financial resources
Agape Adoptions provides a FREE Personalized Adoption Finance Coaching Service with a customized adoption finance plan for our adopting families. This Service offers webinars, training videos and consultations with a coach help you create an adoption budget, and learn about fundraising, grants and more!
According to the YAFC service,"Families that use Kelly's system of Tools to Finance Your Adoption, Grant Writing, Special Events and more, typically raise between $5,000 and $15,000 for their adoptions."
Click here to learn more about Adoption Finance Coaching Services. Once a family is accepted to Agape Adoptions, we will set you up with the Coaching Services.
A federal tax credit is available to eligible families. Visit https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc607 (or look up IRS tax topic 607) to learn more.
adoption Resources
Family Support & Training
Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development TBRI Practitioner List
The Post Institute: The founders of the Post Institute are passionate about helping parents create healing from the wounds created by trauma, by providing parents an understanding of the impact of trauma and a proven effective, unique model of parenting.
Free Resources from the Child Trauma Academy (Dr. Bruce Perry)
Show Hope Pre & Post Placement Support Resources
C.A.S.E.: Improving the lives of children who have been adopted or in foster care and their families through counseling, lifelong education, and a growing national network of trained professionals
Nurturing Attachments: a website that provides free articles and videos from Dr. Deborah Gray
Community Care (Seattle): A children’s mental health agency that has provided care for youth and families in the Seattle area since 1997. Provides youth and family psychotherapy, behavior plan writing, one to one behavior specialists, and three seasonal special needs camps.
Empowered to Connect Conference (Nationwide Simulcasts)
Replanted Conference (Chicago)
Blogs, Podcasts and YouTube Channels
Blogs, Podcasts and YouTube Channels
Blogs, Podcasts and YouTube Channels
Government Resources for Adoption
Blogs, Podcasts and YouTube Channels
Blogs, Podcasts and YouTube Channels
Adoption Related Organizations
Adoption Related Organizations
Adoption Related Organizations
National Council for Adoption, an organization whose mission is to meet the diverse needs of children, birth parents, adopted individuals, adoptive families, and all those touched by adoption through global advocacy, education, research, legislative action, and collaboration.
Creating a Family, an infertility and adoption education nonprofit.
Medical Reviews
Adoption Related Organizations
Adoption Related Organizations
A list of medical review providers around the United States
Books/Readings for Adults
Dr. Karyn Purvis and David Cross
Mary Hopkins-Best
Dr. Daniel Siegel
"The Whole Life Adoption Book: Realistic Advice for Building a Healthy Adoptive Family "
Thomas Atwood & Jayne Schooler
"Talking with Young Children about Adoption"
Mary Watkins, PhD & Susan Fisher, PhD
"Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew "
Sherrie Eldridge
"The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma"
Bessel van der Kolk
"The Connected Parent: Real-Life Strategies for Building Trust and Attachment"
Lisa Qualls and Dr. Karyn Purvis
"Raising Resilient Children : Fostering Strength, Hope, and Optimism in Your Child"
Robert Brooks & Sam Goldstein