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Birthmother Support
Birthmother Online Support Groups Articles and studies about adoption

Families Seeking to Adopt
A list of our prospective adopting families with photo's and links to their adoption web sites. All of the families on our site have a completed homestudy completed by a licensed adoption agency

Adoption Resources
Listings of adoption related organizations, open adoption agencies, facilitators, lawyers and professionals for birthparents, adoptive families, and adoptees.

About us
How and why we started our web site, and our own open adoption journey

Contact us
Contact Information
Feedback forms.

Site Map
A Directory and listing of all of the catagories and pages on our site
Affordable Adoption
Free Booklet On Adoption Tax Credit
The National Endowment for Financial Education has printed a book on how to make adoption affordable. It provides information to prospective adoptive parents regarding financial assistance, benefits, and tax breaks for all kinds of adoptions. The book is titled, "How to Make Adoption an Affordable Option" It can be purchased on the NEFE Web site at http://www.nefe.org/adoption/.

The Adoption Tax Credit 2003
There was a U.S. tax credit inacted in 1997, where you can receive a federal adoption tax credit of $5,000 per child, for domesitc adoptions as well as international adoptions. Additionally, several states have approved state tax credits for families adopting children from the public child welfare system.

At the Web site of the Internal Revenue Service, you will find information about tax rules and changes to those rules. You can also look to the IRS Web site for information about the IRS Adoption Taxpayer Identification Number, and for "Publication 968" on the Adoption Tax Credit and Tax Exclusion.

Internal Revenue Services website adoption adoption tax credit instructions

Internal Revenue Services website adoption adoption tax credit pdf forms


This is not a substitute for professional financial advice and should not be relied upon without consulting your tax advisor.
For more information, please contact your state's Department of Taxation or Revenue or your State Adoption Specialist.

List of adoption agencies and professionals familiar with this adoption tax benefit.

Adoption Connection
Adams & Romer Law Offices
Cooperative Adoption
 Additional Adoption Services
A list of adoption related services and products

Adoption Events
A list of open adoption workshops, support groups, and seminars occurring nationwide for adoptive families, adoptee's and birthparent's

Linking To Our Site
Instructions on...
How adoptive parent's can get listed with us
Building and Hositing Your Adoption Site
How to become a featured family
How to become a sponsored link

Adoption Books
A list of adoption reading materialfor..
Open Adoption
Birthmothers
Adoptive Parent's
Childrens Books
Adoptees
Interracial Adoption
Gay Parenting and Adoption
Special Needs Adoption

Adoption Dictionary
(definition of adoption terms)
List of adoption legal terms and language.
Support links to goverment adoption sites.