Adoption Resources

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ADOPTION WEBSITES

Adoptive Families Magazine is an award-winning national adoption and family formation information source for families before, during, and after adoption. www.adoptivefamilies.com

Adoptive Parents Committee (APC) is a non-profit parent support group comprised of volunteers dedicated to improving all aspects of adoption and interim (foster) care. www.adoptiveparents.org

American Academy of Adoption Attorneys (AAAA) is a non-profit organization of attorneys who have been selected by invitation as experts in adoption law. The AAAA, through its committees and outreach, works to improve adoption law and regulations. Michele is an elected member of AAAA. www.adoptionattorneys.org/aaaa-page/home

Building Your Family: the Infertility and Adoption Guide is a one-stop resource for adoption, assisted reproductive technology (ART), infertility, egg/embryo/sperm donors, and surrogacy information. www.buildingyourfamily.com

Center for Adoption Policy provides research, analysis and education to practitioners and the public about current legislation and practices governing domestic and international adoption in the United States, Europe, Asia, Latin America and Africa. www.adoptionpolicy.org

Center for Adoption Support and Education (C.A.S.E.) is an adoptive family support center that provides post-adoption services which include education, counseling, family forums, and advocacy. www.adoptionsupport.org

Center for Adoptive Families (CAF) is the first comprehensive pre- and post-adoption counseling and education center in the Baltimore and Washington area. www.centerforadoptivefamilies.com

Child Welfare Information Gateway provides access to information and resources to help protect children and strengthen families. www.childwelfare.gov

Creating a Family is a nonprofit providing education and support for infertility or adoption. www.creatingafamily.org

Friends in Adoption (FIA) is a non-profit, pro-choice, licensed agency with a focus on helping people make informed decisions concerning adoption. FIA is committed to open adoption, inclusiveness, and providing lifelong support to all members of the adoption circle. www.friendsinadoption.org

Foster & Adoptive Parent Advocacy Center (FAPAC) provides training in advocacy skills to help foster, kinship, and adoptive parents become stronger advocates for the children in their homes. It offers individual case advocacy for families and has a systematic advocacy agenda directed at issues especially identified by foster and adoptive parent communities. www.dcfapac.org

Internet Adoption School provides information on independent, agency, and international adoptions. The website has online educational seminars to help you plan a safe, ethical, and loving adoption. www.adoption101.com

National Foster Parents Association aims to support foster parents, and remains a consistently strong violence on behalf of all children. It serves foster families through a network of affiliates. www.NFPAinc.org

National Adoption Center is an organization that promotes adoption from foster care and offers various programs and services to help individuals in their adoption process. www.adopt.org

National Council for Adoption provides adoption advocacy and awareness services for adoption professionals, families, birth parents, and agencies. www.adoptioncouncil.org

National Adoption Foundation provides adoptions grants, adoption loans, adoption funding, and other alternatives to help fund adoptions. The Foundation’s programs are available to any family whether adopting a child domestically, abroad or from foster care. www.fundyouradoption.org

National Adoption Center
Its inspiration comes from the belief that there is no unwanted child, only unfound families. From that it provides the following free adoptive services: Public Awareness and Recruitment, Information and Referral and Publications. www.adopt.org

National Council for Adoption provides support to both domestic and foreign efforts that ensure every child lives, grows and thrives in a safe, permanent and loving family. www.adoptioncouncil.org

PACT, An Adoption Alliance is dedicated to providing adoption-related services to children of color, their birth parents and adoptive parents. www.pactadopt.org

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is the government agency that oversees lawful immigration to the United States of America. www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis

BOOKS ON ADOPTION

Adopting in America: How to Adopt Within One Year, by Randall Hicks
Adopting After Infertility, by Patricia Irwin Johnston
You CAN Adopt, by Susan Caughman
Adoption: The Essential Guide to Adopting Quickly and Safely, by Randall Hicks
Adoption in the United States, by Henry & Pollack
Adoption Nation: How the Adoption Revolution is Transforming America,by Adam Pertman
Dear Birthmother, by Kathleen Silber
I’m on it: What adoptive parents would like you to know about adoption (A Guide for Relatives and Friends), by Elisabeth O’Toole
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Adoption, by Christine Adamec
The Family of Adoption, by Joyce Maguire Pavao
The Five Love Languages of Children, by Gary D Chapman and Ross Campbell
Telling the Truth to Your Adopted or Foster Child
Tell Me a Real Adoption Story, Betty Jean Lipton
Truly Yours, Laura Dale
Mothering Without a Map: The Search for the Good Mother Within, by Kathryn Black (good for Dads too!)
Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew, by Sherrie Eldridge
Lifegivers: Framing the Birthparent Experience in Open Adoption, by James L. Gritter
Making Sense of Adoption, by Lois Melina
Journey of the Adopted Self: A Quest For Wholeness, by Betty Jean Lifton
The Handbook of International Adoption Medicine, by Dr. Laurie C. Miller

“Michele Zavos was instrumental in helping our family plan for any eventuality, from setting up wills, and health care powers of attorney. Michele knew the issues inside out. We were confident that we were making the most informed decisions thanks to Michele. When we decided to proceed with an adoption we turned immediately to Michele.”
“Michele is that smart, wise, compassionate lawyer you’d think you had to invent, but fortunately, she is for real. Don’t miss the chance to have her represent you.”
“Michele Zavos in an invaluable legal resource in our community, I have had the benefit of working with Michele on both my personal needs – second parent adoption – and as a resource for my clients. Her work is consistently excellent, and her knowledge of family law, especially as pertains to LGBT family law, is deep and broad. Because she has decades of experience, and been hands-on through the dizzying legislative changes regarding LGBT law, her knowledge is second to none.”
“My wife and I worked with Michele and her team to protect our growing family. Michele patiently and thoroughly guided us through both the estate planning and second parent adoption processes. She was responsive to our many questions and reassuring to us as we navigated these new areas of life. Thanks to Michele’s good work, we have peace of mind that, even in uncertain times like these, we are as protected as we can be. I wholeheartedly recommend her.”
"If you need an expert on LGBT issues, call Michele! My partner and I hired Michele to assist us with a second parent adoption in Washington, DC. She impressed us with her expertise on all things adoption, but also on other legal issues facing same-sex couples. Her services are reasonably-priced, and the rest of her staff was great, too. Highly recommend!"

Adoption Resources

ADOPTION WEBSITES

BOOKS ON ADOPTION

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