International Adoption Resources

Adoption Support

Many online resources exist for people adopting internationally.

  • Adoptive Families, the online adoption and parenting guide, has provided trusted adoption information and inspiration to families for over 30 years.
  • Adoptive Families Today is a nonprofit parent support group for adoptive and pre-adoptive families and adoption professionals located in the Chicago metropolitan area.
  • Chosen Children, search support
    Contact: Joanne Gall, 937-274-8017
    311 Springbrook Blvd., Dayton, Ohio 45405
    Meets at Dayton's downtown Main Library on the third Wednesday each month
  • The Eastern European Adoption Support Group is  composed of families in the Cincinnati area who have adopted from Eastern Europe. Family events and speakers. For more information, please contact Paul and Jodi Vash 513-779-4762.
  • Families of Russia and Ukraine Adoptees (FRUA)
    Contact: Melissa Dallas, 513-321-8455.
  • Families with Children from China meets at Dayton Chinese Christian Church
    600 Patterson Road, 937-299-9595
    Contact: Cathy Wright, 937-845-1911 or Lisa Heitbrink, 937-332-0082
  • International Adoption Stories allows adoptive parents to share their own stories and to learn from each others' experiences.
  • National Council for Single Adoptive Parents offers assistance for single persons pursuing special needs adoption. Provides education regarding the adoption process. Provides support throughout the adoption process, educational programs and counseling for single adoptive parents.
  • Pieces of Yesterday, a birthmothers' support group
    856 Pine Needles Drive
    Centerville, Ohio 45458
    Contact: Bertha Yenney, 937-436-0593
  • Waiting Families Support Group
    Madeira-Silverton Presbyterian Church, 8000 Miami Ave.
    Madiera, Ohio
    Contact: Barbra Wentz, LSW, MA; 513-860-0367
  • Child Welfare Information Gateway
  • North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC) 
  • International Adoption
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