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ED265967 PS015635
Title: Adoption Factbook: United States Data, Issues, Regulations and Resources.
Author Affiliation: National Committee for Adoption, Inc., Washington, DC.(BBB23212)
Pages: 170
Publication Date: November 1985
ISBN: 0-9615820-0-6
Available from: EDRS Price MF01 Plus Postage. PC Not Available from EDRS.
Availability: National Committee for Adoption, 2025 M Street, N.W., Suite 512, Washington, DC 20036 ($25.00).
Language: English
Document Type: Legal/Legislative/Regulatory materials (090); Numerical/Quantitative Data (110); Reports--Descriptive (141)
Geographic Source: U.S.; District of Columbia
Journal Announcement: RIEJUN1986
Target Audience: Parents; Counselors; Practitioners; Policymakers
This document
is designed to fill major information voids in the field of adoption
and to provide prospective adoptive parents with reliable data on
which to base decisions. The factbook contains four major types
of new information: (1) a frank discussion of the issues concerning
adoption -- including costs; tax regulations; transracial adoption;
foreign adoption; foster care; pro's and con's of public, private,
and individual adoption; characteristics of adoptive children, biological
parents, and adoptive parents; and business firms and adoption benefits;
(2) adoption regulations -- including state regulations; Immigration
and Naturalization Service Regulations for foreign adoptions; regulations
on access to state adoption records; legislation on adoption registries;
and regulations on surrogate motherhood; (3) adoption statistics
-- including previously unpublished data from the National Committee
for Adoption's national survey of adoption; previously unpublished
Immigration and Naturalization Service data on foreign adoptions;
a new synthesis of trend statistics on adoption; and recommendations
for a sensible federal/state adoption data collection program; and
(4) adoption resources -- including lists of about 600 adoption
specialists, support groups, organizations, and programs designed
to help lay persons and professionals at the local, state, and national
level obtain access to the experts. A short list of publications
available from the National Committee for Adoption concludes the
document. (RH)
Descriptors:
*Adopted Children; *Adoption; Organizations (Groups); Resources;
Social Problems; *State Legislation; Statistical Data
Identifiers: *Rules and Regulations
