ADOPTION RESOURCES

BOOKS

• Adopting the Hurt Child: A Guide for Parents and Professionals

• Beyond Consequences, Logic and Control: A Love Based Approach to Helping Attachment Challenged Children

• Confessions of an Adoptive Parent: Hope and Help from the Trenches of Foster Care and Adoption

• The Connected Child: Bringing Hope and Healing to Your Adoptive Family 

• Created to Connect: The Christian Parent’s Guide to a Connected Child

• Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew

• You Can Adopt Without Debt: Creative Ways to Cover the Cost of Adoption

FUNDING

• A CHILD WAITS FOUNDATION | https://www.achildwaits.org/

• ADOPT TOGETHER | Crowdfunding https://adopttogether.org

• ABBA FUND | Interest Free Loans https://abbafund.org/

• ADOPTION TAX CREDIT | https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc607

• BRITTANY’S HOPE | https://www.brittanyshope.org/

• GIFT of ADOPTION |  https://giftofadoption.org/apply-for-a-grant/ 

• GOD’S GRACE ADOPTION MINISTRY | https://ggam.org/

• HELP US ADOPT | https://www.helpusadopt.org/

• KATELY’S FUND | https://katelynsfund.org/

• LIFESONG | https://lifesong.org/

• NATIONAL ADOPTION FOUNDATION | https://www.fundyouradoption.org/

• OPEN HEARTS for ORPHANS | Special Needs https://openheartsfororphans.org/adoption-grants

• PATHWAYS for LITTLE FEET | https://pathwaysforlittlefeet.org/

• SHOW HOPE | https://showhope.org/our-work/adoption-aid/

Other fundraising ideas: T-shirt sales(https://www.bonfire.com/fundraising/adoption/), garage sales, pasta dinner, puzzle fundraiser, and Silent Auctions, etc.

INFORMATION/ORGANIZATIONS

• ATTACh | Association for Training on Trauma and Attachment in Children https://attach.org/about/

• CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY/LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES | Foster Care training, Adoption and Support https://chlss.org/

• CONNECTED FAMILIES |  https://connectedfamilies.org/

• DAVE THOMAS FOUNDATION | Resources for those in process or post adoption https://www.davethomasfoundation.org/our-programs/adoption-friendly-workplace/

• EMPOWERED to CONNECT | https://empoweredtoconnect.org/about/

• EVOLVE FAMILY SERVICES | Domestic Adoption Agency https://evolveservices.org/ 

• FAMILY CONNECTIONS CHRISTIAN ADOPTIONS | https://www.fcadoptions.org/adoption-options/international-adoption-home-study.php

• MN ADOPT | General information about adopting in MN. https://www.mnadopt.org/resources/

• NEW LIFE ADOPTIONS | Domestic Adoption Agency https://newlifeadoptionsmn.org/

• SAFE FAMILIES for CHILDREN | Short term care to keep children out of the Foster system https://minneapolis-stpaul.safe-families.org

SUPPORT

• ETC PODCAST | https://empoweredtoconnect.org/podcast/

• FAMILY ATTACHMENT and COUNSELING CENTER | Not just for adoptive families https://www.familyattachment.com/about/mission-values/

• NORTH AMERICAN COUNCIL on ADOPTABLE CHILDREN |  https://www.nacac.org/connect/support-for-minnesota-adoptive-families/

• CHSLSS | Post Adoptive Support Children’s Home Society of Minnesota & Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota Support Groups

• PROOF ALLIANCE | Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Support https://www.proofalliance.org/about-fasd/

• THE ADOPTING & FOSTERING HOME PODCAST | https://www.sendrelief.org/podcasts/the-adopting-and-fostering-home-podcast/  

• UMOJA | Black Heritage Camp for white parents of adoptive black children (https://evolveservices.org/umoja-mn/) 

• FACEBOOK SUPPORT GROUPS | Multiple options for adoptive families:

  • Adoptive & Foster Parenting

  • ATTACH Families Parent & Caregiver Support Group

  • Beyond Trauma and Attachment

  • Domestic Adoption Support Group

  • Domestic Adoption Support Network

  • Mighty Mamas by Adoption 

TBRI for Adoptive Parents
(also search for your agency, local county, country of origin, etc.)