Resources                      

Adoption Agencies Domestic

• Bethany Christian Services
• GA Association and licensed Adoption Agencies
• Families First
• Lutheran Social Services 
• Georgia Agape
• All God’s Children
• Faith, Hope, Adoption, Inc
• Roots Adoption Agency
• Adoption Options, Inc
• United Methodist Children’s Home
• Georgia Mentor
   

Adoption Agencies –International

• Bethany Christian Services
• Children’s Home Society

Family Services

• Children’s House International
• Holt International
• Chinese Children Adoption International

• Hague Conference on Private International Law

Adoptions – Foster Care

• Georgia Department of Family and Children Services Adoptions Unit

Adoption Financial Assistance

Grants and Loans:

• Gift of Adoption Fund – Provides grant assistance

• National Adoption Foundation – Provides grants and loans

• Shaohannah’s Hope –  Provides grant assistance

• National Endowment for Financial Education – Making adoption affordable

• Help Us Adoption - Provides grant assistance

• Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption - Provides grant assistance/education

• A Child Waits - Provides low interest loans

Some banks will provide low interest loans, or loans secured by adoption tax credit or home equity line of credit. Some employers allow loans against 401k plans.
 

Guidebooks:

• “Financial Strategies and Resources for Adoptive Families”

Domestic Resources

• Georgia Center for Adoption Resources & Support
• Georgia Adoption Reunion Registry
• Georgia Association of Homes & Services for Children
• Adoption
• The Adoption Guide
• Resolve of Georgia
• Adoptive Families News

International Resources

•  U.S. State Department

Travel site

• United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)

• Passports (State Department)
• Passport Services
• Intercountry Adoption 
• Joint Council on international Children’s Services

Legal Resources

• Georgia Bar Association

• Christian Legal Society

• Georgia Courts

• Gwinnett County Courts

• Westlaw

• Lexis Nexis

• The Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc

• Georgia Legal Aid

• Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation

• FindLaw
• Thomson - West (formerly West Group)
• U.S. Courts

Government Resources

• National Association of Secretaries of State
  (Provides Contact information for the Secretary of States Offices of the 50 States)

• Vital Records Offices of the 50 States

• Child Support website

• Department of Human

• Georgia Secretary of State

• State of Georgia Government
  

Physicians and Psychologists for Adoption Related Evaluations

• Adopts Specialized Therapy (Pre- and Post-Adopted Therapy)

• North Point Psychology

• Marcus International

Adoption Center for Health and Development, Emory University

• Emory university Psychology Center
• International Adoptions Medical Clinics