Adoption Resources

Adoption and Citizenship Forms       Finances/Benefits       Adoption Laws   

Government Links         Articles & Web Sites of Interest

 

Adoption and Citizenship Forms

             INS Forms Online

                 Application for Immigrant Visa  DS Form 230 Parts 1 and II

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Finances/Benefits

IRS Tax Benefits for Adoption 

Information on Missouri Tax Credit 

Adoption Benefits Guide for Federal Employees

What You Should Know about Adoption Expenses

How To Make Adoption An Affordable Option

How To Finance Your Adoption Seminars
Chuck Grbcich,  a COTW adoptive parent will be conducting a series of seminars on how to finance your adoption.

Financial Aid Information

A Gift of Adoption Fund

 

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Adoption Laws

Adoption Laws of all 50 States

State Department  site on International Adoption

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Government Links

Missouri Secretary of State

Bureau of Consular Affairs Homepage

Foreign Embassies of Washington D.C.

Telephone Numbers for Secretaries of States throughout the United States

Social Service Report on the Progress of the Hague Treaty Implementation

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Articles & Web Sites of Interest

Critics say UNICEF -- the United Nations Children's Fund -- is no longer the effective organization it was 30 years ago, when resources were "directed towards promoting sanitation, the control of specific diseases such as malaria, yaws, tuberculosis, and trachoma, and improved child nutrition."  Click here to read the article published by C-FAM,  Unicef:  Women and Children First? 

International connections help Americans build family tiesHannibal Courier Post.

Families Without Borders

Article from The St. Louis Catholic Review

Guatemalan Adoption Information Site

Hands of Hope, Guatemala

General Accounting Office Report on Inter-Country Adoption 

 

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