Resources
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Alameda Social Services
The Alameda County Social Services Agency
Contra Costa Children & Family Services
Contra Costa County Children & Family Services
San Mateo Children & Family Services
San Mateo County Children & Family Services
Evening Magazine
Evening Magazine, a Bay Area news and event program generously contributes airtime and staff to develop the Bay Area Homes for Kids segment.
adopting.org
Adopting.org provides assistance, information, and support. It contains a wealth of information on all kinds of adoptions and surrogacy, including how to get started, magazines, books, cards, personal stories, professional articles, and special sections f
Connect for Kids
The Connect for Kids' Web site is an information/action center on children's issues for grown-ups. It features a variety of topics related to kids and teens as well as programs and other methods of getting involved with the youth in your community.
casey.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 b
Adopt a Special Kid
Adopt a Special Kid believes that every child has the right to a safe, stable, and nurturing home and that all children are adoptable. Adopt a Special Kid provides education and support services to adoptive and foster families and children.
fosterparent.org
The Foster Parent Community Web site is for the purpose of sharing information with foster and adoptive families, prospective foster and adoptive families, and anyone involved in the field of working with at-risk children.
LAFTER
LAFTER is a group of families who have three or more children where at least one child has become a member of the family through adoption. They have joined together to coordinate advocacy and support, as well as to develop resources that will assist them
Child Welfare League of America
The Child Welfare League of America is an association of more than 1,100 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 servic
Families and Advocates Partnership for Education
The Families and Advocates Partnership for Education project is a partnership that aims to improve the educational outcomes for children with disabilities. It links families, advocates, and self-advocates to communicate the new focus of the Individuals wi
FamilyNet
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation's FamilyNet site is devoted to issues of concern to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender families — including foster parenting information.
Our Family Coalition
Our Family Coalition is a Bay Area organization which promotes the civil rights and well-being of families with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender members through education, advocacy, social networking, and grassroots community organizing. They plan