Resources

BOOKS
Adopting the Hurt Child. Keck, Gregory C. & Regina Kupeck. NavPress; Rev Upd ed. 2009
You Can Adopt: An Adoptive Family Guide. S. Caughman & I. Motley. Ballantine Books; 2009
A Love Like No Other. Kruger. Pamela & Jill Smolowe. Riverhead Hardcover; 1st ed. 2005
Our Own: Adopting and Parenting the Older Child. Maskew, Trish. Snowcap Press; 2003
Adopting and Advocating for the Special Needs Child. Babb, Anne L. & Rita Laws. Praeger; 1st ed. 1997
Adoption: Opposing View Points. Bender, David & Bruno Leone. Greenhaven Press; 1995

ORGANIZATIONS
Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute http://www.ccainstitute.org/
A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to raising awareness about the millions of children around the world in need of permanent, safe, and loving homes and to eliminating the barriers that hinder these children from realizing their basic right of a family.

Filipino Adoptees Network http://www.filipino-adoptees-network.org/
The Filipino Adoptees Network (F.A.N) is a global organization dedicated to supporting, educating and promoting cultural awareness on adoption issues and preserving Filipino heritag

Adoption SF can help you become a loving family to a waiting child through our foster/adopt process.

CalCASA's mission is to give abused and neglected children both a voice and the services they need for a stable future. CalCASA meet this goal by working on a state-wide level, actively supporting the network of local CASA programs throughout California and advocating for progressive, child-centered child welfare policy.

Family Builders http://www.familybuilders.org/
A private, nonprofit adoption agency in Oakland, California. Family Builders combine their strengths and expertise, with each organization doing what it does best, to recruit, certify, and prepare families to make a difference that matters in the life of a waiting child or youth.

Heartsent Adoptions, Inc. http://www.heartsent.org/
A full service, nonprofit, domestic and international adoption agency created to assist adopting individuals in the journey to find their hearts desire -- a child to love.

Administration for Children & Families http://www.acf.hhs.gov
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is a federal agency funding state, territory, local, and tribal organizations to provide family assistance (welfare), child support, child care, Head Start, child welfare, and other programs relating to children and families.