Websites

www.adopting.com — general adoption website

www.adoption.com— general adoption website

www.adoptioncouncil.org— the National Council for Adoption website. Resources for all types of adoption for the professional, families, agencies, birthparents and media.

www.adoption.state.gov — U.S. Department of State website on international adoption.

www.theadoptionhub.org — an informative and educational domestic and International adoption resource.

www.adoptivefamilies.com/foster — about foster care and families adopting from foster care.

www.child.tcu.edu —TCU’s Institute of Child Development, a research institute led by Drs. Karyn Purvis and David Cross (authors of The Connected Child) that focuses on the needs of adopted and at-risk children and successful parenting techniques to
help children heal and thrive.

www.childwelfare.gov/adoption —U.S. government website that provides information on all aspects of domestic and intercountry adoption, including adoption from foster care.

www.empoweredtoconnect.org — an adoption & foster resource website using Biblical principles for parenting. A leading resource for families, churches and professionals in providing deep connections with the children that God has placed in our home.

www.pactadopt.org — deals exclusively with transracial and transethnic adoption issues; PACT’s adoption book guide, however, is a great resource for virtually every adoption book ever published (including children's adoption books)

www.dfps.state.tx.us/Adoption_and_Foster_Care — Texas Department of Family and Protective Services website about foster care
and adoption opportunities for children under the care of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services; this site also contains information about hundreds of Texas children who are currently waiting to be adopted

www.safe-families.org — Safe Families for Children is a network of local agencies and churches that are committed to preventing child abuse and helping at-risk families successfully manage crisis situations.