Website : Post Adoption Resource Centre (PARC)
Year Established : 1991
Overview
The Post Adoption Resource Centre (PARC) was established by The Benevolent Society in 1991. PARC's services extend across Australia and internationally, with the Centre having responded to more than 44,000 telephone counselling calls in the past decade. PARC provides services and resources for adoptees (adopted people), birth/ natural parents (birth mothers and birth fathers), adoptive parents and others affected by adoption.
Website : ICASN
Year Established : 1999
Overview
Founded in 1999 as a result of a group of approximately 30 inter-country adoptees (ICAs) throughout Australia getting together jointly with the Post Adoption Resource Centre (PARC) to put together a book called The Color of Difference - Journey's in Transracial Adoption. The aim of The Color of Difference was to publish the experiences of ICAs to enhance the understanding of issues that ICAs deal with whilst growing up in a country of origin different to their country of birth.
ICASN consists of over 150 adoptees as well as individuals and organisations who are directly involved with ICASN and ICA issues. The ICASN World-wide database is maintained to facilitate connections between ICAs but also to enable communications and sharing between all involved in inter-country adoption.
Website : Older Child Adoption
Overview
At Older Child Adoption, we share the joys and challenges of adopting an older child. Domestic and international adoption issues are discussed, along with foster care.
Website : Sanjeev Kapoor - Khana Khazana
Language(s) : English
Substansive Focus : Indian Cuisine
Overview
As described by Khana Khazana, this site is where culinary fantasies come true! A Mumbai based food, food service and food education portal with the aim to provide its users complete information about Indian food, food products and other related issues. Sanjeev Kapoor, the man behind the success of this portal, has a dedicated team of foodies who cull out the history of food and authentic recipes from all over the country. The portal bears the zest and character of an organization that knows where its going…right to the top!
Website : ICHILD
Language(s) : English
Year Established : 1995
Substansive Focus : Child Adoption
Overview
ICHILD is an Internet-based, worldwide support group and source of information & resources for those interested in adoption from India & the Subcontinent.
On the ICHILD web site, the information-content includes U.S. & Indian agency listings, information on the process of adopting from India for Indian Families (in India), NRI families, and non-NRI families. Additional inormation includes , a waiting child listing, ICHILD mailing lists, the ICHILD Families sections, travel tips, health information, ICHILD Photo Album and adoption and India related links.
Website : Adoption Placement Inc. (API)
Language(s) : English
Year Established : 1995
Substansive Focus : Child Adoption including special needs children and Targetted adoptions
Overview
Adoption Placement, Inc. (API) is a licensed, not-for-profit adoption agency providing services to birth and adoptive parents in reference to the placement of children for adoption. In operation since 1992, the agency was founded by Susan Lopez, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and Mary Ann Scherer, an adoption attorney. API’s Board of Directors comprise of adoptive parents and professionals.
Statement of Purpose
API provides a variety of services to assist families in the adoptive process. The purpose of API is to assist birth parents in selecting parents for their child.
API assists adoptive parents to obtain the knowledge necessary to make an informed choice in a given situation and provides the professional assistance necessary to perform the psychological and sociological evaluation to determine suitability for placement. Post-placement supervision is also be provided.
Adoption Placement, Inc is funded through donations. Working relationships have been established in other countries to provide needed items to children residing in orphanages. API have coordinators in Russia, Guatemala, India, and China.
Funds are also used to assist in special needs adoption, for counseling and care of birth mothers and children needing services i.e. children who are minorities, handicapped (either physically, mentally or emotionally), age eight or older, or are members of a sibling group. API also, works on Targeted Adoptions i.e. the placement of a child under a pre-arranged circumstance. In this instance, a source other than API may find a birth mother who wishes to place her child with a specific "targeted" adopting couple.
Website : National Adoption Information Clearinghouse
Year Established : 1987
Substansive Focus : Adoption, Child Abuse
Statement of Purpose
The mission of the Clearinghouses is to connect professionals and concerned citizens to timely and well-balanced information on programs, research, legislation, and statistics regarding the safety, permanency, and well-being of children and families
Overview
The National Adoption Information Clearinghouse was established by Congress in 1987 to provide free information on all aspects of adoption. Administration for Children &Families- a service of the Children's bureau Administration for Children and Families, US Department of Health and Human Services are the owners of the site.
The site provides comprehensive information on all aspects of child adoption . It links to other sites, provides extensive databases, literature and general information.
Website : HOLT International Childrens Services
Substansive Focus : India Adoptions
Statement of Purpose
Placement of children in the age group of 18 months - 8 yearsand speecial needs children.
Overview
Holt International Children's Services,
PO Box 2880, 1195 City View
Eugene OR
97402-9970 ,
Phone: (541) 687-2202
Email: info@holtintl.org
The organisation has special programs for Indo Americans. Younger children are available. Indo-Americans should contact the Holt-India desk directly for detailed information.
Holt's Director of Social Services for India, Dean Hale, MSW worked with the India programs since the early 1980's. During that time, he has traveled to India over 30 times and is familiar with Indian culture and adoption practices. He has adopted internationally, a child with special needs
Website : The Joint Council for International Children’s Services (JCICS)
Overview
The Joint Council for International Children’s Services (JCICS) is one of the oldest and largest membership associations of licensed non-profits international adoptions agencies, child advocacy groups, parent support groups and medical clinics. JCICS began its work over twenty-five years ago as a grassroots professional organization that provided a forum for agency directors to share and exchange information, ideas, and their visions of international adoption and child welfare.
Over time, as the need for organized inter country adoption advocacy developed, JCICS evolved into a strong membership organization that works to promote the highest standards of ethical practice in inter country adoption. Today JCICS represents over 185 organizations that work in fifty-one countries around the globe and place over half off all children adopted internationally by American families.
Besides continuing to provide a forum for professional exchange through the annual Medical Institute and Conference, JCICS has become a point of contact for government officials, foreign delegations and embassies both within the United States and abroad. The JCICS Board and staff work closely with the Department of State, INS, foreign ministries and governments, and Congress to address concerns in international adoption and advocate for the best interests of children.
JCICS has been successful in contributing to groundbreaking legislation such as the Inter country Adoption Act and the Child Citizenship Act and has also helped to resolve inter country adoption problems that have arisen in foreign countries.
Website : Adoption.Org
Year Established : 1996
Substansive Focus : Adoption, Foster-parenting, Adoption community
Statement of Purpose
Adoption.com is committed to helping as many children as possible find loving, permanent homes. Through information ,assistance and facilitation, they work with adoptees, birthparents,adoptive parents and agencies to make adoption dreams come true.
Overview
The Adoption.com founders and employees have had an extensive heritage and experience with adoption and fostering, which spans 6 generations. Adoption.com websites have been built with experience that includes adoptive parenting, foster parenting, adoption search, social work, unplanned pregnancy, and practicing adoption law for more than 20 years.
Adoption.comprovides links to other global websites on Adoption. They also publish the Adoption Week e-Magazine, which is sent to more than 250,000 email recipients each week.
