- Adoptee's Right to Know - http://www.plumsite.com/shea/
Promoting the right of adoptees to learn about their birthfamilies. Search, legal, and activist resources.
- Adoption Fraud - http://www.adoption-fraud.com
Court unseals adoption records in Florida due to fraudulent black market baby broker activity. Includes Associated Press coverage.
- Adoption in the Computer Age - http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~progman/adoption/
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.
- Hope4Kidz - http://www.hope4kidz.org
Advocating, with pre-adoptive families, for the rights of children in state foster care.
- Effects of Institutionalization - http://www.cyfc.umn.edu/Adoptinfo/institutionalization.html
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.
- Open Records Debate - http://adoption.about.com/library/weekly/aa113098.htm
An examination of the issue from About.com.
- A Westernized Adoptee - http://members.tripod.com/jenniferk/adoption.html
Discussion forum to discuss the ramifications of the westernization of adoptees, both culturally and ethnically.
- Bastard Nation - http://www.bastards.org
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.
- Abolish Adoption - http://www.AbolishAdoption.com/
Criticizes adoption as practiced in the United States as unconstitutional. Includes petition and position articles.
- Americans for Open Records - http://www.abolishadoption.com/amfor.html
Advocates the rights of birthfamilies and provides reunion resources; says adoption is slavery.
- American Adoption Congress - http://www.americanadoptioncongress.org/
International network of individuals and organizations committed to adoption reform. Includes a profile, news, list of board members, legislation information, and membership details.
- Birthmothers Exploited By Adoption - http://www.exiledmothers.com/
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.
- OriginsUSA - http://www.originsusa.org/
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.
- Adoptees' Caucus for Truth - http://home.socal.rr.com/huntingtonbeach/ACT.html
Resource for individuals who support the adoptees' right to their original birth certificates. Includes a petition and links to related content.
- The Adoption History Project - http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~adoption/
A digital public history resource, profiling people, organizations, topics, and studies that shaped modern American adoption theory and practice.
- Ethica - http://www.ethicanet.org/
Seeks to be an impartial voice for ethical adoption practices worldwide, and provides education, assistance and advocacy to the adoption community.
- Birthmothers Unite - http://www.birthmothersunite.com/
A place for birth mothers to unite, share thoughts and feelings, and receive healing on post-adoption grief issues.
- Adoptee Problems - http://members.aol.com/adopteeproblems/adoption/adoption.html
Information about problems, like rejection, after finding natural parents and discussion of problems associated with being adopted.
- The ALMA Society - http://www.almasociety.org/
Advocates for the right of adopted persons to know the truth of their origin. Offers an adoption reunion registry.
- American Academy of Adoption Attorneys - http://www.adoptionattorneys.org/
Promotes reform of adoption laws and helps disseminate information on ethical adoption practices. Member directory, media contacts, and news.
- Center For Family Connections - http://www.kinnect.org/
Offers training, education, consultation, advocacy, and clinical treatment to families touched by adoption, foster care, kinship, and guardianship.
- National Resource Center for Youth Development - http://www.nrcys.ou.edu/nrcyd.htm
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.
- Domenici and Lincoln Introduce ICPC Bill - http://www.cwla.org/advocacy/monitoronline-issue.asp?ISSUEID=4#DOMENICI
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).
- National Adoption Month - http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/general/adoptmonth/index.cfm
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.
- Origins Canada - http://www.originscanada.org/
Supporting people separated by adoption and asking for an inquiry into alleged illegal and exploitive adoption practices.
- International Adoption Medical Clinics - http://www.adoptvietnam.org/adoption/health-clinics.htm
Contact information for several medical clinics that specialize in helping internationally adopted children with ailments that are uncommon or not easily diagnosed or treated.
- Adoption Clubhouse - http://www.adoptionclubhouse.org/
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.
- Adoption Excellence Awards - http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/initiatives/aeawards.htm
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.
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