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You have three adoption options to consider -- Domestic Private, Domestic Public and International ... and many questions to answer.

Your very first step is research. Start by consulting the adoption agencies, news sources, support groups and email lists shown below. Then move to specific topics, by clicking on them in the menu above.

Find out all you can about your three options. Are there risks you're not willing to take? Decide what you can accept and then forge ahead with confidence, knowing that thousands have been down this road before you.

Adoption agencies - Canada

Agencies in Canada, www.familyhelper.net/arc/agy.html. Domestic and international adoption agencies. Family Helper.
Agency Chooser, www.familyhelper.net/ad/chooser.html. Choose a country, and then find Canadian agencies serving that country. Family Helper.

Adoption agencies - U.S.

Adoption Agencies and Facilitators, adoption.about.com/library/bladoptionagency_main.htm. Alphabetical list of U.S. agencies and facilitators. About.Com.
Adoption Professionals, www.adoptionprofessionals.com. Search for an agency by state, country or speciality.
Adoption Agency Search, www.adoptivefamilies.com/adoptionprograms.php. Search for over 500 U.S. adoption agencies, by name, state, kind of program, number of adoptions, countries served, years licensed, services offered. Adoptive Families magazine.
Find an Agency, www.rainbowkids.com/Agencies. Contact info, links to agency web sites. Rainbow Kids magazine.
Inter-Country Adoption Registry, www.adoptachild.org. Adoptive families post their experiences with international adoption agencies. Database of comments from adopters; get opinions on 182 U.S. agencies. How to choose an agency. Message board.
National Foster Care and Adoption Directory, www.childwelfare.gov/nfcad. By U.S. state, search for adoption agencies, adoption support groups, adoption process in a particular state, state-level adoption officials, statewide adoption services. Child Welfare Information Gateway.

Adoption news

News in Canada: www.familyhelper.net/news. Family Helper.
News in the U.S.: adoption.about.com/od/newsandreference/a/newsroom.htm. About.com.

Adoption newsletters

Newsletters in Canada, www.familyhelper.net/ad/adnlc.html. Family Helper.
Newsletters in the U.S., www.familyhelper.net/ad/adnlu.html. Family Helper.

Adoption support groups

Adoption Support Groups in Canada, www.familyhelper.net/arc/sup.html. 200 groups in Canada. Family Helper.
Database of Parent Groups, www.nacac.org/parentgroups/database.html. 900 groups in U.S. and Canada. NACAC.
National Foster Care and Adoption Directory, www.childwelfare.gov/nfcad. By U.S. state, search for adoption support groups, adoption agencies, adoption process in a particular state, state-level adoption officials, statewide adoption services. Child Welfare Information Gateway.

Directories of email lists

Below are directories to help you find an email list. If you've already chosen a country to adopt from, email lists for adoption from specific countries are listed in "Country-specific Resources", www.familyhelper.net/arc/cys.html. For a description of how email lists work, see "Join An Adoption Email List", www.familyhelper.net/heart/rrh/emaillist.html.

Canada: Mailing lists - Canada, www.familyhelper.net/ad/web/webmail.html. Family Helper.
U.S.: Adoption Email Lists Directory, www.comeunity.com/adoption/listservs.html. Comeunity.
U.S.: Adoption E-Mail Lists, www.rainbowkids.com/HTMLFiles.aspx?page=EmailList. Rainbow Kids. Email lists by country.

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 Adoption Resource Central
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 Countries   Agencies   Photolist   Gay   Older   Open   Single   Support
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