Resources

Adoption Resources

Expectant and Birth ​Parents

Birth Mom Buds – http://birthmombuds.com/

Birth Mom Buds is an organization and website that provides peer counseling, support, encouragement, and friendship to birthmoms as well as pregnant women considering adoption.

Concerned United Birthparents – http://www.cubirthparents.org/

Concerned United Birthparents, Inc. provides support for all family members separated by adoption; resources to help prevent unnecessary family separations; education about the life-long impact on all who are affected by adoption; and advocates for fair and ethical adoption laws, policies, and practices.

On Your Feet Foundation - http://www.oyff.org/

A non-profit organization dedicated to helping birth mothers and honoring their decision to place their babies for adoption.

Three Strands - https://www.threestrandsinc.org/

They bring gift bags to birth moms in the hospital and provide post-placement support after adoption.

Brave Love - https://www.bravelove.org

A pro-adoption movement changing the perception of adoption by acknowledging birth moms for their brave decision. Information, resources, birth parent stories, and local events.

Birth Mother Baskets - https://birthmotherbaskets.org/

A non-profit organization started by a birthmother that delivers gift baskets to birth mothers who have recently placed their babies for adoption.

Florida Support Groups & Counseling

Concerned United Birthparents -http://www.cubirthparents.org/join_our_online_support_group.php

Online support group is a message board and it is a way for all members of the adoption triad to engage in online discussion. We hope that birthparents, adoptees and adoptive parents will be able to get support and feedback from other members of the triad on issues surrounding adoption.

In-Person support group: Adoptee & Birth parents. Location: Lakeland, FL. Every 4th Saturday of the month at 12pm. Call Patty Collings at Phone #: (863)-299-0767, for dates/times and address.

Destiny Adoption - https://destinyadoption.com/birth-parent-support-group/

In-Person Support Group. This FREE group meets the last Saturday of each month. Uber transportation is provided at no cost if needed. Pinellas Park, FL at 10:30 a.m. Phone: (727) 202-8966.

Circle of Hope

In-Person Support Group. FL TRIAD Post Adoption Support Group for Adult Adoptees, Birth Parents & Adoptive Parents. Location: Greenacres, FL (near West Palm Beach). Call Sondi Hill at Phone #: (561) 967-7079, for dates/times and address.

Empowered Life, LLC – https://www.anempoweredlife.org/

In-Person, video, and/or phone sessions. Offers support and counseling services for expectant parents making an adoption plan as well as for birth parent(s) who have placed their baby/child for adoption. Also offers open adoption planning and support services to expectant or birth parents and the adopting or adoptive parents they have chosen. Location: Tampa, Florida Phone: (813) 658-8071

Adopting Parents & Adoptive Families

Adoptive Families Magazine - https://www.adoptivefamilies.com/

Online magazine and online resource providing information about all things adoption - adoption process, open adoption, adoptive parenting, bonding with child, talking to child about adoption, webinars, newsletter, magazine, adoption guides, etc. Offers free resources and paid memberships.

Adoptive Families Circle - http://www.adoptivefamiliescircle.com/

A way to connect and share with a community touched by adoption. The site offers a directory for adoption agencies and attorneys, blogs, videos, articles, and groups. Offers online support groups where prospective/adoptive parents can connect with other adoptive parents to share experiences and ask questions.

Fostering Families Today – https://fosteringfamiliestoday.com

Magazine and online resource providing information about foster and adoptive families. Magazines: Adoption Today and Fostering Families Today.

C.A.S.E. - Center for Adoption Support and Education – http://adoptionsupport.org/

Online resource offering free resources from books and articles to movies and websites to provide guidance to help navigate the adoption journey/life-long experience. Monthly support groups/guest speakers.

Creating A Family - https://creatingafamily.org/

Online resource providing education, information, webinars, podcasts, and more on infertility and adoption.

Adoption.com - https://adoption.com

Online resource providing education and information on all types of adoption, the process, openness, parenting, and more. Site offers downloadable guides, an adoption entities/agencies/attorneys directory by state, adoption profile hosting for waiting families, and forums.

Pact: An Adoption Alliance – https://www.pactadopt.org/resources/resource-library.html ​

A non-profit organization with a mission to serve adopted children of color since 1991. Use this link to gain access to free articles, essays, reviews, and information sheets on a broad range of topics listed below related to adoption, parenting, and race.

Rainbow kids - https://www.rainbowkids.com

An online resource designed to educate, and support families built through inter-country adoption. The largest central resource linking families, adoption professionals, humanitarian organizations, orphan-care and support missions, and children living out their lives in orphanages and group homes.

Child Welfare Information Gateway – https://www.childwelfare.gov/​

A service of the Dept. of Health and Human Services, they provide access to print and electronic publications, websites, databases, and learning tools to improve child welfare practice.

Florida Support Groups, Resources, & Counseling

Sylvia Thomas Center, Brandon - https://sylviathomascenter.org/

Offers variety of groups – psycho educational group for adoptive parents, parent-led drop in support group, child/adolescent support group ages 5-12, and an adolescent support group ages 13-17.

Florida’s Adoption Information Center - http://www.adoptflorida.com

A free service that provides adoption information and referral services to adoptive parents, adult adoptees, birth relatives, pregnant women and professionals.

Florida's Center for Child Welfare - http://centerforchildwelfare.fmhi.usf.edu

Information and Training Resources for Child Welfare Professionals.

Adoptive Parent Resources - http://centerforchildwelfare.fmhi.usf.edu/AdoptiveParentResources.shtml

Foster Parent Resources – http://centerforchildwelfare.fmhi.usf.edu/FosterParent.shtml

Empowered Life, LLC – https://www.anempoweredlife.org/

In-Person, video, and/or phone sessions. Offers parenting and counseling services for adopting parents as well as adoptive families. Also offers open adoption planning and support services to expectant or birth parents and the adopting or adoptive parents they have chosen. Location: Tampa, Florida Phone: (813) 658-8071

Georgia Support Groups, Resources, & Counseling

Georgia Center for Resources and Support - www.gacrs.org

Offers many resources and programs including post adoption support, support groups, listing of waiting children, foster care information, etc. They even have a lending library specifically for adoption and foster care where you can order books and they are mailed to you and then you mail them back when you are done.

Georgia Reunion Registry - www.ga-adoptionreunion.com

Address: 2 Peachtree Street NW, Suite 8-407, Atlanta, GA, 30303-3142. Phone: (404) 657-3555

Emory University: Maternal Substance Abuse and Child Development Center -

​Maternal Substance Abuse and Child Development (emory.edu)

Offer support and education to adopting families about maternal substance use and the effects on a child.

Parent to Parent of Georgia - https://www.p2pga.org/about-us/our-programs/

This is a state funded program to help families of children with special needs.