A collective national (USA) effort to raise awareness of the children in foster care waiting to find permanent families.

Promoting the right of adoptees to learn about their birthfamilies. Search, legal, and activist resources.

Court unseals adoption records in Florida due to fraudulent black market baby broker activity. Includes Associated Press coverage.

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.

Advocating, with pre-adoptive families, for the rights of children in state foster care.

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.

An examination of the issue from About.com.

Discussion forum to discuss the ramifications of the westernization of adoptees, both culturally and ethnically.

A group of adoptees and birthparents trying to get birth records open for all adult adoptees.

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.

Includes news, Bill 108 and a petition.

Criticizes adoption as practiced in the United States as unconstitutional. Includes petition and position articles.

Advocates the rights of birthfamilies and provides reunion resources; says adoption is slavery.

International network of individuals and organizations committed to adoption reform. Includes a profile, news, list of board members, legislation information, and membership details.

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.

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.

Resource for individuals who support the adoptees' right to their original birth certificates. Includes a petition and links to related content.

A digital public history resource, profiling people, organizations, topics, and studies that shaped modern American adoption theory and practice.

Seeks to be an impartial voice for ethical adoption practices worldwide, and provides education, assistance and advocacy to the adoption community.

A place for birth mothers to unite, share thoughts and feelings, and receive healing on post-adoption grief issues.

Information about problems, like rejection, after finding natural parents and discussion of problems associated with being adopted.

Provides information on a uniform law enacted in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands that protects children who are placed across state lines for foster care or adoption.

Advocates for the right of adopted persons to know the truth of their origin. Offers an adoption reunion registry.

Promotes reform of adoption laws and helps disseminate information on ethical adoption practices. Member directory, media contacts, and news.

Offers training, education, consultation, advocacy, and clinical treatment to families touched by adoption, foster care, kinship, and guardianship.

Informs and assists single people in the United States who want to adopt children.

Provides training, consultation, and informational materials for professionals, organizations, and parents regarding special needs adoptions.

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.

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).

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.

Supporting people separated by adoption and asking for an inquiry into alleged illegal and exploitive adoption practices.

Reunion, relationships, and natural parents adopting-back the children they had lost to infant-adoption.

Contact information for several medical clinics that specialize in helping internationally adopted children with ailments that are uncommon or not easily diagnosed or treated.

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.

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.

"New Study Identifies Strengths Of Adoptive Families."