| Toll-free State-sponsored Adoption Information Lines |
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| A phone number to call for information about adoption and the adoption process in a particular State. |
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| Toll-free State-sponsored Foster Care Information Lines |
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| A phone number to call for information about becoming a foster parent and the foster care system in a particular State. |
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| Licensed Private Adoption Agencies for Domestic Adoptions |
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| Includes licensed private adoption agencies with domestic adoption programs. Agencies included on this list have a verified child placing license in the State in which they are practicing. Inclusion on this list does not represent an endorsement or recommendation by the Clearinghouse or the Children's Bureau. |
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| Licensed Private Adoption Agencies for Intercountry Adoptions |
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| Includes licensed private adoption agencies with intercountry adoption programs. Agencies included on this list have a verified child placing license in the State in which they are practicing. Inclusion on this list does not represent an endorsement or recommendation by the Clearinghouse or the Children's Bureau. |
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| Local/Regional Offices of the State (Public) Adoption Agency |
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| Includes public adoption agencies placing children from the foster care system. |
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| Adoptive/Foster Family Support Groups |
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| Includes groups that offer support and information for prospective adoptive parents considering adoption or involved in the adoption process, adoptive parents, and foster parents. |
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| Support Groups for Those Involved in the Search Process |
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| Includes groups that offer support and information to adopted adults, birth parents, and relatives involved in a search for birth family, and birth family members not necessarily involved in searching. |
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| State Adoption Specialist/Manager |
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| The expert and authority on adoption policy in each State or Territory. |
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| State Foster Care Specialist/Manager |
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| The person with oversight responsibility for all foster care services provided to children in the custody of the State/County. |
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| State Licensing Specialist |
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| The person who maintains the listing of licensed child placing agencies in each State or Territory. |
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| State Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC) Administrator |
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| The person who provides legal and fiscal oversight for ICPC which regulates the interstate movement of children among foster care, adoption, residential treatment, or juvenile justice programs. |
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| State Reunion Registry |
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| Provides contact information for State registries that allow adopted adults, birth parents, and sometimes birth siblings and adoptive parents to consent (or withhold consent) to have their identifying information from adoption records released. Not all States provide information from adoption records through reunion registries. |
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| State Confidential Intermediary Service |
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| Provides contact information for court-appointed confidential intermediaries, through which adopted adults, birth parents, and other birth relatives can consent to release of information from adoption records, exchange information and/or make contact, if a reunion is desired. Many, but not all States have established confidential intermediary services. |
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| State Adoption Exchange/Photolisting of Children Waiting for Adoption |
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| Adoption exchanges do not place children for adoption, but are organizations that provide adoption information that helps educate prospective adoptive parents and link waiting families with waiting children. Photolisting services provide pictures and brief descriptions of the children in the State's foster care system who are available for adoption and waiting for families. |
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| Attorney Referral Service |
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| Includes attorneys registered by the bar in your State. Links to the Bar Association in each State. |
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