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Non-profit Orgs & Other Resources

325kamra is a 501(c)3 non-profit and their mission is to DNA test Korean family who lost or relinquished children to international adoption. They provide free DNA kits to Korean adoptees and to any suspected biological family. Their aim is to provide adoptees with their biological stories and family medical histories. They aim to reunite Korean adoptees with biological family when possible. They also want to support Korean connectivity so they provide DNA kits to any Korean worldwide who would like to DNA test.

The Adoptee Rights Coalition
is an adoptee-led 501(c)(4) all-volunteer grassroots national organization originally formed in 2005. Our passionate supporters include adult adoptees, families by birth and adoption, and others who share our mission. We educate and inform legislators, the adoption community and the public about issues of vital interest to adult adoptees.

Adoption Mosaic At Adoption Mosaic we believe that we all deserve a healthy lifelong adoption experience regardless of our position in the adoption constellation or the resources we have. We provide spaces where the adoption constellation/community feels valued, heard, understood and accepted as a full member of society, their family, and community. 

The Adoption Paradox Jean Kelly Widner is an author, researcher, and passionate advocate for truth in adoption narratives. Her background in professional writing empowers her to tell complex stories with clarity and compassion. Jean writes with the goal of giving voice to those often left out of the adoption conversation—birth parents, adoptees, and families shaped by the system. The Adoption Paradox is the result of years of personal interviews, research, and emotional courage.

Adoption Network Cleveland
​Adoption Network Cleveland: The Ohio Family Connection™ is an innovative non-profit organization that fulfills otherwise unmet needs for information, advocacy, education and support for members of the adoption triad (adoptees, birthparents, and adoptive/kinship parents), youth in foster care, foster parents, siblings, and related professionals.

Beteseb Felega ቤተሰብ ፍለጋ / Ethiopian Family Search and Adoption Connection is a grassroots effort to reconnect family members separated by adoption and provide support services to adoptees, birth family members, and adoptive parents.

Concerned United Birthparents (CUB) 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.

Grow Beyond Words (Adoptee Therapist Directory) If you are an adoptee or member of the adoption constellation (parent, sibling, grandparent, aunt, uncle, cousin, friend), you have come to the right place! Searching for a competent and compassionate therapist who understands the complexity of adoption can feel like a daunting task, and my goal is to make this process as easy as possible for you. Check out my website for a variety of at-home resources and learn more about the services I offer from my perspective as an adoptee, adoptive parent, and psychologist – if I don’t happen to provide services in your area, visit my resource page to find an adoptee-therapist or adoption-informed therapist practicing near you. *This site includes a listing of adoptee & transracial adoptee therapists. 

Intercountry Adoptee Voices (ICAV)
InterCountry Adoptee Voices (ICAV), previously known as ICASN (InterCountry Adoptee Support Network) began in 1998 in Sydney, Australia as a support network created by intercountry adoptees for intercountry adoptees, of any country of origin. ICAV’s network has grown to include adoptees and adoptee led groups from around the world. ICAV provides a platform for adoptees to connect in, share, educate, and advocate to the wider public about the issues we face – political, social and emotional, including the not so positive aspects of intercountry adoption.  ICAV hosts a private Facebook group for intercountry and transracial adoptees only, a Memorial page dedicated to honour those who die of suicide or are murdered, and a Public News Page where we share current information from around the globe on intercountry adoption.

ICAV Video Resource for Professionals
This is an educational video resource for professionals designed to help doctors, teachers, and mental health professionals better understand the lived experience of intercountry adoptees. This project was adoptee-led. 

Korean American Adoptee Adoptive Family Network Our mission is to improve the lives of Korean-born adoptees by connecting the community and providing opportunities for dialogue, education, and support.  The annual KAAN conference moves to locations across the country, engaging the local community as well as our core of repeat attendees.

National Association of Adoptees & Parents (NAAP) The roots of the National Association of Adoptees & Parents began in 2009 when Pam Kroskie and Marcie Keithley joined forces in an effort to unseal Indiana’s closed adoption records. In 2021, IAN expanded its vision to educate, empower, and elevate adoptee voices when Marcie Keithley and Jennifer Fahlsing founded the National Association of Adoptees & Parents (NAAP), a 501 (c)3 nonprofit organization which is committed to building unity in our community.

Practice Excellence Monthly updates of news, events, and resources for the Adoption Constellation curated by therapist Brooke Randolph, LMHC, LIMHP, LPC, LPCC-S

Robyn Gobbel

Saving Our Sisters (SOS) supports all members of expectant families considering adoption. We are committed to helping them make fully informed decisions based on information that so many other families have learned too late. We are dedicated to ensuring that they avoid applying a permanent solution to a temporary crisis based on partial or misinformation. SOS is dedicated to direct action and education regarding the preservation of biological families whenever possible. This may include assisting expectant and new parents by locating resources, explaining the long and short term effects of adoption separation on everyone in the natural family, explaining the lifelong effects of trauma their infant will suffer if exposed to maternal separation, and connecting them with a local support person and mentor.

Serving LGBTQ Youth in Foster care – CWLA 

Support Texas Adoptee Rights – 501c4 Legislative reform organization working to restore access to original birth certificates to adult adoptees.
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Tapestry Books Tapestry sells books dealing with Adoption Issues, with Infertility and with other Parenting Issues.

United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child 
Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution 44/25 of 20 November 1989 entry into force 2 September 1990, in accordance with article 49. Outlines the human rights of children across the globe, including the right to a stable family and the right to accurate identity information related to ethnicity and family of origin. 

WHO AM I? RESOURCES FOR DONOR-CONCEIVED PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES a list of resources for the children of donors, as well as for the parents or prospective parents of donor-conceived children, both biological and otherwise​.

Counseling/Therapy for the Adoption Constellation

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