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Adoptive
Families
Adoptive Families creates a magazine
on adoption and adoption related issues.
2472 Broadway, Suite 377
New York, NY 10025
800-372-3300 Phone
212-877-9198 Fax
letters@adoptivefam.org
Association for Treatment and
Training in the Attachment of Children (ATTACh)
ATTACh, The Association for
Treatment and Training in the Attachment of Children, is an
international coalition of professional and lay persons who
are involved with children who have attachment difficulties.
PO Box 665
Annandale, VA 22003
703-914-3928
info@attach.org
The Center for Adoption Support
and Education Inc (CASE)
CASE offers training,
networking, and education resources to adoptees, education
professionals, and parents.
11120 New Hampshire Avenue
Silver Springs, MD 20904
301-593-9200
caseadopt@erols.com
Children and Adults with
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
CHADD is a non-profit support and
information organization working to educate and support
families with children who are diagnosed with ADD/ADHD.
8181 Professional Place, Suite 201
Landover, MD 20785
800-233-4050
Child Welfare League of American (CWLA)
A non-profit organization developing
and promoting policies and programs to protect America's
children and strengthen families through advocacy, training,
publications, and consultations.
440 First Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
202-942-0282
Children’s Defense Fund (CDF)
The mission of the Children's
Defense Fund is to Leave No Child Behind® and to ensure every
child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe
Start, and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to
adulthood with the help of caring families and communities.
25 East Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
202-662-3573
cdfinfo@childrensdefense.org
Depression and Bipolar Support
Alliance (Formerly
NDMDA)
DBSA educates parents, families,
professionals and the public about depressive and
manic-depressive illnesses, fosters self-help and improves
access to care through 40 nationwide chapters and support
groups.
730 Franklin Street
N, Suite 501
Chicago, IL 60610
2312-642-0049
800-826-3632
Evan
B. Donaldson Adoption Institute
Provides extensive bibliography of over a thousand searchable
abstracts of adoption-related publications and research.
120 Wall Street, 20th Floor
New York, NY 10005
212-269-5080
Improving Access & Opportunity for Latinos in Early Childhood
What are the
elements of a quality education for young Latino children and their teachers
that is culturally and linguistically responsive to their needs? The
Center
for Children & Families conducted a project to address this critical
issue, and as a result developed a set of publications to support trainers,
practitioners, and families.
Joint
Council on International Children's Services (JCICS)
JCICS is an affiliation of licensed, nonprofit international
adoption agencies in the world. They advocate for ethical
practices by adoption agencies and effective services for
children.
1320 19th Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
202-429-0400
skaufman@jcics.org
National Adoption Center
The National Adoption Center provides family recruitment,
adoption packet, regional programs, information and referral,
and much more.
1500 Walnut Street, Suite 701
Philadelphia, PA 19102
215-735-9988
800-862-3678
nac@adopt.org
National
Center for Adoption Law and Policy
(formerly Dave Thomas Center for Adoption Law)
The
National Center seeks to ease and facilitate the adoption
process through education, advocacy and research. Their
research efforts seek to demonstrate the need for and the
method by which the foster care and adoption processes can be
improved. Center advocacy projects are aimed at bringing about
those improvements through changes in the law and the way the
law is implemented. Their education programs are designed to
assist judges, lawyers, social workers and other process
stakeholders to know and understand the law.
303 East Broad Street
Columbus, OH 43215
614-236-6730 Phone
614-236-6956 Fax
National
Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA)
The National Indian Child Welfare Association strives so that
every Indian
child has access to community-based, culturally-appropriate
services which help them grow up safe, healthy and spiritually
strong; free from abuse, neglect, sexual exploitation and the
damaging effects of substance abuse.
5110 Macadam Avenue SW, Suite 300
Portland, OR 97201
503-222-4044 Phone
503-222-4007 Fax
info@nicwa.org
North American Council on Adoptable Children
(NACAC)
A resource for adoption throughout North America, NACAC shares
information about special needs adoption, adoption subsidies,
adoption support and preservation, adoptive and foster parent
recruitment, child welfare system reform, concurrent planning,
parent group development, and transracial/transcultural
parenting. NACAC also supports adoptive families, holds an
annual conference, and promotes adoption awareness.
970 Raymond Avenue, Suite 106
St. Paul, MN 55114
651-644-3036
info@nacac.org
National Adoption Information
Clearinghouse
National Adoption Information Clearinghouse, a federally
funded resource for information about adoption and adoption
related issues; including special needs, infant and
inter-country adoption.
330 C Street SW
Washington, DC 20447
888-251-0075
naic@calib.com
National Clearinghouse on Child
Abuse and Neglect Information
Provided by US Department of Health and Human Services they
provide resources for professionals with information on the
prevention, identification, and treatment of child abuse.
330 C Street SW
Washington, DC 20447
703-385-7565
800- 394-3366
nccanch@calib.com
National Foster Parent Association
A national organization that provides support to foster
parents nation wide with an annual conference, membership,
NFPA directory, and much more.
608 Hanson Street
Madisonville, KT 42431
507-825-0097
info@NFPAinc.org
National One Church One Child
A non-traditional recruitment program created in Chicago to
increase the interested by African-American families to adopt.
This program has been replicated and refined in 30 different
states.
695 South Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90020
213-351-6464
800-583-3333
info@onechurchonechild.org
National Resource Center for
Foster Care and Permanency Planning
Hunter College School of Social Work
A training, technical assistance and information services
organization dedicated to increasing the capacity of child
welfare agencies with safe, permanent families in supportive
communities.
129 East 79th Street
New York, NY 10021
212-452-7049
nrcfcpp@shiva.hunter.cuny.edu
National Resource Center for Special Needs Adoption
The National Resource Center for Special Needs Adoption was
established by Spaulding for Children in1985. The services
they provide are technical assistance and consultation,
training, and curricula: special needs adoption, adoption
support and preservation, cultural competence in child
welfare, and parents as tender healers.
16250 Northland Drive, Suite 120
Southfield, MI 48075
248-443-7080
sfc@spaulding.org
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