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Adoption Decisions – Part 3: Private vs. Foster Care

Once you have decided to adopt within the United States, you’ll learn that there are a couple routes you can take to bring a child home: private adoption and foster care adoption. Learn about each type of adoption here, and move forward better educated on each option.

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Celebrate National Adoption Day!

It’s the Saturday before Thanksgiving, and you know what that means. It’s National Adoption Day! Check out some simple ways that you can celebrate with your family right here.

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Adoptive Family

Adoption Decisions – Part 2: Domestic vs. International

After the long and prayerful decision to begin the adoption journey for your family, your varieties of options have just begun. What you must also research and conclude is whether your family will be more suited for a domestic or international adoption.

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New York Passes New Open Records Adoption Law

A new law allows New York adoptees to access their original birth certificate upon turning 18 years old. It’s a huge change from the previously sealed-certificate legislation in place since 1935.

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How to Know Adoptive Parents are “The Ones” — Thoughts from a Birth Mother

Fairy tales can come true for any prospective birth mother looking for the perfect adoptive family — for her child and for herself. Learn how to find your perfect adoptive family match here.

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Report Discovers South Korean Facility Placed Kidnapped Children for Adoption

An AP report details a South Korean organization that kidnapped and abused children who were shipped overseas for adoption, often without their birth parents’ knowledge. We discuss what this means for the ever-shrinking path of international adoption.

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ICWA Legality To Be Challenged Again in Federal Court

The ongoing challenge to the Indian Child Welfare Act continues with the news that a federal court will rehear a lawsuit filed by an adoptive couple claiming the legislation unconstitutionally discriminates based on race.

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Adoptive Family

Adoption Decisions – Part 1: Deciding to Adopt

It’s difficult to make realistic decisions about adoption if you don’t have a realistic understanding of how the process works. In a series of upcoming blogs, many steps of a real adoption will be addressed, beginning with the very first: deciding to adopt.

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New Rule Would Let Faith-Based Adoption Groups Turn Away LGBT Parents

A proposed rule would permit federally funded adoption agencies to refuse LGBTQ families for faith-based reasons. This could deny potential parents for the 123,00+ children waiting to be adopted.

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World Adoption Day

World Adoption Day is all about celebrating everyone whose life has been touched by adoption. Learn more here about how you can get involved.

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