Here's a great website from the U.S. government: The Child Welfare Information Gateway promotes the safety, permanency, and well-being of children, youth, and families by connecting child welfare, adoption, and related professionals as well as the general public to information, resources, and tools covering topics on child welfare, child abuse and neglect, out-of-home care, adoption, and more.
On this website, you will find an excellent guide to adoption :
Topics include:
- Who can adopt?
- Before adoption
- Adoption choices
- Characteristics of children waiting for families
- Home study
- Finding an agency
- Adoption by family type
- Adoption expenses
- Contact with birth family
- Relevant adoption laws, policies, and legal considerations
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| Adopted child in Russia experiences his very first birthday party in new family |