reach us at kcarlson02@comcast.net or 571-241-4990.
Fundraising Ideas
A Mothers Love Fundraising
Valerie Gagnon is the Founder and CEO of A Mother’s Love. She believes every child deserves love and the support of a family. She has made it her mission to assist people with the hardship of paying for Adoptions and Infertility costs.
Helpful Information On Reactive Attachment Disorder:
Psychoeducational Site Webring
American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
AttachmentDisorder.Net
Nancy Geoghegan. a parent advocate helping adoptive families with attachment issues. She provides information and support for families with children with attachment issues.
Helping Kids Cope
is an organization that offers financial assistance to birth mothers, adoptive parents and children in foster care. It is based in Nashville, Tennessee. The website includes applications for awards, information about volunteering, and FAQs.
How To Obtain Your Child’s Social Security Number
In each of the countries where we place children, we also have representatives to take care of you during your trip. However you may find interesting and informative facts about your child’s birth country on these sites:
Information On Visas- For Russia
Bulgaria
Moldavia
Romania
Russia
Vietnam
Kazakhstan Adoption Support Group
You may contact Debbie Briere
OptToAdopt.com
A Revealing The Step-By-Step Information You Need To Insure Your Adoption Success - From Initial Criteria, Types Of Adoptions, Agencies, All The Way Through Adoption Day.
LAURIE C. MILLER, MD
Dr. Miller is the Director of the International Adoption Clinic at the New England Medical Center, Floating hospital for Children. She is a leading expert in diagnosing and understanding the special issues related to institutionalized children, and is familiar with the terms often used in foreign medical. Her office will provide a medical evaluation of the written information and/or video tape (for a tax deductible donation) (617) 636-8121
Lifetime Adoption
We offer Nationwide Christian adoption services 7 days per week to both birth parents and adoptive parents since 1986. We have a unique Non-Profit educational scholarship program to help birth mothers go to college. We have listing of children and babies, counseling, housing referrals and more.
Multicultural Kids
Provides multicultural resources for kids in preschool through elementary grades. Books, videos, puzzles, crafts, and lots of dolls!
The Orphan Foundation
A nonprofit that provides financial support and information to adopting families.
Pre-Adoption Medical Consultants
an Internet presence that networks International adoption physicians with adoptive parents. Our website provides: 1) Medical Pre-adoption consultations needed to help a parent become more informed on the child’s medical condition, and explain what to expect. 2) General medical information about international adoption 3) Ask the IA Doctor? Free medical question section where parents may post a question and we answer it for them. 4) Resource section with links to various adoption related websites. 5) Post- Adoption general care in their private office (only in Long Island, New York) or referral to another Pediatrician that is more local to the family.
PreciousBabyDolls.com
A birth mother that relinquished a child for adoption and could never again conceive adopted two beautiful baby girls from Guatemala! Her journey led her to start a doll company about adopting baby dolls from around the world.
RainbowKids.com
An International Adoption e-zine featuring articles and news about the international adoption process. Also features over 250 waiting children and information on getting started in the adoption process.
Precious.org
For over 13 years Precious.org has been providing photolistings of orphans waiting to become a son or a daughter through adoption. Precious.org is the oldest and largest international adoption photolisting service on the internet with over 26,000 children photolisted! Precious.org has partnered with more than 80 adoption agencies and lists children from all over the globe with a mission to find a home for every child.
THE ASSISTANT STORK
Laura Morrison offers a courier service for authenticating documents in Washington DC.
Red Tape Solutions
Red Tape Solution provides courier service for adoptive families to the Chinese andGuatemalan Consulates, and to the Secretary of State in Los Angeles. The service includes visas for China and document authentications. Contact Red Tape At redtapesolution@aol.com
The Red Thread
is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to providing medical assistance to special needs orphans in China. As a volunteer-based organization, we support our medical projects by selling gourmet gift baskets and unique hand-crafted gift items. Each item comes with information about our work and details on our latest medical projects, so that the recipient knows the true cause behind the gift. This year we are brining 3-8 special needs orphans to the states for severe cleft lip/palate surgery. Visit our website to see the beautiful gifts we offer and to learn about the children we have and are helping.
The Red Thread… Gifts that change a life.
The Welcome Garden
This is a beautiful new and informative adoption related information site.
We have added a section on “financial adoption”. Feel free to view and refer potential clients with financial concerns to this info on our Resource page.
www.at-la.com
Up To Date Guide To Child, Youth and Teen Sites In The Southern Ca. Area.
*Disclaimer ~ Angels’ Haven Outreach is not responsible for the information provided by these resources, nor does inclusion in this listing imply an endorsement of any organization or individual by Angels’ Haven Outreach.
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