Resource lists
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES YOU MAY FIND HELPFUL
Adopt America Network (AAN) offers their matching database to search for current, homestudied families registered with Adopt America Network and waiting to adopt.
Contact:
Maureen King
Director of Registration
mking@adoptamericanetwork.org
The Collaboration to AdoptUSKids has families (homestudied and certified in their home state) registered on password protected pages of its web site who may be appropriate for WWK children. AdoptUSKids has offered to make its listing of families available to Wendy’s Wonderful Kids recruiters.*
*Please keep in mind that website recruitment is a secondary tactic and not a part of the child-focused recruitment strategy required of WWK recruiters and grants.
Association of Administrators of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (AAICPC)
- Updated ICPC legislation
- ICPC FAQs, articles, forms and resources
- Contact lists for state ICPC offices
Child Welfare Information Gateway
- National Directory of licensed adoption agencies
- National Directory of State Adoption Managers
- Directory of National Resource Centers for training and technical assistance
- Special needs adoption information/statistics and links
- Information for military families
Child Welfare League of America
- Adoption agency standards
- Research and statistics
- Public Policy Advocacy – State Fact Sheets
Fostering Connections Resource Center
- Resources on each section of the bill, including assistance for state policymakers and leaders
- Tracking of implementation activity
- Opportunities to communicate with experts and peers
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
- Online database that can help grandparents and other relatives raising their kin children to find support and services
- Provides current resources that address the potential paths to parenthood as well as issues around LGBT youth and families in schools
Kids in Distressed Situations, Inc.
- Deliver essential merchandise to communities prone to chronic poverty; families suffering from life-altering and debilitating circumstances; and communities affectetd by natural disasters
- Provides one gift to one child at a time that builds hope, self-esteem and an opportunity to succeed
- Services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities
- Services for children, adolescents and their families
- Neurological, brain and spinal cord injury services
- Location directory of services throughout the United States
- Adoption Clubhouse for Kids
- Monthly newsletter
- Online interactive training ($10) “From Foster Family to Adoptive Family.”
- LGBTQ initiative
National Center for Adoption Law and Policy
- State by state compilation of adoption statutes and case law
- Internet posting of adoption news and court decisions
- Technical assistance in adoption policy
National Committee of Grandparents for Children’s Rights
- Grandparent and kin-caregiver warm-line and email
- State resources
- Nationwide and state-specific advocacy efforts that bring together grandparents, caregivers, and stakeholders in order to work for changes in laws and policies effecting children and kinship caregivers
National Indian Child Welfare Association
- Technical assistance on Indian Child Welfare Act
North American Council on Adoptable Children
- Special needs adoption information and referral
- Annual training conference
- Adoption Subsidy Resource Center, adoption.assistance@nacac.org / 800-470-6665
- Post-adoption resources
WrighstsLaw Yellow Pages for Kids With Disabilities NEW!
- State by state search of educational consultants, psychologists, educational diagnosticians, health care providers, academic therapists, tutors, speech language therapists, occupational therapists, coaches, advocates, and attorneys for children with disabilities. You will also find special education schools, learning centers, treatment programs, parent groups, respite care, community centers, grassroots organizations, and government programs.