**Every effort is made to assure accuracy in the listing of support groups and resources. Those wishing to attend support groups should contact the agency, county or sponsoring organizations before attending.
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Local
Minnesota Resources
AdopSource is the first
organization of its kind in Minnesota which will provide a space and collective
resources for adoptees. This is a center for all adoptees, their families, and
the greater community. Located in Minneapolis, MN.
http://www.adopsource.org/
Birth Parent Search Support Group: AdopSource offers a service to assist
adoptees to prepare for their birth searches. Adopsource will do this, by
evaluating adoption papers, search documents, showing birth search reunion
documentaries and informing adoptees on possible outcomes of a birth search,
what to expect and or what not to expect. This is not a birth search, but a
support services.
For more information, please contact AdopSource at 612-501-2530 or email
info@adopsource.org
Concerned United Birthparents, a monthly support group for birth family members
and adult adoptees
When: First Wednesday of each month at 7:00 pm.
Where: St. Louis Park Recreation Center, 5005 West 36th St., Saint Louis Park,
MN
For more information, please call 952-938-5866 or email
info@cubirthparents.org
Montevideo Adult Adoptee Support Group, a monthly support group
Where: Montevideo Public Library
Contact: Carleen Helgeson at 320-226-5793
Reuniting Minnesota, an interactive e-mail group providing support, advice and,
in situations where adoptees no longer live in Minnesota or near the area of
their birth or adoption, assistance to adoptees in searching for birth family
Email: ReunitingMinnesota@yahoogroups.com
Website:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ReunitingMinnesota/
National Resources
Adoptees’ Liberty Movement Association (The ALMA Society), a membership
organization and adoption reunion registry. ALMA advocates for the right of
adopted person to know the truth of their origin. For more information, please
visit http://www.almasociety.org/
Adoption Registry Connect, is a worldwide adoptee and birth parent search
registry designed to reunite adoptees with their birth parents and siblings. For
more information, please visit
http://www.adopteeconnect.com/
American Adoption Congress (AAC), is an international network of individuals and
organizations committed to honesty and openness in adoption and to reforms that
protect all of those involved from abuse or exploitation. Membership is open to
adoptees, birth parents, adoptive parents, professionals, and all others who
share a commitment to the AAC’s goals. AAC is not a search organization, but
they provide referrals to search and support groups. For more information,
please visit http://www.americanadoptioncongress.org/
InKAS, International Korean Adoptee Services, Inc (website is in Korean),
provides the following services: 1) Helps adoptees to find their origins 2)
Assists adoptees and their family when visiting Korea and 3) Family Exchange
Program. For more information, please visit
www.inkas.org/ or email at
inkas21@yahoo.co.kr
International Soundex Reunion Registry (ISRR), is a nonprofit, humanitarian
agency which serves and promotes, through the reunion registry, the interest of
adults desiring and seeking a reunion with next-of-kin by birth. The Registry
serves the needs of birth family members who have been separated by adoption,
divorce, foster care, institutional care or abandonment. ISRR is not affiliated
with any registry or other organization and is the largest free search registry
in the world. For more information , please visit
http://www.isrr.net/ or call
775-882-7755.
Korean American Adoptee Adoptive Family Network (KAAN), facilitates dialogue,
promotes resource sharing, and disseminates information. KAAN works with its
members, the Korean American community, the Korean government to promote
awareness of Korean adoption issues and develops programs that will benefit both
the adoption and Korean communities. For more information, please visit
http://www.kaanet.com/
or call 916-933-1447.
Korean Focus for Adoptive Families,, is a support organization for families with
children from Korea. Korean Focus provides families, adoptees, adoptive parents,
and birthparents touched by Korean adoption with information and programs on
Korean culture and the adoption experience. Korean Focus is a nonprofit,
parent-directed and agency-independent. For more information, please visit
http://www.koreanfocus.org/
updated April 2013 email jritchie@mnadopt.org to add your group
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