Adoption

MEDLINEplus Health Topics: Adoption
MEDLINEplus provides quality health care information from the world’s largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health. This page includes links to resources for topics including general information and overviews, coping, specific aspects of adoption, law and policy, and others. Spanish resources are also provided.

Child Welfare Information Gateway
Formerly the National Adoption Information Clearinghouse, the Gateway is a national resource for information on all aspects of adoption for professionals, policy makers, and the general public. Clearinghouse services include a library collection, publications, databases on adoption resources, and information on Federal and State legislation. The Information Gateway Publications Search section offers information packages, fact sheets, catalogs and directories, international adoption resources, public awareness materials, training and education materials, and other useful resources. Services are generally provided free of charge; however some directory publications have a nominal charge to cover printing and distribution.

Adoption: Where do I Start?
This fact sheet from the Child Welfare Information Gateway is one of a series of 35 adoption-related factsheets produced by the Gateway designed to give readers an understanding of the adoption process.

The National Adoption Directory
This service is available from the Child Welfare Information Gateway. Search by state and type of organization to view address, phone, Web, and e-mail listings for matching agencies.

Maryland Department of Human Resources - Adoption
This site provides a general overview of the adoption process in Maryland, as well as information on adoption searching, contact, and reunion, and Maryland's Mutual Consent Adoption Registry. Call 1-800-39 ADOPT for more information.

Maryland Department of Human Resources - Foster Care
This site provides an overview of the foster care program in Maryland, as well as information on training, requirements, costs, and qualification. Call 1-800-555-1345 for more information.