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Transracial Adoption Resources

10/1/2014

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Adopting Across Racial Lines. Recommended resources from PACT: An Adoption Alliance.
http://www.pactadopt.org/resources/adopting-across-racial-lines.html

Conspicuous Families, an online course for parents who adopted transracially:
http://www.adoptionlearningpartners.org/catalog/courses/conspicuous-families.cfm
Transracial Parenting in Foster Care and Adoption: Strengthening Your Bicultural Family. Iowa Foster and Adoptive Parents Association, 2008.
http://www.ifapa.org/pdf_docs/TransracialParenting.pdf

Transracial Adoption Resources. Child Welfare Information Gateway.
https://www.childwelfare.gov/adoption/adopt_parenting/foster/transracial.cfm

Resources from Adoptive and Foster Family Coalition of New York (AFFCNY)
http://affcny.org/family-supports/transracial-transcultural/



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Kin Caregiving

10/1/2014

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Since the Start of the Great Recession, More Children Raised by Grandparents, Pew Research Center, 2010.
http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2010/09/09/since-the-start-of-the-great-recession-more-children-raised-by-grandparents/

AARP Grandparent Information Center: a variety of resources for grandparents.
http://www.aarp.org/relationships/friends-family/

A Family’s Guide to the Child Welfare System: A guide for families in the child welfare system, including experiences of other families, laws and policies, and how to advocate for a family's rights. Also available in Spanish.
http://www.tapartnership.org/docs/familyGuideToChildWelfare.pdf

Grandfamilies State Law and Policy Resource Center: from Casey Family Programs, the American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law, and Generations United, this searchable database of current State laws and pending legislation in support of grandfamilies, and assists policymakers in exploring policy options to support relatives and the children in their care both inside and outside of the child welfare system (2012).
http://grandfamilies.org/

Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Resources: from USA.gov, this collection of resources for grandparents includes information on benefits and assistance, health and safety, and state-specific information.
http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Grandparents.shtml

Kin Caregivers and the Child Welfare System: a Factsheet for Families from the Child Welfare Information Gateway (2010).
https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/f_kinshi/f_kinshi.pdf
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The Internet, Social Media and Adoption

10/1/2014

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Untangling the Web II: A Research Based Roadmap for Reform. Donaldson Adoption Institute, Dec., 2013.
http://adoptioninstitute.org/old/publications/2013_12_UntanglingtheWeb2.pdf


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Ethical Issues in Adoption

10/1/2014

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Child Welfare Information Gateway offers a range of information and links related to general adoption ethics, and ethics related to placement, services, safeguarding children’s and birth families’ rights and other topics.
https://www.childwelfare.gov/adoption/adopt_ethics/

Ethica is a nonprofit organization that acts as an impartial voice for ethical adoption practice worldwide, providing education, assistance, and advocacy to the adoption and foster care communities.
http://ethicanet.sitesteaders.com/

Openness in Adoption: From Secrecy and Stigma to Knowledge and Connections. Donaldson Adoption Institute, 2012.
http://adoptioninstitute.org/old/publications/2012_03_OpennessInAdoption.pdf

Safeguarding the Rights and Well-Being of Birthparents in the Adoption Process. Donaldson Adoption Institute, Nov., 2006.
http://www.adoptioninstitute.org/old/publications/2006_11_Birthparent_Study_All.pdf

PACT collection of articles, essays, videos and reviews on adoption ethics. Adoption should always be about child welfare first, but there are questions about ways in which the system has been susceptible to influence by money or adults who aren’t placing children first. 
http://www.pactadopt.org/resources/ethics-of-adoption.html

Parents for Ethical Adoption Reform (PEAR): started as a grassroots group of adoptive and prospective adoptive parents in Pennsylvania, this nonprofit organization with worldwide membership works toward reforming the existing adoption system so that it represents the best interest of the people most impacted by the system: the children and their families, both original and adoptive.
http://www.pear-reform.org/

Top Ten Ethical Considerations In Open Adoption Practice, by Mary Martin Mason, on the American Adoption Congress website:
http://www.americanadoptioncongress.org/open_mason_article.php
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Search and Reunion

10/1/2014

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https://www.childwelfare.gov/adoption/search/

http://www.americanadoptioncongress.org/search_and_reunion.php

http://www.ancestry.com/cs/us/birth-records-overlay?state=&kw=Birth+Records&s_kwcid=adoption+records+free&gclid=Cj0KEQjw_byiBRCu9qm5lc28ufgBEiQAWq-ta1gbrQom0JKBvdPBTb4GOvK-ftcTHWeKXcW2oUpEF1waArkV8P8HAQ&o_xid=21837&o_lid=21837&o_sch=Paid+Search+%E2%80%93+NonBrand

http://www.isrr.org/Register.html

http://www.adopt.org/adopted-individuals

http://www.canadianadopteesregistry.org/

https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/United_States_Adoption_Research

http://genealogy.about.com/cs/adoption/a/adoption_search.htm

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Access to Birth Certificates for Adult Adoptees

