Adoption Links

The following links are provided for informational purposes only. A listing here does not imply endorsement by Open Adoption & Family Services.

• Adoption Forums.com
  www.forums.adoption.com/t110471.html
• AdoptiveFamilies.com
  Adoptive Families, the online adoption and parenting guide, has provided trusted adoption information and inspiration to families for over 30 years.
• AdoptionShop.com
  http://www.adoptionshop.com
  Adoption Shop is your one stop shopping experience offering over 1000 different products in 21 categories. Enjoy safe and secure shopping from the convenience of your computer.
• The Baby Place
  www.baby-place.com
• Coalition of Oregon Adoption Agencies
  http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&q=Coalition+of+oregon+Adoption+Agencies
• DirectoryKids
  http://www.directorykids.com
• Eugene Weekly
  www.eugeneweekly.com
• Green River Community College, Women’s Resources Directory
  www.greenriver.edu/womensprograms/links.htm
• Justice Talking on NPR
  www.justicetalking.org
• Mid-Columbia Gorge Community Resources Index
  www.gorgelink.org/comresdir.html
• Oregon Department of Human Services – Children, Teen & Family Resources
  http://www.dhs.state.or.us/children/
• ParentProfiles.com
  http://www.Parentprofiles.com
  Profiles of hopeful adoptive parents looking to complete their families by adopting a child.
• PC Owl Internet Directory
  www.pcowl.com/Home-dir/Family-dir/Adoption-dir/Agencies-dir/O-dir/index.php
• The Phinney Center
  http://www.phinneycenter.org/bfc/links.html
• Therapy Directory
  http://therapistunlimited.com/
  National directory of counseling centers and services.
• Tompkins Benefit Group
  www.tompkinsbenefit.com
• UGA Media Adoption Directory
  http://www.ugamedia.com/links/adoption.html

General Adoption Information:

Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

http://www.acf.hhs.gov/acf_services.html#aafc

Adoption Clubhouse - a cool new web site for adopted kids created by the National Adoption Center

www.adoptionclubhouse.org

Adoption History Project

http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~adoption/index.html

Adoption LawSite, National Center for Adoption Law & Policy

http://www.adoptionlawsite.org/main_cur.asp

Adoption Learning Partners – Online education

http://www.adoptionlearningpartners.org/

American Adoption Congress

http://www.americanadoptioncongress.org/

Center for Adoption Support and Education

http://www.adoptionsupport.org

The Center for Family Connections

http://www.kinnect.org

Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption

http://www.davethomasfoundationforadoption.org/

Ethica – An Independent Voice for Ethical Adoption

http://www.ethicanet.org/itemlist.php?pagestyle=itemlist

Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute

www.adoptioninstitute.org

Insight: Open Adoption Resources and Support

www.openadoptioninsight.org

Institute for Adoption Information

http://www.adoptioninformationinstitute.org

Adopted comedian!

www.alisonlarkin.com

Minnesota Texas Adoption Research Project – Comprehensive, longitudinal study on openness in adoption

http://fsos.che.umn.edu/mtarp/

National Adoption Center

www.adopt.org

National Adoption Information Clearinghouse

http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/

North American Council on Adoptable Children

http://www.nacac.org

Oregon Post Adoption Resource Center

www.orparc.org

PACT: An Adoption Alliance – books, fact sheets & more

http://www.pactadopt.org/

TxCARE – Grass-roots organization providing information and support for all triad members

www.txcare.org

Adoptive Parent Support Groups:

Adoption Connections

A Eugene area adoptive family resource and family group.
http://www.adoptionconnectionsoforegon.org/

Adoptive Families of Greater Seattle

www.affgs.org

Comeunity – Adoption Parenting Support

http://www.comeunity.com/

Friends in Adoption

A support group for adoptive families and waiting adoptive parents in the South Puget Sound area of Washington.

http://www.friends-in-adoption.org/

The Northwest Adoptive Families Association (NAFA)

An all-volunteer Portland-based support group for adoptive families and waiting adoptive parents.

www.nafaonline.org

Resolve, the National Infertility Organization

Provides services and programs for individuals experiencing infertility.

www.resolve.org

Birthparent Support Groups:

