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If you are interested in obtaining additional information on adoption or children in foster care, please visit the sites listed below:

Adoption.com - www.adoption.com - Adoption.com is committed to helping as many children as possible find loving, permanent homes and also provide critical information at the decision-making moment to women facing crisis pregnancies. They assist adoptees and birthparents to find birth families, and help hopeful adoptive parents make adoption dreams come true.

AdoptionUSKids - www.adoptuskids.org - telephone: 888-200-4005 - AdoptUSKids.org is a national photo listing service for children awaiting adoption across the United States.

Child Welfare League of America - www.cwla.org - The Child Welfare League of America is the nation's oldest and largest membership-based child welfare organization that is committed to engaging people everywhere in promoting the well-being of children, youth, and their families, and protecting every child from harm.

Children's Defense Fund - www.childrensdefense.org - 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. CDF provides a strong, effective voice for all the children of America who cannot vote, lobby, or speak for themselves, paying particular attention to the needs of poor and minority children and those with disabilities. CDF educates the nation about the needs of children and encourages preventive investment before they get sick or into trouble, drop out of school, or suffer family breakdown.

Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption - www.davethomasfoundationforadoption.org - 614-764-3100 - The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption is a non-profit 501(c)(3) public charity dedicated to increasing the adoptions of the more than 150,000 children in North America's foster care system. Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy's International, created the Foundation in 1992 in support of the vision that every child deserves a permanent home and a loving family.

fyi3.com - www.fyi3.com - fyi3.com provides foster youth between ages 14 and 23 opportunities to become involved, informed and independent in their transitioning journey towards adulthood. It's about ideas. It's about talk. It's about sounding off. It's about being heard. It's anonymous. It's confidential.

National Adoption Information Clearinghouse - http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/ - 888-251-0075 - The National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information and the National Adoption Information Clearinghouse are services of the Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The mission of the Clearinghouses is to connect professionals and concerned citizens to practical, timely, and essential information on programs, research, legislation, and statistics to promote the safety, permanency, and well-being of children and families.

National Council for Single Adoptive Parents - www.adopting.org - 202-966-6367 - Site for those seeking to become adoptive parents. Information about who can adopt, the home study, procedures, terms, options, costs, agencies, facilitators, and professionals for domestic and international adoptions.

National Foster Parent Association - www.nfpainc.org - The National Foster Parent Association is the only national organization which strives to support foster parents, and is a strong voice on behalf of all children.

The National Network for Youth in Foster Care - www.fosterclub.org - Foster Club's mission is to provide encouragement, motivation, information, education, and benefits for foster youth. This site allows youth to discover successful former foster children through the "Reach for the Stars" program, send in opinions about their foster care experience, get recognition for overcoming obstacles, enter contests (where everyone wins!), and more.

Orphan Foundation of America - www.orphan.org - The Orphan Foundation of America (OFA) is a very special place that exists in the hearts of many. OFA has served thousands of foster teens all across the United States. From teaching youth how to balance a checkbook, write a resume, and apply for that first big job, to testifying before Congress and State Legislatures, OFA has long been a vocal champion of foster teens.