Myth 1: Adoption is outrageously expensive and out of reach for most families.
Fact: Adoption is often no more expensive than giving birth – averaging around $15,000 for both domestic and international adoptions. Costs vary by agency and may be related to how the agency is funded, where their children come from and what services they provide to birth parents and adoptive families. ... For more Adoption myths and myth-busters, you can download our  Plan To Adopt Resource Packet here.
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We hope Plan to Adopt will be your main resource! The following is a list of what we Will and Won't Do for a client .
What Plan to Adopt will do:
- Meet with prospective parents, either in person or by telephone, to discuss family needs and circumstances.
- Evaluate the family’s situation through the use of the Adoption Assessment Questionnaire and personal meetings.
- Formulate a written plan for each family that is unique to that family. ...more here.
What Plan to Adopt will not do:
- Facilitate the adoption of stepchildren, identified children or foster children.
- Provide services that would necessarily be provided by a licensed social worker...more here.
For a complete list and other valuable information, please downlad the Plan to Adopt Resource Packet here.
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 A recent Google search on the word “adoption” revealed over 128 million results! This is, of course, overwhelming. Needless to say, there is lots of information about adoption on the Internet. To get you started, the following websites are recommended:
Adopting.com ( http://www.adopting.com ) Here you will find everything prospective adoptive parents need to know about adopting, including how to get started; links to hundreds of adoption agencies, facilitators and attorneys...more!
Adoption.com ( http://www.adoption.org ) This site serves and supports the needs of birthparents, adoptive parents and adoption professionals. They sponsor on-line chat groups, classified ads and many other interesting items.
WelcomeGarden.com (http://www.welcomegarden.com) The Welcome Garden, a reknown international adoption photolisting service, was created to encourage adoption and remember the children who have not a "forever family".
Adoption Expressions (http://www.adoptionexpressions.homestead.com/index.html Services to assist hopeful adopting parents in the design and creation of adoption profiles ("Dear Birthparent Letters") and adoption webpages, the two most effective networking tools. Adoptive parent to 3 children with over 14 years experience in the adoption field.
International Adoption Stories (http://www.internationaladoptionstories.com) International adoption stories and adoption agency information from Russia,
Kazakhstan, Guatemala and China. Includes information on adoption costs and
financing, medical and health advice, parenting tips and news.
For more sites we recommend, you can download our Plan To Adopt Resource Packet here.
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Adoptive Families, published by New Hope Media LLC. For subscriptions, call 1-800-372-3300 or go to www.adoptivefamilies.com. Subscriptions are $29.95 per year.
Please see our ad in the March 2006 issue!
Adoption Today Magazine, a guide to the issues and answers surrounding international and domestic adoption is written by adoptive parents, adoptees and professionals in the fields of medicine, education, law, social work, child development and international and domestic adoption. Subscriptions are $24 per year and may be obtained from http://adoptionshop.com.
For more information, please check out our Plan To Adopt Resource Packet here.
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On-Line Chat Groups, Message Boards, Email Lists, Bulletin Boards and Newsgroups
There are a growing number of adoption emailing lists that provide a wonderful opportunity for support and the exchange of information. They range from general adoption lists to lists for specific discussion of topics like cross cultural adoption, adoption from specific countries, open adoption, single adoptive parents, and more. There are a variety of bulletin boards and newsgroups available as well as adoption chat forums. The following is a less-than-exhaustive list of those that prospective parents may find interesting. For a full list, as well as instructions on how to subscribe to all of these lists and others, please visit http://www.adopting.org/mailing.html
For more information, please check out our Plan To Adopt Resource Packet here.
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