Adoption Exchange
A national agency supporting children
awaiting adoption by connecting them with waiting families. |
Adoption
Subsidy: Negotiating and Renegotiating Your Child's Contract
This is an article by Rita Laws, Ph.D that may provide added insight to subsidy
questions. |
Adoption
Subsidy Resource Center Overview
This site’s purpose is to educate parents and professionals on Title IV-E
Adoption Assistance in the United States. |
AdoptUSKids
A
a national adoptive family recruitment and retention agency to
encourage and enhance adoptive family support organizations and
conduct a variety of adoption research projects. Bios and pictures
of some of
the children who are 'legally free' for adoption throughout the
USA are
shown on the website. |
Antioch
Adoptions
An adoption agency with a ministry to help potential adoptive
families and young women and their families navigate a process
that has become complicated without charging for their services. |
Bethany Christian
Services
Offers free birth parent counseling and specializes in infant,
international, and special needs adoption services. Also has
a foster care program focusing on children under the age of 12.
Provides pre-service training and post-adoption support services,
respite, and long-term foster care. |
Catalyst for Kids
A statewide partnership to strengthen
the child welfare system and advance selected priorities for
reform. |
Child Welfare Information Gateway
Provides access to information and resources to help protect children and strengthen families. A service of the Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. |
Christian
Family Advocate
Provides options for birth parents, support to adoptive families,
and placement services for children needing stable, loving families. |
Community and
Family Services Foundation (CFSF)
A non-profit organization dedicated to foster parents who are committed to caring
for abused and neglected foster children ages 0 to 18. |
Connect For Kids
Tools and information to improve the lives of children, youth and families. The Connect for Kids online publication covers more than 30 topics ranging from arts to youth development, foster care to adoption, and welfare reform to oral health. |
Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption
A non-profit public charity dedicated to increasing
the adoptions
of the more than 150,000 children in North America’s foster
care system.
Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy’s International, created
the Foundation in
1992 in support of the vision that every child deserves a permanent
home and
a loving family. |
Department
of Social and Health Services - Washington State
Incorporating the Division of Children and Family Services (full
range of services for all children) and the Division of Licensing
(training and licensing of foster parents). |
Families
Like Ours (FLO)
A national nonprofit providing adoption resources to
pre-adoptive, post adoptive, foster families and adoption professionals.
While emphasis is with Gay, and Lesbian adoptive families, FLO
welcomes the diversity of all families regardless of sexual orientation
and family structure. |
Foster Parents Association of
Washington State
An agency
whose goal is to empower, to support and to advocate for foster
families in order to enrich the quality of life for Washington
State's children in foster care. |
Gateways
for Youth and Families
Runs several programs all geared to serve the needs of youth
and families and the local community. |
How
To Adopt
This site provides an overview of the steps involved in adopting a child from
the United States foster care system. |
Jewish
Family Services
Specializes in preparing families for adoption, with counseling,
homestudies, and finalizations. Limited foster care. |
Kindering
Center
Creates and provides individualized, family-centered services
for children who are disabled, medically fragile, or vulnerable
because of abuse or neglect. |
Kinship
Care/Relatives Raising Children
A support and advocacy program for grandparents who have accepted the responsibility
of raising their grandchildren. |
Love Our Children USA
Has Information Resources, Parenting Education, Kids & Teens topics, Public Awareness & Advocacy Updates, Legislative Updates, News & Events, Inspirational Stories, and more, all available on site. |
Lutheran
Adoption Network
The largest adoption network in the world, providing experience and support to
guide potential adoptive parents, of all religious beliefs, through each step
of the lengthy and complex adoption process, and assist the family after placement. |
Lutheran Community
Services Northwest
Specialized foster care and adoption programs in King/Snohomish,
Benton/Franklin, and Spokane counties. |
Medina
Children's Services
Provides pregnancy counseling, adoption services and young adult
parent education and recruits stable, loving adoptive families
for all children, including sibling groups, minority children,
children with disabilities and older youths. |
National Adoption
Center (NAC)
You can use this site in many ways. Learn how to adopt a waiting child or teenager.
Take an online class. Order adoption books through an adoption bookstore or subscribe
to free e-zine. Post a message or chat with other adoptive families. View photographs
and read descriptions of some of the 126,000 waiting children around the country. |
National American
Council on Adoptable Children
Advocates the right of every child to a permanent, continuous,
nurturing and culturally sensitive family. |
Northwest Adoption
Exchange
Facilitates the placement of children from the Northwest States
of Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington with families from all
over the United States. Bios and pictures
of some of the children who are 'legally free' for adoption are
shown on
the website. |
One
Church, One Child of Washington State / UJIMA
A unique African American non-profit, non-sectarian agency with
the primary mission of supporting children of African descent
(especially those within the Washington State foster care system)
and their families. |
Special Children, Special Homes
A site for parents and caregivers of medically fragile, special needs children (FAS, ADHD, ODD, RAD, Cerebral Palsy and drug-affected children). Includes live chat, forums and resources. |
Service
Alternatives for Washington, Inc.
A foster and adopt agency providing therapeutic or treatment-focused foster care
and adoptions, as well as, regular foster care and adoption programs. |
Voice for
International Development and Adoption (VIDA)
An international adoption agency that places children with families
throughout the world. To serve the needs of children who wait,
VIDA also works as an international development agency. Great
support for United State citizens serving over seas. |
Washington Education Foundation
Pprovides college scholarships
and mentoring to low-income, high-potential students. |
Washington
State Subsidy Profile
This site lists the contacts and qualification requirements for Adoption Subsidy
assistance in Washington. |
World Association
for Children and Parents (WACAP)
One of the largest and most experienced international nonprofit
adoption agencies in the United States. Also provides food, medical
care and education to over 160,000 children in nine countries. |
