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• Adoption Options - Factsheet for Families

  Child Welfare Information Gateway National Foster Care & Adoption Directory offers State-by-State listings of public officials, public and licensed private adoption agencies, and support groups for adoptive parents or people searching for birth relatives. This factsheet focuses on one way to think about how choices in adoption may flow from one another.

• How to Adopt

  This site offers basic resources about who can adopt, things to consider before adoption, an explanation of the many adoption choices available (including domestic, intercountry, and open adoption), home study requirements, finding an agency, adoption by different types of families (including single, stepparent, transracial/transcultural, kin/relative, military, or lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender [LGBT] families), and assistance with adoption expenses.

• National Adoption Center's Learning Center

  The National Adoption Center's Learning Center offers a variety of online adoption chats, education, information and support services. Join TLCs weekly moderated adoption chats, interact with adoptive families and professionals through the Message Board.

• The Adoption Process

  Here you will find some general information about what the adoption process entails and about the basic steps of the adoption process.