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En Español
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Special Concerns
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Education and School Advocacy
Transracial
Adoption
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Adoptee Groups:
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The International Adoptee
Congress was set up in 2006 as a membership organization for adopted
people from all over the world with the basic aim of improving the lot of
adopted children by providing a forum to offer guidance and practical
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Families with
Children From China, Northern California
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One World |
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The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption will dramatically increase the number of adoptions of waiting children from North America's foster care systems. |
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Information about adoption agencies and procedural advice on adoption. |
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The Internet's central location for Adoption Information, International Adoptions, Special Needs Adoption, Adoption Articles and Waiting Child Photolistings. |
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Books, articles, and workshops about infertility and adoption. |
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C.A.S.E. implements its core values through
direct, specialized clinical services; parent
and professional training and education;
adoption advocacy at the community, national,
and international levels; participating in groundbreaking
adoption research; fundraising; and the
development and production of print and electronic
resources to aid adopted children, families, and the
professionals who support them.
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General adoption information and resources with
special emphasis on the needs of alternative families including gay, lesbian, and single parent adoptive families. |
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Information about Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder. |
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New Jersey Parents' Caucus, Inc.; a coalition of families working for families with children that have special emotional and behavioral needs. |
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From the Bazelon Center of Mental Health law - this page provides a number of articles and publications with information
about child mental health, state policies, and access to services for interested families. |
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The Child & Adolescent Bipolar Foundation improves the lives of families raising children and teens living with bipolar disorder and related conditions. |
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http://www.recoveryconnection.org/talking-to-kids-drug-and-alcohol-help-resources/ |
| Adoption Triad Outreach serves those who are seeking information, healing, support, and truth in their adoption experiences. ATO was established in February of 1996 and remains dedicated to the belief that: "From A Base Of Information Comes Healing And Support". |
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Meet other local Birth Parents of children who have been adopted by other families. Gather for companionship, support, and advice sharing. |
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Official site for New Jersey Department of Human Services; Children’s System of Care Initiative. |
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Linking parents and children for adoption. |
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A web site for youth who are aging-out of the child welfare system and the adults who care about them. |
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Connecting Parents
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National Council for Adoption; charity working towards placing adoptive children. |
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Linking parents and children for adoption. |
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Fostering Perspectives: This site is "dedicated to making foster care and adoption in North Carolina the best they can be." Although it is based in North Carolina, many of its publications cover issues that are important to all foster families. |
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A club for young people in foster care. |
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Babysitting for Children in Foster Care Placement |
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Information on all aspects of adoptive care. |
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International Adoption Alliance; regular adoption news membership online forum, and advocacy and agency listings. |
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A website founded by two adoptive parents; offers a comprehensive content of educational resources for any person involved in, or interested in adoption; ongoing lists of educational events are listed. |
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Our mission is provide Virginia adoption professionals – in both public and private agencies and organizations – with useful information that promotes and supports the use of evidence-based practices. Our central focus is on the adoption of children from foster care. The website is designed to assist the busy adoption professional in navigating the “information highway” and locating the most relevant, usable information and features
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Every child needs a home. There
are times when birth families are not able to care for their children.
