U.S. State Department Office of Children's Issues
U.S. government site with information on adoption from various countries.

Joint Council on International Children's Services
The largest affiliation of licensed, nonprofit international adoption agencies, parent groups, advocacy organizations, and individuals who have an interest in inter-country adoption.

Child Welfare Information Gateway
This site is a national resource for information on all aspects, including technical assistance to professionals and policymakers, a library collection, publications, databases on adoption resources, and information on Federal and State legislation.

Adoptive Families
omepage for Adoptive Families Magazine, an award-winning national magazine offering information on all aspects of adoption.

Older Child Adoption
An on-line magazine. Provides practical, honest insights into older child adoption, sharing both the joys and the challenges. Great resource for information on attachment and bonding.

Rainbow Kids
An on-line international adoption magazine. Features adoption stories and news. Also includes information about adoption travel and adoption benefits.

Adopt: Assistance, Information, Support
This site provides information on various types of adoptions, state by state waiting children, information for adoptees and much more.

Boy, O Wonderful Boys
Families encourage the adoption of boys by sharing their blessings.

Adoptive Families
This is an inspirational magazine that can be found either online, or sent via mail. There are stories, recommendations, and valuable information pertaining to all aspects of adoption (international and domestic). Ask TFN for a flyer to sample a free issue.

Empowered Adoption
Through the highly acclaimed book Empowered Adoption you'll find out what makes adoption easy for one family but almost impossible for another. You will see why one family may have an almost effortless adoption while another faces disappointment and failure. There are often very simple reasons behind the successes and failures, secrets that, until now, no one has made available to the general public.

Adoption Week Magazine
Through the highly acclaimed book Empowered Adoption you'll find out what makes adoption easy for one family but almost impossible for another. You will see why one family may have an almost effortless adoption while another faces disappointment and failure. There are often very simple reasons behind the successes and failures, secrets that, until now, no one has made available to the general public.

Adoption Today
This is a bi-monthly magazine for all phases of the adoption journey and is specifically focused on trans-racial and international adoption. There are also dialogues from people on all sides of adoption. Visit the website to subscribe.

Real Moms Adoption Newsletter
This is a newsletter written by adoptive moms for adoptive moms. The link is to the online version. To receive the newsletter via mail, visit the website.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Download or request Immigration forms needed for international adoption.

VitalChek
This site offers on-line, phone and fax options to order vital records such as birth and marriage certificates needed to complete your adoption dossier.

The Assistant Stork
Lots of links, including a listing of each state's Secretary of State and Vital Statistics Office. Also provides information for dossier authentications. The Assistant Stork is the home page for Laura Morrison's adoption paperwork courier service.

The Family Network Bookstore
The Family Network, Inc. offers these books for sale through Amazon.com, the world's largest online bookstore. Offering a selection of adoption books for parents, adoption and multicultural books for children, and travel guides. Required reading books for The Family Network, Inc. home study clients are available through the bookstore.

Adoption Learning Partners
Providing web-based educational classes for all members of the adoption circle. Adoption Learning Partners offer a variety of interactive, learning courses that will increase each person's understanding of the joys and challenges of adoption.

Different But Equal
E-mail: songen@att.net
Patty McLaughlin offers an internet-based interactive class that prepares and educates parents on the many areas of adoption-related issues, and the aspects of adoptive parenting that are necessary to know and practice. The course focuses on the differences in adopted children's issues and the need to parent adopted children differently in many areas.

Perspectives Press, Inc.
Providing award-winning books, articles, and workshops on infertility, adoption, and parenting issues.

Nancy Thomas/Families by Design
Offering information on adoption/attachment and bonding issues as a not-for-profit service to families and professionals. Also the official home of Families by Design providing educational materials and seminars.

Families With Children From China
Providing a network of support for families who have adopted from China, as well as information for prospective parents of children from China.

Eastern European Adoption Coalition
An adoptive family support group, serving the needs of families adopting children from Eastern Europe.

Families for Russian and Ukrainian Adoption
It is the mission of FRUA to support the whole life experience of Eastern European orphan children and to strengthen the families that are created through adoption.

Latin America Parents Association
A volunteer organization of families who have adopted or who are in the process of adopting children from Latin America. LAPA's mission is to provide accurate and timely information as well as support before, during, and after the adoption process.

Culture for Kids
A resource for teaching about languages and cultures; offering a wide assortment of products, including bilingual and multilingual materials in over 30 languages and cultural studies on hundreds of countries.

Adopt Shoppe
Unique gifts and resources celebrating international adoption, including memory albums, jewelry, books and more.

Mayan Traditions
Finely crafted fair trade products made by Mayan artisans and craftspeople from Guatemala and Latin America. A portion of the sales each month will go to directly aid various Guatemalan orphanages.

Asia for Kids
A resource for language and cultural items, including books, videos, music, dolls, clothing and more.

China Sprout
Extensive resource for Chinese cultural products and community services, including bilingual children's books, music, crafts, clothing, adoption announcement cards, message boards, feature articles and much more.

Snapaholics!
Easy-to-use hair snaps and beads, includes many designs and a hairstyle photo gallery.

My Creations
Personalized stories for unique families (like those touched by adoption)!