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Childrens Issues

The Office of Children’s Issues formulates, develops and coordinates policies and programs and provides direction to foreign service posts on international parental child abductions and international adoption.

Office of Children's Issues

Courier Services in Washington D.C.

These couriers can be used to assist adoptive families in apostille or authentication of documents needed for the adoption process, both at the State Department and the foreign Embassy.

The Assistant Stork - Assistant Stork, Laura Morrison

For those adopting from China, the following places are helpful. Remember, all documents needing authentication at any of the Chinese Consulates listed must be first certified by the U.S. State Department.

Chicago Chinese Consulate

Denise Hope http://www.theres-always-hope.com

Houston Chinese Consulate

Cindy Marut http://www.MyChinaDocs.com

Los Angeles Chinese Consulate

Red Tape Solutions http://losangeles.china-consulate.org/chn/

New York Chinese Consulate

Patti Urban http://www.Legal-Eaze.com

San Francisco Chinese Consulate

Jill Touloukian http://www.papermidwife.com

International Adoption Clinics

These clinics offer services to adoptive parents that include pre-adoption recommendations based on pictures, medical reports and video’s of available children, in depth medical examinations of foreign adopted children, and mental and emotional assessment and rehabilitation programs for foreign adopted children. This website will list all of the clinics, phone numbers and their location.

Andrew Adesman, MD - Schneider Children's hospital -Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics -http://www.schneiderchildrenshospital.org/sch_dev_behav_adopt.html

1983 Marcus Ave, Suite 130
Lake Success NY 11042

Telephone: 516-802-6150
Fax: 516-616-5801
email: adoption@LIJ.edu


Come Unity Directory of International Adoption Clinics
General Website http://www.comeunity.com/adoption/health/clinics.html

St. Vincent Pediatric Rehabilitation Center http://www.stvincent.org

Adoptiondoctors.com is an innovative International Adoption Program dedicated in helping adoptive parents with the complex pre-adoptive medical evaluations. All medical interactions are performed via e-mail, express mail, telephone, and fax. There is no need to make appointments or travel outside of your hometown. The great part of our service is that the doctors come to you.
http://www.adoptiondoctors.com.

Helpful Links and Information for Parents Adopting from Vietnam

Families with Children from Vietnam: http://www.fcvn.org
This is a national organization for Vietnam adoptive parents and prospective parents. The site provides listings of FCV support groups around the U.S., over one thousand children's photo's, a family directory, resource links and adoption stories.

Adopt Vietnam: http://www.adoptvietnam.org
This is a resource guide to Vietnam adoption and provides over 200 articles on Vietnam adoption, parenting, Vietnamese culture, health and medical issues related to Vietnam adoption, personal adoption stories, Vietnam travel information and guidance, and much more.

Chao Ban Vietnam Adoption Newsletter: http://www.chaobannewsletter.com
This quarterly print Vietnam magazine is a great resource for families who have adopted or are adopting from Vietnam. The newsletter provides up to date information on Vietnamese culture,adoptive parenting, and adoption/Vietnamese news. Recipes, contests, children's activities, poems, and news alerts keep families entertained and educated throughout the year.

Weather Sites

http://www.cnn.com/weather/

Miscellaneous Links

Their Wonderful Present - A family's story about a special gift for Christmas.  A Wasatch adoption story from Guatemala.

Baby Carrier - Pick-up your baby carrier couture with a red hot Hip Baby. Ideal for international travel, Asia features an Ambush canvas shell with Dupont CoolMax lining.

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Mobal http://www.mobalrental.com - Cell Phone Rental, Satellite Phone Rental For Overseas Travel.

http://www.autismtoday.com - Every important Autism information, book and ASD resource is here to help you. Autism Today, latest news and top resources.

http://www.123greetings.com/family/adoption - Send Free Online Greeting Cards to your friends & loved ones. ALL cards are absolutely FREE !!!

http://www.achildsdesire.org - A Child’s Desire is a non-profit charity that provides grants for families seeking to adopt hard to place children, children with special needs and children over the age of eight.

Adoption Information - Fact Expert offers adoption tips and suggestions as well as articles on various aspects of adoption.

http://www.lpaonline.org/ - Little People of America (LPA) is a nonprofit organization that provides support and information to people of short stature and their families. Here you'll find resources pertaining to dwarfism and LPA, medical data, instructions on how to join an e-mail discussion group, and links to numerous other dwarfism-related sites. Enter, learn, and enjoy!

http://www.adoptionhub.com - categorized resource directory for everything about adoption.

Journey to me - It is with great excitement that we welcome you to http://www.journeytome.com, the leading adoption website for sharing personal adoption stories. Red Thread Connections, LLC is dedicated to bringing families and friends together to share the adoption experience.

We are proud to offer a tool that will continue to provide exposure and education to the needs of our world's children. It is our mission to bring more children into loving families, create strong networks of support for adoptive families, and to increase the amount of donation money available to meet the needs of children still waiting for homes.

http://www.chinaadoptionresources.com/ - A very informative site with information on adoption from China.

http://www.imigration-4u.com/ - A site that has very useful information about everything you need to know about immigration.As Simple As That - Families are Forever, Dumplings are Delicious, Tooth Fairy Tales and Grandparents are for Loving that empower kids to celebrate and respect all cultures, choices and ‘abilities’. The lead character is a Chinese-American girl who joined her family via adoption from China.

Baby Names -Baby Names - its all in the name. We've got over 25,000 names, you can add a name to your favorites, or even suggest a name.

Gift of Adoption Give a child a home for a lifetime! Click here.

http://www.adoptionoptionguide.com/ - Features adoption articles to help you learn what your options are for adoption.

http://www.military-net.com - Providing comprehensive military resource and information guide to US armed forces.

http://www.adoption-4u.com - A source of information on adoption, newsletters, resources and links to adoption information and sites.

DNA Test - DNA Paternity Testing is an AABB certified research laboratory performing paternity tests and DNA banking services. Offers a free in home DNA test kit and immigration DNA testing. 

http://www.haitianroots.com - Haitian Roots is a licensed non-profit organization designed to provide educational opportunities for impoverished Haitian children.

http://www.my-culture.com - My Culture specializes in designing custom adoption products that will help a child in your life identify with their birth country. We've customized our puzzles, clothing, glassware, and rugs by personalizing them with flags, maps and inspirational quotes. We hope you enjoy our products as much as we've enjoyed creating them.

**Note: Upon request, WIA will disclose the following: Service policy Contracts, the number of adoption placements per year for the prior 3 calendar years, the number of placements that remain intact, the number of families who apply to adopt each year, and the number of waiting children eligible for adoption. To obtain this information please call our office.


 

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