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Links
The following organizations and individuals offer additional information about adoption and child welfare issues. Although NACAC staff have visited these sites before listing them here, many of them are extensive and change regularly, and we cannot be responsible for the information found on these sites. If you find that a particular link is invalid, please send an e-mail to info@nacac.org and let us know about the problem.
The links are organized into the following categories:
General Adoption Resources
Adoption ... Assistance, Information, Support
www.adopting.org
adopting.com
www.adopting.com
AdoptNet
www.adoptnet.org
Child Welfare Information Gateway
www.childwelfare.gov
Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption
www.davethomasfoundation.org
National Adoption Center
www.adopt.org
General Adoption Resources — Canada
Adoption Helper
www.familyhelper.net
Provincial
Adoptive Families Association of British Columbia (AFABC)
www.bcadoption.com
Adoption Support Centre of Saskatchewan
adoptionsask.org
Funding Adoption
Brittany's HOPE Foundation
www.brittanyshope.org
ForeAdoption Foundation
www.foreadoption.com
Gift of Adoption
www.giftofadoption.org
National Adoption Foundation
www.nafadopt.org
Foster Parent Information and Training
Exchanges and Photolistings
AdoptUsKids
www.adoptuskids.org
Children Awaiting Parents
www.capbook.org
Child Welfare Information Gateway
(for links to all states' on-line photolistings)
www.childwelfare.gov
Jewish Children's Adoption Network
http://jcan.qwestoffice.net
Northwest Adoption Exchange
www.nwae.org
Special Needs and Disabilities
Attachment
Association for Treatment and Training in the Attachment of Children (ATTACh)
www.attach.org
Attachment Disorder Site
attachmentdisorder.net
Attachment Disorder Support Group
http://adsg.syix.com/adsg/index.htm
Reactive Attachment Disorder
www.radkid.org
Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
The National Attention Deficit Disorder Association
www.add.org
Bipolar Disorder
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
www.nofas.org
General Special Needs and Disabilities
National Adoption Center
www.adopt.org/adopt/site_search.html (then search for special needs)
National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities
www.nichcy.org
National Parent Network on Disabilities
www.npnd.org
Society of Special Needs Adoptive Parents (SNAP)
www.snap.bc.ca
Learning Disabilities/Educational Issues
LD Online
www.ldonline.org
National Center for Learning Disabilities
www.ncld.org
PACER Center
www.pacer.org
Wrightslaw—Special Education Advocate
www.wrightslaw.com
Mental Health
National Alliance for the Mental Ill
www.nami.org
Sensory Integration
Tourette Syndrome
Tourette Syndrome
www.tourette-syndrome.com
International Adoption
U.S. Department of State
http://travel.state.gov/family/adoption/adoption_485.html
Openness/Search and Reunion
American Adoption Congress
www.americanadoptioncongress.org
Bastard Nation
www.bastards.org
Concerned United Birthparents
www.cubirthparents.org
International Soundex Reunion Registry
www.isrr.net
Child Welfare Policy and Legislation
Association of the Administrators of the Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance (AAICAMA)
aaicama.aphsa.org
Children's Rights
www.childrensrights.org
Child Welfare Institute
www.gocwi.org
Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute
www.adoptioninstitute.org
National Association of Counsel for Children
www.NACCchildlaw.org
Urban Institute
www.urbaninstitute.org
Adoption Publishers/Booksellers
Perspectives Press
www.perspectivespress.com
Tapestry Books
www.tapestrybooks.com
Special Populations
Gay and Lesbian Parents
Families Like Ours
www.adoptionfamilycenter.org
Human Rights Campaign All Children–All Families Initiative
www.hrc.org/issues/parenting/adoptions/8399.htm
Rainbow Families
www.rainbowfamilies.org
First Nations and Native American Families
First Nations Child and Family Caring Society
www.fncfcs.com
National Indian Child Welfare Association
www.nicwa.org
Jewish Parents
Stars of David International, Inc.
www.starsofdavid.org
Kinship Care Providers
National Child Welfare Resource Centers
National Child Welfare Resource Center for Organizational Improvement
www.muskie.usm.maine.edu/helpkids
National Child Welfare Resource Center on Legal and Judicial Issues
www.abanet.org/child/rclji/
National Resource Center for Child Welfare Data and Technology
www.nrccwdt.org
National Resource Center for Youth Development
http://nrcys.ou.edu/yd/
Other
Annie E. Casey Foundation Family to Family Initiative
www.aecf.org/Home/MajorInitiatives/Family%20to%20Family.aspx
Casey Family Programs
www.casey.org
Casey Family Services
www.caseyfamilyservices.org
Child Welfare League of America
www.cwla.org
Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption
www.davethomasfoundationforadoption.org
National Center for Adoption Law & Policy
www.law.capital.edu/adoption
National Clearinghouse on Families & Youth
www.ncfy.com
National Court Appolinted Special Advocates Association
www.nationalcasa.org
National Mentoring Partnership
www.mentoring.org
Orphan Foundation of America
www.orphan.org
Wednesday's Child
www.adopt.org/wednesdayschild
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