500 National Adoption Month - Raises awareness about the 129,000 children in foster care in the United States waiting for permanent families. Outreach materials for professionals, educators, and others to promote adoption.

A Westernized Adoptee - Discussion forum to discuss the ramifications of the westernization of adoptees, both culturally and ethnically.
Meta Description: [ A Westernized Adoptee ]

Abolish Adoption - Criticizes adoption as practiced in the United States as unconstitutional. Includes petition and position articles.
Meta Description: [ This petition is NOT against adoptees, parents or those who have adopted. We believe adoption is unConstitutional and favor more humane custody. ]

Adoptee Problems - Information about problems, like rejection, after finding natural parents and discussion of problems associated with being adopted.
Meta Description: [ Page for adopted people to discuss problems such as rejection after finding natural parents and discussion of various problems associated with being adopted. ]

Adoptee's Right to Know - Promoting the right of adoptees to learn about their birthfamilies. Search, legal, and activist resources.

Adoptees and Birthparents for Open Records Nationwide - A group of adoptees and birthparents trying to get birth records open for all adult adoptees.
Meta Description: [ ABORN is Preparing to file a Class Action Law Suit against the Federal Government for Civil Rights Violations reguarding its Treatment of Adoptees ]

Adoptees' Caucus for Truth - Resource for individuals who support the adoptees' right to their original birth certificates. Includes a petition and links to related content.

Adoption / Foster Care - About.com presents a survey of adoption topics and legal issues.
Meta Description: [ Legal information, going to court, legal terms used in adoption law, and legislation. Adoption law and other legal resources. ]

404 Adoption Clubhouse - A resource for adopted children and their parents. Contains sections such as Speak Out, which features writings from children about adoption, as well as sections on famous people, homework help, clubhouse library, fun stuff, and adoption talk.
Meta Description: [ Kids friendly website for kids by kids. Provides adoption information and resources including homework help, famous people, books, movies, adoption facts, and fun stuff for kids. Kids speak out and participate by contributing stories, poems, and artwork, or by posting messages on the Adoption Clu... ]

404 Adoption Excellence Awards - Individuals, families, organizations, businesses, agencies, and States are eligible to receive Adoption Excellence Awards, which honor those who have demonstrated excellence in providing stable, permanent homes for children in foster care. Nomination forms and past awardees.
Meta Description: [ ACF - About ACF ]

Adoption Fraud - Court unseals adoption records in Florida due to fraudulent black market baby broker activity. Includes Associated Press coverage.

Adoption in the Computer Age - Discussion about how the Computer Age (or the Third Age) is revolutionizing adoption and searches. Includes information about SSDI, open records bills, the Uniform Adoption Act, search methods, recent developments, and Internet resources.

American Academy of Adoption Attorneys - Promotes reform of adoption laws and helps disseminate information on ethical adoption practices. Member directory, media contacts, and news.

American Adoption Congress - International network of individuals and organizations committed to adoption reform. Includes a profile, news, list of board members, legislation information, and membership details.
Meta Description: [ Welcome to the AAC Website! ]

Americans for Open Records - Advocates the rights of birthfamilies and provides reunion resources; says adoption is slavery.
Meta Description: [ The Americans for Open Records is a voluntary network concerned with rights of families. This page discusses who we are, what we do, and what we believe ]

Association of Administrators of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children - Provides information on a uniform law enacted in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands that protects children who are placed across state lines for foster care or adoption.
Meta Description: [ Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children. ]

Bastard Nation - Focused on equal access for adoptees to their original birth certificates, adoptee dignity, combating negative stereotypes of adoptees, and providing a forum for the wide spectrum of adult adoptee experiences.
Meta Description: [ Bastard Nation: Dignity and Equal Rights for Adult Adoptees (Adoption Reform) ]

Birthmothers Exploited By Adoption - Presenting information about the adverse effects of adoption from mothers who feel they lost their babies through coerced or forced surrender. Includes personal stories and resources.
Meta Description: [ Mothers ('birthmothers') exploited by the adoption industry, revealing the truth about the forced/coerced surrender of our babies ]

Birthmothers Unite - A place for birth mothers to unite, share thoughts and feelings, and receive healing on post-adoption grief issues.
Meta Description: [ A place for birthmothers to share and receive support and education on birthmother issues. Testimonials and poetry. ]

Center For Family Connections - Offers training, education, consultation, advocacy, and clinical treatment to families touched by adoption, foster care, kinship, and guardianship.

