Useful Websites
The Collaboration to AdoptUSKids is a project of The Children’s Bureau, part of the Federal Department of Health and Human Services. In October 2002, The Children’s Bureau contracted with The Adoption Exchange Association and its partners (The Collaboration to AdoptUSKids) to devise and implement a national adoptive family recruitment and retention strategy, operate the AdoptUSKids.org website, encourage and enhance adoptive family support organizations and conduct a variety of adoption research projects. www.adoptUSKids.org
Adoption.com is a website that offers a photolisting of children awaiting adoption, valuable resources, and information. www.adoption.com
Answers4Families.org is a project of the Center on Children, Families, and the Law at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln and is supported by funding from the Nebraska Health and Human Services System: Aging and Disability Services, the Office of Protection and Safety, and the Office of Family Health; and the Nebraska Department of Education - Early Development Network. The mission of Answers4Families is to provide information, opportunities for dialogue, education and support to Nebraskans with special needs and their families and develop and provide internet resources to families. www.answers4families.org
Casey Family Programs provides an array of services for children and youth, with foster care as its core. Casey services include adoption, guardianship, kinship care (being cared for by extended family), and family reunification (reuniting children with birth families). Casey is also committed to helping youth in foster care make a successful transition to adulthood. www.casey.org
The Central Plains Center for Service provides a variety of opportunities for positive change to individuals, families, and communities throughout the entire state. The following programs are currently being offered. Parents as Teachers Program, The PALS (Preparation for Adult Living Services) program & Education and Training Vouchers. See their website for additional information at www.central-plains.org
The Child Welfare League of America is an association of almost 1,200 public and private nonprofit agencies that assist over 3.5 million abused and neglected children and their families each year with a wide range of services. www.cwla.org
The National Foster Parent Association is the only national organization which strives to support foster parents, and remains a consistently strong voice on behalf of all children. www.nfpainc.org
May is National Foster Care Month for more information on what's happening around the country for National Foster Care Month go to www.fostercaremonth.org
For information about the Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services website. www.hhs.state.ne.us
If you are interested in reviewing information relating to foster care and adoption in Nebraska, go to www.hhs.state.ne.us/reg/t390.htm for Nebraska regulations.
Founded in 1974 by adoptive parents, the North American Council on Adoptable Children is committed to meeting the needs of waiting children and the families who adopt them. www.nacac.org