Support Groups, COUNSELING & Education
Adopt Florida – Post Adoption Counselor List
- Adopt Florida is a partner of the Florida Department of Children & Families. Download our Post Adoption Counselor List by clicking the website link.
Families Rising
- Families Rising guides, connects, and empowers individuals, professionals, and families on their journey through adoption, foster care, and kinship care.
2380 Wycliff St Suite 200-11
St Paul, MN, 55114
Healthy Start Florida
- Florida’s Association of Healthy Start Coalitions is a nonprofit dedicated to providing Floridians with services and support to achieve their family and parenting goals and give every baby a healthy start in life.
2002 Old St Augustine Rd #45
Tallahassee, FL, 32301
National Council For Adoption
- Backed by 40 years of experience in adoption education, research, and policy work, National Council For Adoption’s offers a wide array of continuing education, training, and information resources for the adoption community, policymakers, professionals, and the general public.
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Creating adoption profiles
Mixbook
- Share what makes your family amazing with the Adoption Profile Album from Mixbook. This theme is designed to help families who are interested in adopting showcase their homes, hopes, beliefs, and more.
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Snapfish
- Snapfish is an effective, user-friendly, and cost-effective tool for creating personalized adoption profile books. It allows you to create custom hardcover or softcover books featuring photos, stories, and details about your life, with easy drag-and-drop, autofill, and custom layout features to highlight your family’s personality.
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POST-ADOPTION SUPPORT
Bridge A Life
- We believe that well-supported families are successful families. That’s why we provide services and training opportunities to help adoptive and foster parents win the day!
9015 Town Center Pkwy Suite 126
Lakewood Ranch, FL, 34202
FDOH Early Steps
- Florida’s Early Steps program is here to help. We work closely with your family to provide early intervention services to infants and toddlers, from birth to 36 months.
4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin A06
Tallahassee, FL, 32399-1707
Healthy Start Florida
- Florida’s Association of Healthy Start Coalitions is a nonprofit dedicated to providing Floridians with services and support to achieve their family and parenting goals and give every baby a healthy start in life.
2002 Old St Augustine Rd #45
Tallahassee, FL, 32301
BOOKS
Dear Birthmother
- This open adoption classic book is recommended by the Child Welfare League of America. Gently provocative, warm and convincing, this open adoption guide includes actual letters between adoptive parents and birthparents, as well as between birthparents and their adopted children. Purchase on Amazon or visit your local library.
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ADOPTEE ASSISTANCE
Florida Adoption Reunion Registry
- Florida's Adoption Reunion Registry (FARR) was established in 1982 by the Florida Legislature to provide a process for an adult adoptee to obtain non-identifying information about his/her birth family and provide a process for the adoptee and birth parents, birth siblings and other birth relatives to have possible contact. FARR is operated by the State of Florida, Department of Children and Families.
2415 North Monroe Street, Suite 400
Tallahassee, FL, 32303
Financial Resources
List of Grants & Financial Assistance
- Download our list of Grants and Financial Assistance. Ask your adoption counselor for other resources that may be available to help you with the costs of adoption. Click the website link to download the PDF.
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National Council For Adoption Tax Credit Information
- The National Council For Adoption put together a list of frequently asked questions about the Adoption Tax Credit, to help you get started!
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