financial resources
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The IRS currently offers an adoption tax credit of up to $13,460 per child for all eligible families. Visit https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc607 (or look up IRS tax topic 607) to learn more.
adoption Resources
Websites/Links
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis
U.S. State Department
http://adoption.state.gov/
The Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute
http://www.adoptioninstitute.org/index.php
USCIS Orphan Visa Information
https://www.uscis.gov/adoption/immigration-through-adoption/orphan-process
USCIS Hague Visa Information
https://www.uscis.gov/adoption/immigration-through-adoption/hague-process
IRS Adoption Tax Credit
http://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc607.html
Social Security Administration
http://www.ssa.gov/
Adoptive Families magazine and website
http://www.adoptivefamilies.com/
Rainbow Kids - international adoption advocacy site
http://www.rainbowkids.com/
Creating a Family:
https://creatingafamily.org/
The Connected Child and Trust Based Relational Intervention resources:
https://child.tcu.edu/resources/#sthash.3iGqsg8o.dpbs
Bridge Communications, Inc- interactive training for transracial adoption
http://www.bridgecommunications.org/Bridge/Registration.html
Nurturing Attachments:
http://www.nurturingattachments.com/
Special Interest Websites
Child Welfare Information Gateway
http://www.childwelfare.gov/
National Council for Adoption:
https://www.adoptioncouncil.org/
Watch this compelling video “Be the Answer” at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEZQpAMqa9k
and take the challenge today to help orphans of the world.
US Embassy Information
http://travel.state.gov/travel/tips/registration/registration
Center for Adoption Medicine: University of Washington International Clinic. A resource for medical and developmental issues in adoption and pediatrics.
http://www.adoptmed.org
Adoption.com A general adoption and infertility information website.
www.adoption.com
Institute on Child Development , Dr. Karyn Purvis
http://www.child.tcu.edu/default.asp
Books/Readings
“The Connected Child”, by Dr. Karyn Purvis and David Cross
"Toddler Adoption" by Mary Hopkins-Best
"Are Those Kids Yours?, American Families with Children from other Countries" by Cherie Register
"Lost Daughters of China" by Karin Evans
"The Whole Life Adoption Book: Realistic Advice for Building a Healthy Adoptive Family " by Janyne Schooler
"When Love is not Enough: A Guide to Parenting Children with RAD- Reactive Attachment Disorder" by Nancy Thomas
"Talking with Young Children about Adoption " by Mary Watkins, PhD and Susan Fisher, PhD
"Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew " by Sherrie Eldridge
"Wanting a Daughter, Needing a Son: Abandonment, Adoption and Orphanage Care in China" by Kay Ann Johnson
Blogs
No Hands But Ours
http://nohandsbutours.blogspot.com/