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Where to start for Information on Domestic
Adoption:
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General Information on Domestic
Adoption:
American Adoption Congress' homepage has a list of local adoption support groups in the US, and internationally. -
The Child Welfare Information Gateway is one of the best
places to begin researching any form of adoption. Their domestic
adoption page provides resources on all forms of domestic adoption,
including foster care, kinship/relative, infant, customary (Native
American), and independent adoptions.
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A great video explaining the different types of domestic
adoption. This is a great starting place. Differences between
private, public, and independent.
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The Ultimate Insider’s Guide to
Adoption by Elizabeth Swire Falker This book shines as a
general introductory guide to all forms of adoption. Falker brings
her expertise as both an adoption attorney and adoptive parent to
this book. Falker adopted domestically, and I thought her domestic
adoption chapters were the strongest. I particularly liked her
chapter on Managing a Domestic Adoption, which included a great
discussion about the do’s and don’ts about talking with
potential birth mothers. This is not the only book you will need,
but it is a good first step.
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Two good articles dispelling the myths about domestic newborn
adoption in the US: "Perception & Reality: The Untold Story of Domestic
Adoption" and "The Truth About Domestic Adoption" both by Eliza
Newlin Carney.
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Comparing different types of adoption:
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This may be self promoting, but I think the chart I included in
my book (The Complete Book of International Adoption) at the end of
Chapter 1 is the best quickie summary of all major types of
adoption I have seen. Your local library likely has a copy or will
order it through interlibrary loan, if you
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The Child Welfare Information Gateway has a fact sheet comparing
the different types of adoption.
Adoption Options At-a-Glance
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State
Laws on Adoption: The Child Welfare Information Gateway has a
summary of State laws addressing the following domestic adoption
issues: Consent to Adoption, Post adoption Contact Agreements
Between Birth and Adoptive Families, Regulation of Private Domestic
Adoption Expenses, Rights of Presumed (Putative) Fathers, The Use
of Advertising and Facilitators in Adoptive Placements, Who May
Adopt, Be Adopted, or Place a Child for Adoption.
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Someone’s Missing: This free booklet
encourages parents to be proactive in finding an expectant mother
who is considering an adoption plan. Lots of good advice, including
tips for the first phone conversation with the expectant mom. The
authors approach the search and adoption from a spiritual
perspective.
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Unveiling the Adoption Process, tells the stories of 7
families as they adopted a total of 12 children. It includes
not only details of the process, but also sections outlining what
each family did right and what they would do differently if they
adopted again. Each chapter also contains information about
family and friends' reactions to their decision to adopt.
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"Adoptees Do Not Lack Self-Esteem: A Meta-Analysis
of Studies on Self-Esteem of Transracial, International, and
Domestic Adoptees" - study states, "there are no differences in
self-esteem between adopted and nonadopted children and no
differences in self-esteem between transracial and same-race
adopted children." Psychological Bulletin, 2007
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On Your Feet
Foundation is dedicated to assisting birth mothers in achieving
the personal and financial independence they need to take care of
themselves and their families after placing a baby for
adoption. They provide peer support and networking,
vocational counseling and mentoring and educational grants.
There are two locations: one located
in Northern California open to birth mothers living in Northern
California or who placed a child with a Northern California family,
and one located
outside of Chicago open to birthmothers living in Illinois and
Indiana.
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