Adoption Support Groups

Where to Start:

• Creating a Family's Facebook support group

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General Adoption Support Groups:

• Parents Beyond Belief- Secular support group for all things parenting. They have a forum for adoption and for infertility.
• Parents for Ethical Adoption Reform- provides prospective adoptive parents with information and resources necessary to make an informed decision to adopt. The attached article addresses crises in adoption and provides some great resources.

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Domestic/Foster Adoption Support Groups:

• Families for Private Adoption is an adoption support and education group that advocates for and provides resources for private (non-agency) domestic adoption.
• Families Like Ours is a support group of adoptive-foster families.
• STARS (Sharing Transracial Adoption Resources and Support ) Focus is on adopting from foster care, but the resources would apply to all forms of transracial adoption.

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International Adoption Support Groups:

• General International Adoption Support Groups:
• Yahoo Adoption Groups - There is a Yahoo group for almost every country.
• Adoption Forums - Forums are available for most countries.
• International Adoption Forums
• Yahoo Adoption Forums by State - When you need a local referral for a home study agency, therapist, doctor, or agency these yahoo forums are one of the best resources available.
  • Alabama
  • Alaska
  • Arizona
  • Arkansas
  • California
  • Colorado
  • Connecticut
  • Delaware
  • DC
  • Florida
  • Georgia
  • Hawaii
  • Idaho
  • Illinois
  • Indiana
  • Iowa
  • Kansas
  • Kentucky
  • Louisiana
  • Maine
  • Maryland
  • Massachusetts
  • Michigan
  • Minnesota
  • Mississippi
  • Missouri
  • Montana
  • Nebraska
  • Nevada
  • New Hampshire
  • New Jersey
  • New Mexico
  • New York
  • North Carolina
  • North Dakota
  • Ohio
  • Oklahoma
  • Oregon
  • Pennsylvania
  • Rhode Island
  • South Carolina
  • South Dakota
  • Tennessee
  • Texas
  • Utah
  • Vermont
  • Virginia
  • Washington
  • West Virginia
  • Wisconsin
  • Wyoming
• Support Groups focused on Asian Adoptions:
• Families with Children from China - Fantastic source of information and support.
• IChild - Indian adoption resources, support and information.
  
• Korean Focus
• Adopting from Korea
• Korean American Adoptee Adoptive Family Network- (KAAN) is for the community of those touched by Korean adoption, including the over 100,000 adoptees plus their families. This is a good source of information on Korean culture, cultural awareness, multi-cultural families, as well as the latest info on their terrific annual conference.
• FRUA, INC (Families for Russian and Ukrainian Adoption, Including Neighboring Countries)- Provides international adoption support resources for families who have adopted, or are waiting to adopt, from Eastern European or Central Asia (ex-Soviet republics & bloc countries) including Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Bulgaria, Romania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Hungary, Poland, Lithuania, Uzbekistan, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Albania, Estonia, Moldova, and Slovakia.
• Thai Adoptive Families
• Adopt Vietnam
• Families with Children from Vietnam (FCVN)
• Support Group focused on European Adoptions:
• Eastern European Adoption Coalition
• Support Group focused on Latin American Adoptions:
• Latin American Parent Association (LAPA)- This group uses an e-mail list serve discussion format.

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