Resources

Child Welfare League of America

This site contains good articles from Children's Voice and you can click on Positive Parenting Tips for multiple well-written articles on parenting.

National Center for Resource Family Support
This site has culture-specific resources and links to other helpful sites for parents.

Center for Adoption Support and Education
This is a great overall adoption reference site.

U.S. Citizens and Immigration Services

Joint Council on International Children's Services

Adoptive Families Magazine

Adoption Today magazine

Child Welfare Information Gateway

Medicine Net
An informative site to research different medicines and diseases.

American Academy of Pediatrics
A great source for information regarding pediatric development and behaviors.

Kids Health
A great website for kids. It provides information about foster care and adoption that is written for children. It has easy to read articles about health issues that children might be concerned with.

NIDA Notes
A good research based article: Prenatal Exposure to Drugs Abuse May Affect Later Behavior and Learning.

Child Welfare Policy Manual
This site contains the latest federal regulations relating to adoption subsidies, etc.

NACAC Adoption Subsidy Information
This site provides a state-by-state listing of adoption subsidy laws and regulations, as well as contact information for the subsidy workers.

Post Adoption Link - Sacramento

This site is dedicated to helping Sacramento area adoptive families navigate post adoption supports, resources and educational information related to the special needs of adoption.

Nurture Adopt

This site provides extension resources for exploring adoption options, support and information.


Grant and Scholarship Information for Adoptive Families

National Adoption Foundation - Provides Grants and Loans

Show Hope - Provides Grant Assistance 

National Endowment for Financial Education - Provides Info on How to Make Adoption Affordable

A Child Waits - Provides Low Interest Loans

Help us Adoption - Provides Grant Assistance

Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption - Provides Grant Assistance/General Education.  Also provides prototypes for Employer Assistance Programs.

God's Grace Adoption Ministries

Affording Adoption - Provides Information on Various Programs

Military Subsidies - (Check with your Local Military Office for More Information)

Resources4Adoption - Provides Info on grants, loans, agencies, and more 

ABBAFund - Financial Solutions for Adoption - Provides Interest Free Loans