Useful Links

Foster and Adoptive Parent Resources Online. The following are links to other web sites which contain useful information for foster and adoptive families. We hope you find these useful.

This is in alphabetical order and fairly self explanatory.

• 2-1-1Alaska: A Statewide social services directory.


• 2007 Tax information: Related to Adoption


• A Guide for Prospective Adoptive Parents who wish to adopt children outside of the US


• AdoptUSKids This collaborative project of the Children's Bureau, is a national adoption web site which links waiting children to families and is filled with all sorts of useful information.


• Adoption Learning Partners: On-line, educational courses regarding adoption issues


• Adoption Online On-line, educational courses regarding adoption issue


• Alaska Attachment and Bonding Associates: Resources for Alaskan foster and adoptive parents whose children may have attachment issues, they provide information, resources, support group information.


• Alaska Directory of Tribes: Directory of all Alaskan Tribes


• Alaska Info: Helps locate services that you need in your community or throughout the State. Hotline 1-800-478-6065


• Casey Foundation Casey Family Programs provides and improves—and ultimately prevents the need for—foster care.


• Children Awaiting Parents: CAP is a national photo listing of America’s waiting children —those who have languished longest in the foster care system after being declared legally free for adoption.


• Children's Bureau: United States Department of Health and Human Services that provides information regarding federal adoption laws and policies as well as current topics in the child welfare system.


• Dave Thomas Foundation


• Families Like Ours: Information, support, resources for non-traditional adoptive families


• Foster Parent College


• International Adoption Information from the US Government


• Kinship Care Legal Resource Center Web site: The American Bar Association (ABA) Center on Children and the Law has launched the Kinship Care Legal Resource Center to address the needs of the significant number of children lining in families headed by grandparents or other kin. This Resource Center web site is intended to serve as a toolkit for attorneys, judges and other child serving practitioners working with kinship families and having difficulty navigating the complex existing and emerging legal issues.


• Kinship Caregiver's Resource Guide: (pdf)


• Legal Center for Foster Care and Education, American Bar Association: provides users with a searchable database of legal and policy resources and houses announcements of events and newly developed information.


• National Adoption Information Clearinghouse


• National Foster Care and Adoption Directory Search Search by State for foster and adoption resources.


• National Foster Parent Association


• National Institution for Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism


• National Resource Center for Special Needs Adoption offers information, resources, web-links current news and chat rooms


• NICWA: National Indian Child Welfare Association


• North American Council on Adoptable Children Offers multiple services


• Northwest Adoption Exchange


• Physical and Developmental Disabilities: Governor's Council on Disabilities and Special Education (GCDSE) does planning for those with physical and developmental disabilities and for those who receive special education services in our schools. Toll Free: 1-888-269-4357


• Post Adoption Services: Adoption family therapeutic and educational services.


• Reactive Attachment Disorder: Provides helpful, down to earth information for parents of RAD children


• Resource Center for Parents and Children


• State of Alaska Office of Children's Services: Provides details on state-provided children's services, including details on foster and adoption programs.


• State of Alaska Office of Children's Services-Statistical: The Office of Children’s Services (OCS) collects data on children and families referred for child protective services and on providers for out-of-home placements.


• The Cherokee Nation: Web site of certified ready to adopt Indian parents


• Theadoptionguide.com for information about adoptions. A step by step web site and guide book available.
  
• Temporary Custody Hearing information booklet

• United Way of Mat-Su Resource Guide

• What am I doing here? A Roadmap for Youth in the Alaska Child in Aid System


• Where to Turn: A publication and handbook of statewide resources for families looking for services in their communities, published by the State of Alaska. This publication is Alaska's Resource For Children and Adults with Disabilities and has been prepared to help you find the resources that may be needed for a child or adult who experiences a physical, mental, or emotional disability.


• World Association for Children and Parents (WACAP): A US non-profit adoption agency focusing primarily on international adoptions