It is then that we look to foster care, placing a child or children
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| Adoption lifebooks...Helping children understand their past so they can thrive into future. |
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The National Adoption Foundation was established in 1994 by adoptive parents who understand the unmet needs adoptive families have for financial support and advocacy. Everything the Foundation does is driven by a clear understanding of the challenges faced by families in the adoption process and beyond
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ThinkingOfAdopting.com was founded by adoptive parents who want to help you decide if adoption is right for you and support you throughout your entire adoption journey. We do so by connecting you with adoptive parents and adoption experts through adoption telcourses and webinars. Our mission is to help more people take a “leap of faith” and adopt a child by providing he information and inspiration you will need not only to adopt a child, but also to care for and love them once they are home. We call it, “Learn, Leap, Love”. Our prayer is that doing so will help more children get their forever homes. |
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NACAC promotes and supports permanent families for children and youth in the U.S. and Canada who have been in care—especially those in foster care and those with special needs. |
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Foster care resources. |
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The primary focus of G.O.A.'L is to inform the Korean society and government about the existence of Overseas Adopted Koreans (OAKs) and what it means to be adopted. Secondly, G.O.A.'L fosters positive links between adoptees and Korean society, and increases international awareness regarding issues of Korean adoption. Thirdly, G.O.A.'L provides adoptees that wish to learn about Korean life firsthand with employment opportunities and Korean host families. Finally, G.O.A.'L works by slowly breaking down the walls of prejudice, misunderstanding, shame, and pity that separate Koreans from adoptees and adoptees from each other. |
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F.C.C. (Families with Children from China); information and resources for international adoption with specific emphasis on the adoption needs of children from China
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Non-profit organization for international adoption; contains news about international adoption, web links, membership, and specific adoption information for 28 countries world wide. |
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The Overseas Korean Foundation is a non-profit
organization affiliated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The
basic mission of OKF is to further the rights and interests of overseas
Koreans and to deepen the ethnic bond. The Foundation strives to create korean culture and promote the exchange between Koreans in the homeland and overseas by carrying out survey & research, exchange, education, cultural affairs, information system operation programs. |
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Families for International Children, Michigan A support group for and by families who have adopted internationally. Also see culture camp info!
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One of the largest and oldest adoption sites, with several hundred articles on adoption, special needs, adoption mailing lists, book reviews, adoptive parenting, adoption resources, and more. |
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WACAP (World Association for Children and Parents) is one of the largest and most experienced international nonprofit adoption and child assistance agencies in the United States. Take a look around our site. Get to know us. Find out how you can help. We think you will like what you see. |
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International adoption agency. |
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| We are a non-profit Russian Adoption organization located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. We work hard for our adoptive families to ensure their adoption experience is as comfortable as possible. |
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Includes news and press releases about education issues in New Jersey; emphasis on special needs children and legal issues; includes a special education guide, information about community projects, and publications. |
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The purpose of this site is to distribute information that, typically, is impossible to get from the person taking your claim for SSD and SSI benefits. In essence, applying for disability and SSI benefits might as well be a secret process since Social Security does not try to make this information clear or even understandable. |
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This site offers information, advice
and referrals for low-income people with civil legal problems. |
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ACNJ's Children's Legal Resource Center is New Jersey's foremost information source on children and the law. Community service providers, attorneys, court staff and volunteers, educators, parents and caregivers, children, researchers, and general public, have depended on the Children's Legal Resource Center since 1993 for assistance, training and legal publications relating to the rights and care of New Jersey's children. |
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The links are provided for those users who want direct access to individual state and territory information. To use this valuable tool, you must first determine the state or area where the birth, death, marriage, or divorce occurred, then click on that state or area. Please follow the provided guidelines to ensure an accurate response to your request. |
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NORWESCAP offers many programs that assist individuals and families in a variety of ways. |
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Adoption related policy resource center. |
| www.adoptiondoctors.org |
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| http://www.hackensackumc.org |
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Website maintained by the Valley Health System with an adoption service that specializes in health screening and evaluation; Director – Dr. Lisa Nalven. |
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Official web site for the New Jersey Medicaid Program; provides information and resources for providers, HIPPA regulations, claims, and much more. |
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Resource for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome needs in New Jersey; provides general information, center locations, web links and publications |
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Second Language, Literacy & Learning
Connection, LLC |
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ValueOptions®, the nation's largest independent behavioral health care company, provides services to more than 22 million individuals through a variety of contracts with state and county agencies, as well as with health plans and employers |
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http://www.nj.gov/health/chs/oisp/documents/violent_deaths_nj03-05.pdf |
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ZERO TO THREE's mission is to support the healthy development and well-being of infants, toddlers and their families. We are a national nonprofit multidisciplinary organization that advances our mission by informing, educating and supporting adults who influence the lives of infants and toddlers. |
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Care Plus NJ, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, provides comprehensive, recovery-focused mental health and substance abuse services. Services are offered on a voluntary outpatient basis to adults and children. A total of 23 sites, including three outpatient centers (located in Paramus, Fair Lawn, and Montclair), ten residential facilities, offices at three local hospitals, and seven community offices, make our services convenient to clients located throughout Northern New Jersey. |
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| http://www.tipnational.org/images/tRape_Reactions_of_the_Victim.pdf |
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Linking parents and children for adoption.
