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Interview with Peter Gibbs, Executive Director, Center for Adoption Research and Policy, University of Massachusetts

• Trends
• America's growing interest
• Importance of ethnic and cultural heritage
• Foster-care kids in need

Organizations

More than 5 million adults and children living in the US have been adopted, with over 1 million children currently living in adoptive families, according to the Center for Adoption Research and Policy. In addition, it is estimated that as many as 1 million Americans are seeking to adopt. This translates to as many as 100 million Americans with a direct connection to adoption.

Here are just some of the many support groups and organizations involved in adoption.

Wide Horizons for Children
38 Edge Hill Road
Waltham, Massachusetts 02451
(781) 894-5330
Fax: (781) 899-2769
www.whfc.org
Largest private, non-profit adoption agency in the Northeast.

Center for Adoption Research and Policy
University of Massachusetts
365 Plantation Street
Suite 100
Worcester, MA 01605
(508) 856-5397
www.ummed.edu/main/adoptcse.htm
First university-based program whose sole purpose is to study problems of adoption and foster care.

National Adoption Information Clearinghouse (NAIC)
P.O. Box 1182
Washington, DC 20013-1182
Tel: 703-352-3488 / 888-251-0075
Fax: 703-385-3206

Adoption: numbers and trends

Adoptive Families of America
3333 Highway 100 North
Minneapolis, MN 55422
Tel: 612-535-4829
1-800-372-3300
www.adoptivefam.org
Supports adoptive parents groups.

Joint Council on International Children's Services
7 Cheverly Circle
Cheverly, MD 20785
(301) 322-1906
www.jcics.org
Affiliation of international, licensed adoption agencies.

Adoption Resource Network
P.O. Box 178
Pittsford, NY 14534
(716) 586-9586
www.arni.org
Non-profit dedicated to providing information on all aspects of adoption and foster care.

National Adoption Center
1500 Walnut Street
Suite 701
Philadelphia, PA 19102
(215) 735-9988
www.adopt.org
Mission is to expand adoption opportunities throughout the United States for children with special needs and those from minority cultures.

Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute
120 Wall Street
20th Floor
New York, NY 20001
(212) 269-5080
www.adoptioninstitute.org
Information and analysis of issues involving adoption.

National Council for Adoption
1930 17th Street N.W.
Washington D.C. 20009
Tel: 202-328-8072
Fax: (202) 332-0935
www.ncfa-usa.org
Helps parents, tracks adoption policy.

National Council for Single Adoptive Parents, Inc.
P.O. Box 15084
Chevy Chase, MD 20825
Tel: 202-966-6367

FACE (Families Adopting Children Everywhere)
Face Inc.
P.O. Box 28058
Baltimore, MD 21239
Tel: 410-488-2656

International Concerns Committee for Children
911 Cypress Drive
Boulder, CO 80303
Tel: 303-494-8333

Open Adoption & Family Services, Inc.
5200 SW Macadam, #250
Portland, Oregon 97201
(503) 226-4891
www.openadopt.com
Private, nonprofit adoption agency based in the Northwest with aprogressive approach to adoption.

The AdoptioNetwork
P.O. Box 44047
Washington, DC 20026-4047
http://207.226.25.92/
A volunteer-operated information resource.

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Books

Here are just a few of the many books recommended by the Wide Horizons for Children, the largest private, non-profit adoption agency in the Northeast.

Introduction to Adoption

"How to Adopt Internationally," by Jean Nelson-Erichsen and Heino Erichsen (Los Ninos International Adoption Information Center, 1993)

"The Penguin Adoption Handbook," by Edmund Blair Bolles (New York; Penguin Books, 1993)

"The Adoption Resource Book," by Lois Gilman (New York; HarperCollins, 1992)

"There Are Babies to Adopt," by Christine A. Adamec (Mills and Sanderson Publishers, 1990)

Raising the Adopted Child

"Raising Adopted Children," by Lois Melina (Harpercollins, 1986)

"Are Those Kids Yours?" by Cheri Register (The Free Press, div. of Macmillan Inc., 1991)

"Real Parents, Real Children," by Holly van Gulden and Lisa M. Bartels-Rabb (New York, Crossroad, 1994)

Cross-Cultural Adoption

"Different and Wonderful," by Dr. Darlene Powell Hopson and Dr. Derek S. Hopson (New York; Prentice Hall Press, 1990)

"Transracial Adoption: Children and Parents Speak," by Constance Pohl and Kathy Harris (Los Angeles, Watts Publishing Co.)

Others

"Adopting Aloysha: A Single Man Finds a Son in Russia," by Robert Klose (University Pr. of Mississippi, 1999)

The Center for Adoption Research offers a free publication:

"Adopting in Massachusetts" (P.R. Gibbs, Sr. Editor), Copyright 2000.

To request a copy, write:
The Center for Adoption Research, 365 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605.

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Links

Foreign
The Adoption Center: Russia Adoption Program Adoption Center at Family & Children's Agency

Russian Liaison: International Adoption Program

A Russian Adoption Experience

From Vietnam with Love - The Saga of a Foreign Adoption

Americans for International Aid and Adoption

Americans Adopting Orphans

Adoption Center of Washington "...provide families for children available for adoption in the United States, China, Georgia, Latvia, and Russia"

International Adoption About.com

US State Department - International Adoption

AdoptionTravel.com

The Case Against International Adoption

Domestic US
Domestic Adoption Glossary

Adopt America Network

National Adoption Center

General
Famous Adoptees, Foster Children and Others

adoption: a gathering PBS

Adoption Stories and Articles,

Adopt: Assistance, Information, Support

Adoption About.com

Adoption.com

Other
Adoption Search - The world's first adoption focused search engine

Adoption Online Connection "Prospective Adoptive Parent Registry Site"

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