10/1/2014

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American Adoption Congress site on state legislation related to adopted persons’ access to original birth certificates:
http://www.americanadoptioncongress.org/state.php

For the Records II: An Examination of the History and Impact of Adult Adoptee Access to Original Birth Certificates. Donaldson Adoption Institute, July, 2010.
http://adoptioninstitute.org/old/publications/7_14_2010_ForTheRecordsII.pdf



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Adoption Openness

10/1/2014

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Insight: Open Adoption Resources and Support:
http://openadoptioninsight.org/great-writing/

Openness in Adoption: Building Relationships between Adoptive and Birth Families. CWIG, 2013.
https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/f_openadopt.cfm

Openness in Adoption: From Secrecy and Stigma to Knowledge and Connections. Donaldson Adoption Institute, 2012.
http://adoptioninstitute.org/old/publications/2012_03_OpennessInAdoption.pdf
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Expectant/First/Birth Parents

10/1/2014

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Safeguarding the Rights and Well-Being of Birthparents in the Adoption Process. Donaldson Adoption Institute, Nov., 2006.
http://www.adoptioninstitute.org/old/publications/2006_11_Birthparent_Study_All.pdf

Concerned United Birthparents: “The only national organization focused on birthparents – their experiences, healing and wisdom – CUB serves all those affected by adoption and all who are concerned about adoption issues. Although our focus is on birthparents, long the forgotten people of the adoption community, we welcome adoptees, adoptive parents, and professionals. We find that we all have much to learn from each other and that sharing our feelings and experiences benefits all of us.”
http://www.cubirthparents.org/index.php

A Family’s Guide to the Child Welfare System: A guide for families in the child welfare system, including experiences of other families, laws and policies, and how to advocate for a family's rights. Also available in Spanish.
http://www.tapartnership.org/docs/familyGuideToChildWelfare.pdf
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The Value of Permancency for Children

10/1/2014

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A Family for Life: The Vital Need to Achieve Permanency for Children in Care: synthesizes the body of research on the benefits of a permanent family for children who cannot live with their original families, from the Donaldson Adoption Institute, 2013.
http://adoptioninstitute.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/2013_04_FamilyForLife.pdf

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National Adoption Related Organizations

10/1/2014

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AdoptUSKids: National photo listing service for foster children awaiting adoption across the United States, also containing resources for families and professionals.
http://www.adoptuskids.org/

American Academy of Adoption Attorneys: A national association of approximately 340 attorneys who practice, or have otherwise distinguished themselves, in the field of adoption law.
http://www.adoptionattorneys.org

American Adoption Congress: comprised of individuals, families and organizations, AAC is committed to adoption reform.
http://www.americanadoptioncongress.org/

Bastard Nation: An adoptee rights organization that advocates for the civil and human rights of adult citizens who were adopted as children, particularly in relation to their right to access their records. http://www.bastards.org/

Child Welfare League of America: A coalition of hundreds of private and public human service agencies serving children and families who are vulnerable since 1920.
http://www.cwla.org/

Concerned United Birthparents: “The only national organization focused on birthparents – their experiences, healing and wisdom – CUB serves all those affected by adoption and all who are concerned about adoption issues. Although our focus is on birthparents, long the forgotten people of the adoption community, we welcome adoptees, adoptive parents, and professionals. We find that we all have much to learn from each other and that sharing our feelings and experiences benefits all of us.”
http://www.cubirthparents.org/index.php

Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute: a non-profit organization that works to raise awareness about the needs of children without families and to remove policy barriers that hinder children from knowing the love and support a family provides.
http://www.ccainstitute.org/

Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption: a foster care adoption organization that helps connect waiting children in foster care with prospective adoptive families through a range of programs and resources, including Wendy’s Wonderful Kids and the annual TV show, Home for the Holidays.
https://www.davethomasfoundation.org/

Donaldson Adoption Institute: an independent and objective adoption research and policy organization that addresses the needs of all those touched by adoption – first/birth parents, adoptees and adoptive parents through research, education and advocacy.
http://adoptioninstitute.org/

North American Council on Adoptable Children: founded in 1974 by adoptive parents, NACAC is committed to meeting the needs of waiting children and the families who adopt them.
http://www.nacac.org/

U.S. Children’s Bureau: a governmental agency within the Administration for Children and Families, the Children’s Bureau, created in 1912, partners with federal, state, tribal and local agencies to improve the overall well-being of children and families.
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb

Voice for Adoption: VFA works closely with federal and state legislators, as well as other child welfare organizations, to make a difference in the lives of the children in foster care who are waiting to be adopted and the families who adopt children from foster care.
http://www.voice-for-adoption.org/
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