Links

Note: Most of the website no longer exist.

A suggestion from Katie: All You Need To Know About Adoption

Families with Children from China (F.C.C.) http://catalog.com/fwcfc/  

The rest are links I've stolen from other pages (hey, it's hard work finding a bunch of pages)

From http://www.asststork.com/pages/china.html - this page has some great links to other baby pages!

• Embassy of The People's Republic of China You can download your visa application from this site.
• Email Referral System Link up with other adoptive parents
• Families with Children from China HomepageThis site is the "Roadmap" for China Adoption
• FCC Baltimore
• Chinadopt A FAQ for China Adoptive Parents
• China Connection Stories, Tee-Shirts, Links and More

Yahoo! http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Families/Parenting/Adoption/China/

• Adoption in China - a product of the collaboration between China's Children and Carol & and Steve Forslind.
• Caitlin Adoption - family's story of a special needs 3 year old girl, with pictures before and after her surgery for a cleft lip.
• China Adoption of Claire Lianne in Sept. 1995
• China-Adoption Resource Guide
• Chinadopt: Adopting Children From China - answers to Frequently Asked Questions about adopting children from China
• Families with Children from China - organized to support families who have adopted from China. Also provides resources to help people interested in adopting from China.
• Julia Mei Gamble Irwin - adopted daughter of David Irwin and Judith Gamble.
• Tai-Kai Productions - "Tai Lai Comes Home" is a 2-hour video tape about the adoption of four baby girls in China. resource for couple, single parents. Advice on adoptions. Much on Chinese culture, lifestyle.

Yahoo! http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Companies/Children/Adoption/Adoption_Agencies/China/

• Associated Services for International Adoption - ASIA is a non-profit, charitable child placement agency specializing in adoptions from China.
• Chinese Children Adoption International - licensed, non-profit 501(c)(3) charitable child placement agency specializing in the placement of abandoned Chinese babies.
• Great Wall China Adoption - non-profit, state-licensed organization for US families wishing to adopt children from China.

From http://catalog.com/fwcfc/internetsources.html

China Adoption Resources

• Adoption in China. Adoption journals, travel information, and frequently asked questions about adopting in China.
• Adoption in China: Jiangxi Province. Provides information for those traveling to Nanchang for adoption and a place for adoptive families to exchange information.
• AdoptionTravel.com. An online resource for international adoption travel planning, including travel articles and tips.
• Asia for Kids. One of the best sources for books, dolls, and other materials relating to Asian cultures, including some dealing specifically with adoption.
• China Adoption Helper A nonprofit group aiding agencies and families doing adoptions from China.
• The China Adoption Webring is a collection of related sites. These are mostly family story sites but some o ther links can be found on this ever growing resource
• China Connection. Another good source of China photos and adoption information.
• China Web. Lots of links to all kinds of China adoption information.
• Chinadopt: Adopting Children from China. Answers to frequently asked questions about China adoption.
• The Directories List. This is a compilation of the contacts for directories and parents groups for different orphanages, cities, and provinces. Thanks to Bob Crawford for maintaining this list.
• Capital/factbook.htm FCC Capital Factbook, 300K of newsletter articles from the FCC Capital newsletter, Forever Families.
• Lara Elisabeth McClure. Lisa McClure's diary of a China adoption, plus links to China adoption and language resources, and probably the most complete directory of links to personal China adoption stories and pictures.
• The Morrison Messenger. Many good links to adoption information including a listing of current addresses for State Secretaries of State and Vital Records Departments.
• Our Chinese Daughters Foundation Inc. Mailing address: OCDF, c/o Dr. Jane A. Liedtke, 509 S. Moore St., Bloomington, IL 61701. Email: OCDF@aol.com. This organization is a non-profit funding agency dedicated to supporting single mothers who have adopted daughters from China.
• My Home Town. "A page for children adopted in China to learn about their home towns and home provinces." A work in process that should become a wonderful resource.
• The Paper Chase, which is a good overview of the documents needed for a dossier and how they need to be filled out. Note that this site is an adoption agency site and the specific requirements for your agency may be different.
• Reyes Business Services. Helping adopting families with dossier compiliation, specializing in adoptions of children from China.
• The U.S. State Department maintains a listing of phone numbers for the State Secretaries of State offices that can be contacted for information on authentication of documents.
• PIAO a Spanish organization to assist with adoptions from China. Contact by email to: piao@piao.org
• Tai Li and Kai Mei Videotapes. Information on ordering two excellent videotapes about a mother's journey to China for her children.
• The US Embassy in Beijing has a website that includes official announcements from the China Center for Adoption Affairs.

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