Finding and Using Postadoption Services: Finding Postadoption Services and Additional Resources

This information was taken directly from Child Welfare Information Gateway

Finding Postadoption Services and Additional Resources

General Postadoption Services

• Adoption Assistance by State (Question 7): http://www.childwelfare.gov/adoption/adopt_assistance

• Child Welfare Information Gateway: http://www.childwelfare.gov/adoption/adopt_parenting/services/

Peer Support and Activities

Support groups for adopted parents or adopted children and youth

• National Foster Care & Adoption Directory (Check Foster Care & Adoption Support Groups): http://www.childwelfare.gov/nfcad

• Adoptive Families, Locate a Parent Support Group: http://www.adoptivefamilies.com/support_group.php

• North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC), Database of Parent Groups: http://www.nacac.org/parentgroups/database.html

• AdoptUSKids, Respite Care and Adoption Support Groups: http://www.adoptuskids.org/for-families/post-adoption-resources#respite-care

• NACAC, Developing a Parent-to-Parent Support Network: http://www.nacac.org/adoptalk/parent2parentnetwork.pdf

Adoptive family and child events, camps, and heritage activities

• Adoptive Families, Post-Adoption Family Events: http://www.adoptivefamilies.com/calendar. php?cal=post

• Rainbow Kids, Adoption Calendar: http://www.rainbowkids.com/Events.aspx

• PACT: http://www.pactadopt.org/app/servlet/ HomePage

Respite Care

• ARCH, National Respite Locator: http://archrespite.org/respitelocator

• Child Welfare Information Gateway: http://www.childwelfare.gov/adoption/adopt_parenting/services/therapy.cfm

Health and Mental Health Services

Therapy/counseling

• American Psychological Association (APA) Psychologist Locator: http://locator.apa.org/

• Child Welfare Information Gateway: http://www.childwelfare.gov/adoption/adopt_parenting/services/therapy.cfm

• Selecting and Working With A Therapist Skilled in Adoption: http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/f_therapist.pdf

Health care support

• Child Welfare Information Gateway, Health Services Locators: http://www.childwelfare.gov/adoption/adopt_parenting/services/locators.cfm

• Child Welfare Information Gateway, Development and Physical Disabilities Resources: http://www.childwelfare.gov/adoption/adopt_parenting/services/disability.cfm

• American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), Healthy Children: http://www.healthychildren.org

Education and Information

Training, workshops, & conferences

• Child Welfare Information Gateway, Conference Calendar (Select Adoption under Step 3): http://www.childwelfare.gov/calendar/

• Child Welfare Information Gateway: http://www.childwelfare.gov/adoption/adopt_parenting/training.cfm

• Adoption Learning Partners: http://adoptionlearningpartners.org

Book, magazines, websites, & other resources

• Child Welfare Information Gateway, Parenting After Adoption: http://www.childwelfare.gov/adoption/ adopt_parenting/

• Adoptive Families: http://www.adoptivefamilies.com

• Adoption Today: http://www.adoptinfo.net

• The Center for Adoption Support and Education (C.A.S.E), Resources: http://www.adoptionsupport.org/res/index.php

Adoptive child background information

• National Foster Care & Adoption Directory Search (Check Accessing Adoption Records): http://www.childwelfare.gov/nfcad

• Child Welfare Information Gateway, Obtaining Background Information About Your Prospective Adopted Child: http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/f_background.cfm

Search and reunion

• National Foster Care & Adoption Directory Search (Check Support Groups for Adopted Adults and Those Searching for Birth Relatives): http://www.childwelfare.gov/nfcad

• Child Welfare Information Gateway: http://www.childwelfare.gov/adoption/search/

• Searching for Birth Relatives: http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/f_search.cfm

Openness

• Child Welfare Information Gateway: http://www.childwelfare.gov/adoption/preplacement/adoption_openness.cfm

Material Assistance

Financial assistance

• Adoption Assistance by State Database (Questions 1–6, 12): http://www.childwelfare.gov/adoption/adopt_assistance
• Child Welfare Information Gateway: http://www.childwelfare.gov/adoption/postplacement/finassistance.cfm

• Adoption Assistance for Children Adopted from Foster Care: http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/f_subsid.pdf

Medical assistance

• Adoption Assistance by State Database (Questions 8, 9, 13): http://www.childwelfare.gov/adoption/ adopt_assistance

Educational support (college)

• Child Welfare Information Gateway: http://www.childwelfare.gov/adoption/adopt_parenting/financial/

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Acknowledgment

The original (2006) version of this factsheet was developed by Child Welfare Information Gateway, in partnership with Susan Frievalds. This update is made possible by the Children’s Bureau, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The conclusions discussed here are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not represent the official views or policies of the funding agency, nor does the funding agency endorse the products or organizations mentioned in this factsheet.

Resource

Child Welfare Information Gateway. (2012). Finding and using postadoption services. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Children’s Bureau.