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Adoption

Here are some links to information and resources on adoption. Something to bear in mind is adoption laws vary greatly from state to state. Open adoption is very different than closed adoption. International adoption can be very different from domestic adoption. Read the following with a grain of salt.

• Adoption Agencies
• Nebraska Children's Home Society (NCHS)
• Nebraska Children's Home Society Foundation raises money for NCHS so that they don't have to charge fees.
• America World Adoption (international)
• Adoption Links Worldwide
• Holt International Children's Services
• Adoption (Support) Groups
• Moms Connected - Tonya Moore's web site for transracial adoption
• Families Connected Yahoo Group - Transracial Adoption Support Group
• Adoption Resources
• Adopting.Org
• Adoption.Com
• AdoptionInformation.Com
• The Center for Adoption Support and Education
• Adoptive Families - magazine on adoption
• Domestic Infant Adoption Advice
• Familes for Russian and Ukranian Adoption
• Celebrate Adoption [Warning: pop-ups galore!]
• Rainbow Kids - eZine on international adoption
• Faces of Adoption
• Adoption Help Blog
• North American Council on Adoptable Children
• National Adoption Foundation offers grants and loans for adoption.
• Gift of Adoption Fund
• God's Grace Adoption Ministry
• Wide Smiles - Resources for adopting children with cleft-lip palates.
• Shaohannah's Hope - Steven Curtis Chapman's non-profit organization grants funds to adopting families
• A Child Waits - Loans and grants for adoption
• The IRS has information about tax credits (see publication #968)
• Tax-Credit Adoption has information about IRS tax credits.