The Joint Council on International Children's Services (JCICS) www.jcics.org Joint Council on International Children's Services (202-429-0400) is the oldest and largest affiliation of licensed, non-profit international adoption organizations in the world. Our membership includes adoption agencies, child welfare organizations, parent support groups and medical specialists with an interest in inter-country adoption.
KIDSAVE www.kidsave.org Kidsave (202-237-7283 or 1-888-543-7283) works to move older children out of foster care and orphanages and into permanent loving families or long term mentoring relationships. Kidsave sponsors Family Visit Programs in which caring adults host a child in their home and work with Kidsave to help that child find an adoptive family. Kidsave helps these older children meet people who often end up adopting, mentoring or staying connected to them.
The National Adoption Foundation (NAF) www.nafadopt.org The mission of the National Adoption Foundation (203-791-3811), is to provide financial assistance, services and support to families, before, during and after their adoptions are finalized. The Foundation's programs are available to any family whether they are adopting an infant, a child from abroad or a child from foster care! In addition to providing financial assistance, NAF seeks to educate policy makers and the public about the financial barriers to adoption and the unmet needs many families have. The Foundation's presence on Capitol Hill and in the media assure that the interests of adoptive families are being promoted and protected.
The National Adoption Foundation is the only national resource dedicated exclusively to providing financial support, information and services directly to adoptive families.North Americian Council on Adoptable Children www.nacac.org/howtoadopt.html How to Adopt…..Information providing an overview of the steps involved in adopting a child from the United States foster care system.
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