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Documents & Resources

Tax Assistance/Financial Information

Adoption Tax Credit
www.adoptiontaxcredit.com
Child Adoption Funds — Helps adoptive parents that are currently working with adoption agencies to set up their own foundation accounts for tax exempt status.
www.childadoptionfunds.org/assistance.asp
Center for Economic Progress — Discusses DCFS adoptions and tax credits.
www.centerforprogress.org

A Child Waits Foundation — Offering low interest loans to eligible families to help with some of the cost of adoption.
www.achildwaits.org
Bright Futures Foundation — Helps to reduce the fees for adopting.
www.brightfuturesfoundation.org
National Adoption Foundation — Established by adoptive parents to meet the financial support and advocacy needs of adoptive families.
www.nafadopt.org
Gift of Adoption Fund — Helping to fund the process of adoption.
www.giftofadoption.org

Association for Research in International Adoption (ARIA) — Sharing the latest research regarding international adoptions
www.adoption-research.org
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services — Details information regarding international adoptions.
www.uscis.gov
Joint Council on International Children’s Services — Oldest and largest affiliation of licensed, non-profit international adoption organizations in the world.
www.jcics.org
RainbowKids.com — Online resource for international adoption information.
www.rainbowkids.com
U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs — Specific information on adopting children from other countries.
travel.state.gov/family/adoption/country/country_369.html

Parents Network for the Post-Institutionalized Child — A support network for understanding the medical, developmental, emotional and educational needs of children adopted from hospitals, orphanages and institutions globally.
www.pnpic.org
Lutheran Social Services of Illinois (LSSI) — Founded in 1867, LSSI is a statewide, not-for-profit social service agency of the three Illinois synods of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). LSSI serves people through an array of services at 83 sites across Illinois. LSSI’s services include foster care, adoption, pregnancy counseling, Head Start, child care services, services for at-risk families, residential services for youth, counseling, mental health, substance abuse treatment, residential programs for adults with developmental disabilities, housing and services for older adults and individuals with disabilities, nursing care and rehabilitation, and programs for prisoners and their families.
www.LSSI.org
Adoption — Source for information.
www.Adoption.com

"Putting the Pieces Together: Lifebook Work with Children" -- A training DVD developed by LSSI about Lifebooks for foster and adopted children. Cost is $25. To order call 1-847-635-4592 or email CCS@LSSI.org.
www.lssi.org/Support/MyAwesomeLife.aspx
Adoptive Families —- National adoption magazine, for information for families before, during, and after adoption.
www.adoptivefamilies.com
Adoption Quarterly — Innovations in community and clinical practice, theory, and research.
www.tandf.co.uk/journals/WADO
Chicago Area Families for Adoption (CAFFA) — Newsletter and advocacy organization for adoptive families.
www.caffa.org
Online Magazine — Parenting online resource.
parenting.ivillage.com