Birthmom Buds

www.birthmombuds.com

Lifemothers

http://lifemothers.com/welcome.html

Gay & Lesbian Adoption & Family Resources:

Abdill-Ellis Lambda Community Center

www.abdellis.org

About.com reading lists

http://adoption.about.com/od/gaylesbian/a/readinglistkids.html

American Psychological Association book list

http://www.apa.org/pi/l&bbks.html

And Baby Magazine

www.andbabymag.com

COLAGE (Children of Lesbians & Gays Everywhere)

www.colage.org

The Dads Group

www.thedadsgroup.com

Families Like Mine

www.familieslikemine.com

Family Pride Coalition

www.familypride.org

Gay Fathers Association of Seattle

www.gfas.org

Human Rights Campaign

www.hrc.org

In the Family Magazine

www.inthefamily.com

Love Makes a Family

www.lmfamily.org

Our Family Coalition

www.ourfamily.org

Jonathan Pannor

San Francisco-based social worker & family therapist

www.post-adoption.org

Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians & Gays

www.pflag.com

Rainbow Families of Puget Sound

www.rainbowfamiliesps.org

Adoption Publications:

Adoptive Families magazine

www.adoptivefamilies.com

Book by Leslie Foge, MFT & Gail Mosconi, LCSW

www.thirdchoicebooks.com

EMK Press -- publisher of adoption books and free downloadable guides for parents

www.emkpress.com

Morning Glory Press – publisher of books for pregnant & parenting teens

http://morningglorypress.com/

Perspectives Press – Adoption & Infertility publisher

http://www.perspectivespress.com/itemlist.asp?pagestyle=itemlist

Tapestry Books -- publisher of and source for adoption books

www.tapestrybooks.com

Other Social Service Agencies, Oregon: Access Community Health Network

http://www.accesscommunityhealth.net/health_centers/health_center.php?id=14

All Women’s Health Services, Portland

http://www.allwomens.org/

Asante Health System, Southern Oregon

http://www.asante.org/

Ashland Center for Women’s Health

http://www.healthywomen.yourmd.com/

Ashland Community Hospital

http://www.ashlandhospital.org

Battered Persons Advocacy, Roseburg

http://www.ocadsv.com/bpa.htm

Bay Area Hospital, Coos Bay

http://www.bayareahospital.org/

Bend Memorial Clinic

http://www.bendmemorialclinic.com/

Bethany House, Gresham

http://bethanyhousenet.org/

Cascadia

http://www.cascadiabhc.org/php/index.php

Community Works, serving Jackson County

www.community-works.org

County Public Health Departments in Oregon

http://www.dhs.state.or.us/publichealth/lhd/index.cfm

Online Teen Health Center

www.ehealth4teens.org

Portland Public Schools

http://www.pps.k12.or.us/

Samaritan Health Services, hospitals

www.samhealth.org

Stop Abuse for Everyone (SAFE)

http://www.safe4all.org/info

Other Social Service Agencies, Washington:

Alder Square Public Health Center, King County

http://www.metrokc.gov/health/locations/aldersquare.htm

Atlantic Street Center, Seattle

http://www.atlanticstreet.org/

Auburn Public Health Center

http://www.metrokc.gov/health/locations/auburn.htm

Aurora Medical Services for women

http://www.auroramedicalservices.com/

Birth to Three Development Center

http://www.birthtothree.org/index.php

Center for Reproductive Endocrinology & Fertility, Seattle

http://www.vmmc.org/dbFertility/default.htm

Feminist Women’s Health Center

www.fwhc.org

WithinReach

http://www.withinreachwa.org/forprof/materials/babybook.htm

Kitsap County Health District

http://www.kitsapcountyhealth.com/index.htm

Midwives in Washington State

http://www.midwivesofwa.org/wastatebirthcenters.html

Puget Sound Neighborhood Health Centers

www.psnhc.org

Swedish Medical Center

www.swedish.org

Other Social Services Agencies, National:

Campfire Boys & Girls USA

http://www.campfire.org/all_about_us/

Child Welfare League of America

http://www.cwla.org/

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.

http://www.plannedparenthood.org/

Others:

National Center for Health Statistics

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/map_page.htm

Oregon State Bar Association

http://www.osbar.org/