Adoption Resources


If you are looking for in depth information on adoption, below are links to some very good organizations. Most are non profit and not looking to take your money. These agencies are interested in helping place needy children in loving homes.

If you have a site or are an organization that would like to list a link here please contact us at Help@ForMyKidsWorld.com or use our "contact us" page. We are not necessarily looking for link exchange although we will welcome them. We are interested primarily in providing excellent resources to those who seek it.

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Adoption Exchange
A national agency supporting children awaiting adoption by connecting them with waiting families

AdoptUSKids
A a national adoptive family recruitment and retention agency to encourage and enhance adoptive family support organizations and conduct a variety of adoption research projects. Bios and pictures of some of the children who are 'legally free' for adoption throughout the USA are shown on the website.

Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption
A non-profit public charity dedicated to increasing the adoptions of the more than 150,000 children in North America's foster care system. Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy's International, created the Foundation in 1992 in support of the vision that every child deserves a permanent home and a loving family.

Families Like Ours (FLO)
A national nonprofit providing adoption resources to pre-adoptive, post adoptive, foster families and adoption professionals. While emphasis is with Gay, and Lesbian adoptive families, FLO welcomes the diversity of all families regardless of sexual orientation and family structure.

Holt International
-Holt's approach is unique - it's centered on the child.
Holt is much more than an adoption agency. We also develop and maintain programs overseas to give orphaned, abandoned and vulnerable children safe and nurturing environments in which to develop.

How To Adopt
This site provides an overview of the steps involved in adopting a child from the United States foster care system.

National Adoption Center (NAC)
You can use this site in many ways. Learn how to adopt a waiting child or teenager. Take an online class. Order adoption books through an adoption bookstore or subscribe to free e-zine. Post a message or chat with other adoptive families. View photographs and read descriptions of some of the 126,000 waiting children around the country.

Northwest Adoption Exchange
Facilitates the placement of children from the Northwest States of Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington with families from all over the United States. Bios and pictures of some of the children who are 'legally free' for adoption are shown on the website.

World Association for Children and Parents (WACAP)
One of the largest and most experienced international nonprofit adoption agencies in the United States. Also provides food, medical care and education to over 160,000 children in nine countries.