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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 — U.S.
The Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/stats_research/index.htm
adopting.com
www.adopting.com
AdoptNet
www.adoptnet.org
AdoptUsKids
www.adoptuskids.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
Adoptive Parents
www.adoptiveparents.ca
Provincial
Goverment of Alberta Children and Youth Services
www.child.alberta.ca/home/600.cfm
Adoptive Families Association of British Columbia (AFABC)
www.bcadoption.com
Manitoba Family Services and Consumer Affairs
www.gov.mb.ca/fs/index.html
New Brunswick Adoption Foundation
www.nbadoption.ca/
Northwest Territories Health and Human Services
www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca/english/services/adoption/default.htm
Nova Scotia Community Services
www.gov.ns.ca/coms/families/adoption/
Adoption Council of Ontario
www.adoption.on.ca
Québec Adoption
www.quebecadoption.net
Adoption Support Centre of Saskatchewan
adoptionsask.org
Financing 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
Show Hope
www.showhope.org
Foster Parent Information and Training
Exchanges and Photolistings
AdoptUsKids
www.adoptuskids.org
Children Awaiting Parents
www.capbook.org
Child Welfare Information Gateway
(links to 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
adsg.syix.com/adsg/index.htm
Attachment and Trauma Network
www.radzebra.org
Reactive Attachment Disorder
www.radkid.org
Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder (CHADD)
www.chadd.org
The National Attention Deficit Disorder Association
www.add.org
Bipolar Disorder
Conduct Disorder
Conduct Disorders
www.conductdisorders.com
Mental Health America
www.nmha.org/go/conduct-disorder
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
www.nofas.org
General Special Needs and Disabilities
National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities
www.nichcy.org
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 on Mental Illness
www.nami.org
Sensory Integration
Tourette Syndrome
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/tourette/detail_tourette.htm
National Tourette Syndrome Association
www.tsa-usa.org
Tourette Syndrome "Plus"
www.tourettesyndrome.net
International Adoption
U.S. Department of State, Office of Children's Issues
http://adoption.state.gov/
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)
www.aaicama.org/cms/
Chapin Hall
www.chapinhall.org
Children's Rights
www.childrensrights.org
Child Welfare Institute
www.gocwi.org
Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute
www.adoptioninstitute.org
Fostering Connections Resource Center
www.fosteringconnections.org
National Association of Counsel for Children
www.NACCchildlaw.org
University of New England (links to child welfare statistics)
http://socialwork.une.edu/a-child-abuse-statistics-and-research-reference-guide-for-social-workers/
Urban Institute
www.urban.org
Adoption Publishers/Booksellers
Perspectives Press
www.perspectivespress.com
Routledge
www.routledge.com/
Tapestry Books
www.tapestrybooks.com
Special Populations
Gay and Lesbian Parents
Human Rights Campaign All Children–All Families Initiative
www.hrc.org/resources/entry/
all-children-all-families-about-the-initiative
First Nations and Native American Families
First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada
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
http://muskie.usm.maine.edu/helpkids
National Child Welfare Resource Center on Legal and Judicial Issues
http://apps.americanbar.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/
Current and Former Foster Youth
Foster Care Alumni Association (FCAA)
www.fostercarealumni.org
Foster Care Central
www.fostercarecentral.org
Foster Care Council of Canada
www.afterfostercare.ca
FosterClub
www.fosterclub.com
The Purple Project
www.thepurpleproject.com
Other
Annie E. Casey Foundation Family to Family Initiative
www.aecf.org/Home/MajorInitiatives/Family to Family.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.davethomasfoundation.org
Foster Care to Success
http://fc2success.org
Heart Gallery of America, Inc.
www.heartgalleryofamerica.org/
National Center for Adoption Law & Policy
www.law.capital.edu/adoption
National Clearinghouse on Families & Youth
www.ncfy.com
National Court Appointed Special Advocates Association
www.nationalcasa.org
National Mentoring Partnership
www.mentoring.org
Wednesday's Child
http://wednesdayschild.adopt.org
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