National

• Adoption (Child Welfare Information Gateway)

• AdoptUSkids (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
  • Finding a Fit that Will Last a Lifetime: A Guide to Connecting Adoptive Families with Waiting Children [PDF]

• The Cherokee Nation Adoption Services

• North American Council on Adoptable Children
  • Post-Adoption Services: Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Children Adopted from Foster Care [PDF]

• MedlinePlus: Adoption (U.S. National Library of Medicine)

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Alabama

• Introduction to Adoption (Alabama Department of Human Resources)
• Adoption FAQs(Alabama Department of Human Resources)
• Adoptee Information (Alabama Department of Public Health)
• Adoption (Mobile County Probate Court)
• SouthEastern Exchange of the U.S.: Alabama

Alaska

• Alaska Waiting Children (Northwest Adoption Exchange)
  • FAQs
• Alaska Office of Children's Services
  • Adoptions and Guardianship booklet [PDF]
• Alaska Center for Resource Families and Adoption Support Services Center

Arizona

• Arizona Foster and Adoption Offices (Arizona Department of Economic Security)
  • Special Needs Adoption Handbook [PDF] | En Español [PDF]
  • Kinship Foster Care [PDF] | En Español [PDF]

Arkansas

• Arkansas Adoption Resource Exchange (Arkansas Department of Human Services)

California

• Adoption Self-Help Center (California Judiciary)
  • How to Adopt a Child in California
• California Kids Connection (California Department of Social Services and Family Builders by Adoption)
• Los Angeles Wednesday's Child (Freddie Mac Foundation, FOX11 KTTV, and the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services)

Colorado

• Relinquishment & Adoption Brochure [PDF] (Colorado State Judiciary)
• Adopt Colorado Kids (Colorado Department of Human Services)
  • FAQs
• Colorado Adoption Agencies and Adoptive Parent Support Groups [PDF] (The Adoption Exchange)

Connecticut

• Office of Foster Care and Adoption Services (Connecticut Department of Children and Families)
  • FAQs
• Connecticut Association of Foster and Adoptive Parents

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