Links to Other Sites of Interest

REGIONAL

National / International

• Andrus Family Fund
• The Casey Family Programs National Center for Resource Family Support
• Child Welfare League of America (CWLA)
• Council on Accreditation (COA)
• Formosan Association of Public Affairs
• Foster Family-Based Treatment Association (FFTA)
• International Adoption Information from the State Department
• International Foster Care Organization (IFCO)
• National Foster Parent Association (NFPA)
• PATH Treatment Foster Care and Family Based Services

State-By-State Resources

• California: San Diego Foster Parent Association

• Colorado: Boulder County Foster Parent Association

• Connecticut Association of Foster and Adoptive Parents, Inc.

• Florida State Foster Adoptive Parent Association, Inc.
• Adoptive and Foster Parent Association of Georgia
• Idaho Foster and Adoptive Parent Coalition
• Massachusetts - Federation for Children with Special Needs
• Minnesota Council of Child Caring Agencies (MCCCA)
• Minnesota Social Service Association (MSSA)
• Minnesota Youth Intervention Programs Association
• Montana State Foster/Adoptive Parent Association
• Nebraska Foster and Adoptive Parent Association
• New Hampshire Foster and Adoptive Parent Association
• New Jersey, Monmouth: Foster and Adoptive Family Services
• New York State Citizens Coalition for Children, Inc.
• North Carolina Foster Parent Association
• Ohio Family Care Association
• Oregon Foster Parent Association
• Tennessee Foster and Adoptive Care Association, Inc.
• Texas: A World for Children
• Texas State Foster Parents, Inc.
• Faces of Virginia: Foster, Adoption and Kinship Association
  Toll-free number: 877 VA FACES (823-2237)
  3900 West Broad St., Richmond, VA 23230
• Wisconsin, Milwaukee: Special Needs Adoption Network

SPECIAL INTERESTS

Abuse / Discipline

• American Professional Society of the Abuse of Children

• Center for Effective Discipline

• ChildAbuse.org

Adoption

• A World for Children

• About Web Site (a web page on adoption)

• Adoption Learning Partners
• Adoptive Families Together
• AdoptUsKids
• African American Adoption and Permanency Planning Agency
• The Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute
• MNASAP (Minnesota Adoption Support and Preservation)
• Minnesota Adoption Resource Network (MARN)
• National Adoption Information Clearing House
• North American Council on Adoptable Children
• Online Adoption Education Community
• REACH Rural Expansion of Adoptive Communities and Homes

Dealing with Grief

• Grief Watch

Drugs

• Children of Alcoholics Foundation

• NIDA (National Institute on Drug Abuse)

Health

• Body1
• HealthWeb
• WebMed

Kids and Teenagers

• dmoz - Kids and Teens

• Kids - Looking for Answers to Tough Questions?
• Survivors of the System: Foster Children United
• Youth Communication

News and Information

• Antelope Valley Foster Parents

Parents

• Answers for Families

• Better Endings New Beginnings

• dmoz - Parenting Issues

• Foster Family-based Treatment Association (FFTA)

• Father's World
• Foster Parent Community 
• Inner Circle Foster Care and Adoption Services
• Parents - Getting Along with Your Kids?
• Parent Soup
• Positive Parenting

Parent Education

• W.E. Krill, Jr., M.S.P.C.

• Parenting Site - taking care of your family

Parenting - Single Parents

• Making Lemonade - single parenting support group

• Single Parent Central
• Single parent older child adoption

Special Needs

• About Web Site - page on Special Needs

• Center for Children with Special Needs
• Children's Disabilities
• Federation for Children with Special Needs (Massachusetts)
• Our-Kids
• Special Child
• Special Needs Adoption Network, Milwaukee Wisconsin

Support Groups

• Join Together Online

• KinNet (Foster Care Support Groups)
• North American Council on Adoptable Children - Support Groups (NACAC)

Research Child and Teen Issues

• Child Trend

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