Coalition for Open Adoption Records (Ontario) - Includes news, Bill 108 and a petition.
Meta Description: [ Home Page for the Coalition for Open Adoption Records (Ontario) ]

Domenici and Lincoln Introduce ICPC Bill - Legislation (S. 2779) to improve the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC) was introduced by Senators Pete Domenici (R-NM) and Blanche Lincoln (D-AR).

Effects of Institutionalization - Discussion of some of the issues related to long term effects of institutionalization on children, especially children with special needs adopted from Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.

500 Ethica - Seeks to be an impartial voice for ethical adoption practices worldwide, and provides education, assistance and advocacy to the adoption community.
Meta Description: [ Ethica is an independent, nonprofit corporation that seeks to be an impartial voice for ethical adoption practices worldwide, and provides education, assistance and advocacy to the adoption community. ]

Families Without Borders - Focuses on issues associated with inter-country adoptions from Guatemala and concerns with UNICEF policies.

Healing Families Dismembered By Adoption - Reunion, relationships, and natural parents adopting-back the children they had lost to infant-adoption.
Meta Description: [ Adopting Children or Babies? Some parents are adopting back the adult children they lost to coerced infant adoption. ]

Hope4Kidz - Advocating, with pre-adoptive families, for the rights of children in state foster care.
Meta Description: [ Hope4KidZ provides hope, support, and information to assist individuals in advocating for appropriate care of children in residential, orphanage state foster care ]

International Adoption Medical Clinics - Contact information for several medical clinics that specialize in helping internationally adopted children with ailments that are uncommon or not easily diagnosed or treated.
Meta Description: [ Updated list of medical doctors physicians and pediatricians, specialized in international adoption medicine. ]

National Adoption Day - A collective national (USA) effort to raise awareness of the children in foster care waiting to find permanent families.

National Council for Single Adoptive Parents - Informs and assists single people in the United States who want to adopt children.

National Resource Center for Special Needs Adoption - Provides training, consultation, and informational materials for professionals, organizations, and parents regarding special needs adoptions.
Meta Description: [ Adoptions National Resource Center, Book sales, Donations helping children, special needs adoption resource books, parents video training, bookstore, foster care, at-risk children, products for sale, adopt. ]

National Resource Center for Youth Development - Helps States and Tribes achieve the goals of the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997, implement the Foster Care Independence Act of 1999, and assist with the Child and Family Review Process.

New Directions in Adoption - Stop Tearing Family Apart - Argues many current adoption practices are unethical. Articles, policy positions, and links.
Meta Description: [ At New Directions in Adoption our mission is to protect the rights of children and families. ]

NPR : Barriers to Adoption for Communities of Color - Ed Gordon and guests explores overcoming obstacles to adoption in USA communities of color. [11:46 streaming audio broadcast]
Meta Description: [ In recognition of National Adoption Awareness Month, Ed Gordon explores overcoming obstacles to adoption in communities of color. He's joined by Antoinette Williams, assistant director of domestic adoption for Spence-Chapin Services, and Lisha Epperson, mother of two children she adopted through ... ]

NPR : Scams Plague Efforts to Adopt Beyond Borders - Michael Montgomery of American RadioWorks reports on problems with adoptions of children from the former Soviet Union. [17:10 streaming audio broadcast]
Meta Description: [ A growing demand for adoptable children overseas is leading to tragic outcomes for some children and parents. Michael Montgomery of American RadioWorks reports on problems with adoptions of children from the former Soviet Union. ]

Open Records Debate - An examination of the issue from About.com.
Meta Description: [ Adoption and foster care information including; gay adoption, international adoption, domestic adoption and foster / adoptive parenting. Free adoption search angels for your adoption search. ]

Origins Canada - Supporting people separated by adoption and asking for an inquiry into alleged illegal and exploitive adoption practices.
Meta Description: [ Adoption support group for people separated by adoption including exiled natural mothers and people who were adopted., Origins Canada: Birth Mother (Natural Mother) Support, Adoptee Support ]

OriginsUSA - Focuses on past practices for obtaining children for adoption and the harm they caused some birthmothers. Includes aims and objectives, questionnaire, and list of state contacts.
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The Adoption History Project - A digital public history resource, profiling people, organizations, topics, and studies that shaped modern American adoption theory and practice.

The ALMA Society - Advocates for the right of adopted persons to know the truth of their origin. Offers an adoption reunion registry.
Meta Description: [ Adoptees' Liberty Movement Association. Celebrating more than 25 years of Adoption Reunion and Reform, since 1971. ]

The Search Institute Report - Growing Up Adopted - New Study Identifies Strengths Of Adoptive Families.