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Choosing to Adopt a Child (196)
Choosing to adopt a child is a big decision. Find articles and information on child adoption so that one may learn if adoption is for you and your family.

Placing a Child (40)
Links and articles for the family considering placing their child for adoption.

For the Adoptee (22)
Links and articles related to the adoptee's needs. Search sites, support groups, and information on reunions all geared toward adoptees.

Birth / First Families (52)
Links and articles relating to the first and natural family of the adoptee. Links to support groups, search sites, information, and resources.

Foster Care (126)
Help to foster parents and those interested in beginning foster care. Fostering basics and tips.

Non-Traditional (34)
Adoptions that are not typical due to race, sexual orientation, marital status, or age of the adoptive parents.

Parenting (169)
Articles on birth family connections, behavior, and many others issues adoptive and foster parents deal with on a daily basis.

Financial Matters (20)
Adoption and money seem to go together as we all know that adoption costs can be high. Learn more about adoption costs and fees, how to afford the cost of adoption as well as information on adoption and foster care subsidies.

Adoption Rights (33)
Information and reports on adoption rights and the current fight for more in the adoption industry and adoption community.

Adoption Law (90)
Legal information, the court and adoption process, legal terms used in adoption law, and legislation. Find adoption court cases that brought about the current and ever changing adoption community.

Adoption Search and Reunion (66)
Learn how to do an adoption search and how to work with adoption search volunteers like Adoption Search Angels. Discover the ins and outs of adoption reunion. What to expect and what to avoid.

Foster / Adopt Celebrations (80)
Pages to warm your heart and spirit - photo galleries, personal stories, poetry, welcoming and other adoption ceremonies.

Celebrity Adoptions (18)
Adoption seems to have become big in Hollywood, but did you know many famous actors and actresses have added to their family through adoption for many years. Included in this listing is athletes, authors and politicians.

Adoption News & Media (96)
Adoption and foster care news is usually a hot topic. Find adoption news or locate an adoption children's book review or adoption themed movie or T.V. review.

Adoption Trends (12)
Track adoption trends through statistics for adoption. Find foster care statistics as well as statistics for adoption, including international adoption and domestic adoption.

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