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Division of Youth and Family Services, New Jersey. |
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National Adoption Center |
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Programs for Parents supports children, families and child care providers through education, advocacy, referrals and access to available financial resources. |
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TimeToTalk provides easy-to-use guides and tips to help you have ongoing conversations with your kids to keep them healthy and drug-free. |
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Adoption and the Schools; Resources for Parents and Teachers" by Lansing Wood and Nancy Ng. |
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This section of the American Adoption Congress website is intended to provide a collection of articles, data bases, forums and references including links to other web sites which might be useful to searchers who are working on their own. |
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Part of the “adoption.com” family; resources, articles, and support for dozens of special behavioral, emotional, and developmental concerns of adopted children. |
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| http://www.mortgageloan.com/disabilities/ |
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This report and guide outlines the medical and legal issues surrounding HIV and pregnancy in the United States. It makes it clear that persistent beliefs among medical, social service, and justice system professionals that women with HIV should avoid childbearing are unsupported by medical science or the law. The guide is the first of its kind, and charts the intersecting medical, ethical, and legal issues that can arise for HIV-positive women who are or may become pregnant. It underscores not only the legal basis, but the public health advantage, of treating women as active partners in their own and their newborns' treatment, and recognizing their right to appropriate counseling and medical care that accommodates their reproductive options. The guide provides a frank, balanced discussion of the medical issues and options women will encounter at all stages or their pregnancy, and how to deal with legal issues that also may arise when their right to make choices are challenged. |
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Advocacy:
For parents, educators, advocates, and attorneys; emphasizes up-to-date information about special education laws and legal issues for children with disabilities; contains articles and lists national seminars and trainings |
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http://www.parentpals.com/gossamer/pages/Adoption_and_Foster_Care/ |
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The Early Intervention System (EIS), under the Division of Family Health Services, implements New Jersey's statewide system of services for infants and toddlers, birth to age three, with developmental delays or disabilities, and their families. |
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Provides representation to indigent parents and caretakers using a pool of trained volunteer attorneys. Attorneys are available throughout New Jersey. |
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One Simple Wish has been making
small miracles happen for foster children and vulnerable
families since December 2008. We offer everyone a glimpse into
the life of a child in the foster care system or a family in
need. Our goal is to connect people, one to one, to create
rewarding, meaningful relationships between the giver and
recipient. |
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Neighborhood Connections helps residents of Northern New Jersey and those looking for employment find appropriate assistance that will give them hope and help them to move towards employment and self-sufficiency. |
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The Independent Adoption Center is a compassionate and dedicated domestic open adoption agency. Since our founding in 1982, the IAC has successfully placed over 4,000 newborns with families in the United States. |
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An Informational Site dedicated To Moms. We are your one stop directory of Places To Go, Things To Do, and Ways To Save |
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Our mission is to prevent child abuse in all of its forms, for all of New Jersey’s children. Prevent Child Abuse-New Jersey is the only statewide non-profit dedicated to preventing child abuse in all of its forms, for all of New Jersey’s children. |
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Welcome to the New Jersey Afterschool Directory. This directory is provided as a public resource for families to search for afterschool programs. |
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The Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund is a financial assistance program for New Jersey Families whose children have an illness or condition otherwise uncovered by insurance, State or Federal programs, or other source, such as fundraising. The Fund is intended to assist in preserving a family's ability to cope with the responsibilities which accompany a child's significant health problems. |
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1800HomeStudy.com is the
definitive resource for adoptive families who are
looking for qualified and reliable adoption home
study professionals. Our knowledgeable adoption home
study affiliates have completed thousands of
approved home studies for hopeful adoptive families
in every state.
Our home study providers understand the complex, and oftentimes emotional, adoption journey you are about to begin, and they are committed to helping you through the home study process. Because of our dedication to educating adoptive families, we have made available an extensive amount of information on adoption home studies, domestic and international adoption, post-placement visits and state and agency adoption regulations. We look forward to helping you through your first step in building your family. |
