RESOURCES
WITH YOU IN MIND
Interested in International Adoption
By far the best single source
of information is the national bimonthly publication Adoptive Families
($19.95 first year and $24/year renewal). This, along with many other
educational and support services, is available from the national non-profit
agency, Adoption Families of America. To subscribe call 1-900-372-3300
NACAC
is a national organization, which focuses on promotion of policy, informational,
publications, supporting support groups, research and excellent national
conferences. www.NACAC.org
Adoption Resource Exchange for
Single Parents, Inc. (ARESP) is a private, non-private membership organization
of single adoptive families. ARESP
has a fine newsletter with articles on single parenting issues, book reviews,
and listing for available children and waiting families. Try their web site, www.adopting.org/ARESP.
Supports, educates, and
advocates on behalf of all kinds of adoption-built families. Besides publishing Adoptive Families this organization
sells essential adoptive parenting resources and has a 24-hour helpline.
Maintains
registries of special needs children and prospective families. No fees charged.
Free
directory of attorneys making independent adoption a part of their legal
practice.
Provides consultation,
training programs, and conferences, conducts research, publishes books and
pamphlets, and advocates on behalf of children. Its library information services
offers films, slide shows, and cassette tapes on various adoption issues.
Offers information on
adoptable domestic and foreign children, matches waiting children with
prospective families, has an overseas orphanage sponsorship program, and
publishes an annual report of foreign adoption.
Offers general adoption
information, a bibliography of books on adoption for children and youth, a
newsletter, and Faces of Adoption, a computerized matching service of waiting
children and Prospective adoptive families.
Grant
and loans (through NationsBank) to help with adoption expenses.
Provides information about all
aspects of adoption, including adoption publications, referrals to adoption
related services, searches of its computerized information database, and copies
of state and federal laws relating to adoption.
Provides
helpful information for U.S. and Canadian singles interested in adoption
opportunities and publishes an excellent single adoptive parent handbook.
Publishes
books on adoption issues and refers parents to agencies and health professionals
with expertise in special needs adoption.
Offers
an annual conference specifically for single adoptive parents and singles
seeking to adopt.
This is an informative site
designed and operated by Families Are Special, Inc., an Arkansas based,
non-profit, licensed adoption agency. Website:
www.arkansasadoptoday.org.
Arkansas
Families Adopting Children Together (AFACT)
Evolving from an indigenous
adoption family support group which met regularly during the 80’s and early
90’s, AFACT’s mission has been
broadened to sponsor the statewide Arkansas Adoption Conference, and
consultation to people interested in starting support groups for adoptive
families. Contact Jean & Bob
Dahms at 17 McKee Circle, NLR, AR 72116.
501-758-7061and 501-376-2397.
This
organization holds annual conferences with many workshops on relevant adoption
topics.
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