Adoption Agencies
- AASK: Adopt a Special Kid
- 7700 Edgewater Drive, Suite 320
- Oakland, CA 94612
- Phone: 1 (888) 680-7448 or (510) 451-1748
- Fax: (510) 553-1747
- E-Mail: info@adoptaspecialkid.org
- AASK provides complete, no-fee foster and adoption services to families interested in helping children in the child welfare system.
- AASK Adoption Exchange, Midwest
- Director: Beverly Moore
- 1025 North Reynolds Road
- Toledo, OH 43615-4753
- Phone: 1 (800) 246-1731 or (419) 534-3350
- Fax: (419) 534-2995
- E-Mail: aasktoledo@aol.com
- AASK has established an advocacy group that will represent the interests of special-needs children on Capitol Hill: Adopt A Special Kid (AASK) America. Maureen Hogan, Executive Director, P.O. Box 77672, Washington, D.C. 20013.
(202) 388-3888, fax: 202-396-0340.
- Adopt a Special Kid (AASK) of New York
- Contact: Geri Hecox
- 216 Lawrence Street
- Rome, NY 13440
- (315) 336-9148
- Adopt America Network
- 1025 North Reynolds Road
- Toledo, OH 43615
- 1 (800) 246-1731 or (419) 534-3350
- Fax: (419) 534-2995
- Contact: Maureen King, Director of Recruitment and Support Services
- E-Mail: adoption@adoptamericanetwork.org
- Finds permanent, loving, adoptive homes for the children who wait in the US foster care system. To date, Adopt America Network has placed over 2900 special needs children with adoptive families.
- Adoption S.T.A.R., Inc. (Support, Training, Advocacy and Resources)
- 2001 Niagara Falls Boulevard, Suite 5
- West Amherst, NY 14228
- (716) 691-3300
- Fax: (716) 691-1066
- Contact: Michele Fried
- E-mail: info@adoptionstar.com
- A New York State Authorized Non-Profit Adoption Agency
- Adoption Support Center
- Indianapolis, IN
- 1 (800) 274-1084
- Angel Adopt
- 2107 St. Marys Avenue
- Pensacola, FL 32505
- (850) 341-1434
- Cradle Of Hope
- (301) 587-4400
- E-Mail: Maria Culp
- Down Syndrome Association of Greater Cincinnati, Adoption Awareness Program
- Robin Steele, E-Mail: rsteele@zoomtown.com
- (513) 761-5400
- This program provides connections to families who are interested in adopting a child, with agencies who have custody of a child with Down
syndrome or birth families who are looking at adoption as a choice. If you are interested in adopting a child or considering adoption as an alternative, please contact Robin Steele.
- From the Heart Adoption Services, Inc.
- (516) 664-5988
- Holt International
- Bekka Brandt
- Mount Vernon, IA
- (319) 895-8841
- International Concerns for Children (ICC)
- Anna Marie Merrill
- 911 Cypress Drive
- Boulder CO 80303
- Jewish Children's Adoption Network
- Steve and Vicki Krausz, Directors
- P.O. Box 16544
- Denver, CO 80216-0544
- (303) 573-8113
- Fax: (303) 893-1447
- E-mail: jcan@qwest.net
- Life for Downs
- c/o John Raper
- 2030 Royal Oak Court
- Orlando, FL 32836-6700
- National Adoption Center Faces of Adoption
- 1500 Walnut Street, Suite 701
- Philadelphia, PA 19102
- 1 (800) TO-ADOPT
- (215) 735-9988
- Fax: (215) 735-9410
- E-Mail: nac@adopt.org
- Non-profit organization whose mission is to expand adoption opportunities throughout the United States for children with special needs and those from minority cultures.
- National Resource Center for Special-Needs Adoption
- 16250 Northland Drive, Suite 120
- Southfield, IN 48075
- (810) 443-7080
- Provides training, consultations, and technical assistance towards improving adoption and
post-adoption services for special- needs children.
- New Visions, Inc./Adopt a Special Kid (AASK) National Exchange
- Contact: Tracy Ivory
- P.O. Box 499
- Washington Mills, NY 13479
- (315) 797-4208
- North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC)
- 970 Raymond Avenue, Suite 106
- St. Paul, MN 55114
- (651) 644-3036
- Fax: (651) 644-9848
- E-Mail: info@nacac.org
- Northwest Adoption Exchange
- 1809 Seventh Avenue, Suite 409
- Seattle, WA 98101
- (206) 292-0082
- A service to help adoption agencies and prospective parents in the states of Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, and Utah to find homes for special needs children who are waiting for adoption.
- Reece's Rainbow International Down Syndrome Adoption Grant Ministry and Advocacy Group
- P.O. Box 2055
- Dacula, GA 30019-9998
- E-mail: Andrea Roberts
- Spence Chapin Adoption Agency
- Attention: Meryl Klein,
- 6 East 94th Street
- New York, NY 10128-0698
- info@spence-chapin.org
- Primarily works with residents of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut and frequently coordinate with other agencies throughout the US for special needs children and international adoptions.