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Adoption information and resources, message boards, email communities, and links to adoption professionals. Includes special sections for both birthmothers and adoptive parents.

Features information about workshops and support groups, profiles of families hoping to adopt (from specific agencies) and resources.

Articles and FAQs about adopting a child, becoming a foster parent, adopting a foster child, adoptees and birth parents, and services for adopted children.

Tips for choosing, usage practices and mom's feedback.

Provides product reviews for infant equipment.

Offers a database of babysitters throughout the United States, listing qualifications, skills, and ratings from parents. Includes a company profile and description of the service.

Resources for adoptive and foster parents.

Review pregnancy-related articles designed to educate the first-time expectant mother while she is pregnant.

Includes pages for expecting parents to access with details of members of the group, recipes, and health issues.

Information about herbal products during pregnancy and other natural remedies.

Reunion planning tips from the African American Genealogical Society of Northern California.

Tips to prevent a teen from running away or being lured away, and what to do first if a child is missing.

Nancy Hurwitz Kors offers facilitation services. Based in Walnut Creek, California. Includes information for birthmothers and waiting parents, staff details, and profiles of people looking to adopt.

Offers facilitation services for birthparents and adoptive parents throughout the United States. Profiles of waiting parents, description of services, and testimonials are included.

Center that promotes the adoption of children from 0 to 7 years old.

Building African American families through internet adoption.

Guides provide advice from making the decision to search, and choices in searching, through petitioning the court.

Network of adoption search, support and reunion organizations. Includes message board and chat room.

Offers support and resource services for adoptive families before, during and after adoption. Includes information about waiting children, adoption, training, resources, store, and how visitors can help their organization.

CASE is an adoptive family support center that provides post-adoption services which include education, counseling, family forums, and advocacy.

Adoption grants, fundraisers, resources, and conferences. Offers blog, store, information about adoption aid, care centers, getting involved, donating, staff and financials.

Support for adoptive families including grants, fundraisers, education, and resources. Offers information on leadership, financials, events, their services, how visitors can help them, frequently asked questions, testimonies, and blog.

Social network for adoption families. Includes photos, blogs, forums, and videos.

Offers pictures and videos of development.

Born August 28, 2003. Includes photo album and guestbook.

Born May 28, 2003. Photo gallery.

Developed by the Health Promotion Agency and contains information for both the public and professionals. Offers benefits, problem help, back to work and weaning information, as well as support groups.

Matches au pair girls and families. Also a place for au pairs to meet.

Matches host families and applicants in Australia. Provides ongoing service. Application forms and vacancies displayed.

Preschool curriculum for daycare providers that offers monthly packets of theme based, hands-on activities and crafts.

Curriculum, crafts and learning activities for children ages 2 to 5 years old.

Providing lessonplans, worksheets, games and other activities for kindergarten teachers or homeschoolers.

Offers advice and articles on child injury and accident prevention.

Nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening home-based child care. Lots of information for day care and child care providers.

Development and implementation of legislation, policy and program standards for licensed child day care facilities and child and adult residential care facilities.

Non-profit, educational association for nannies and those who educate, place, employ, and support professional in-home child care providers.

Serves families needing childcare, as well as support for childcare providers.

Discusses the pros and cons of preschool.

Works with local member agencies at a local, state and national level to coordinate a strong statewide system of childcare resources and referral.

A non-profit organization providing a full range of early childhood services for families with children from birth to five.

Contains links to resources that are beneficial to child care providers and their business.

A non-profit child care resource and referral program dedicated to improving the system of early education and care for children in the New Bedford, MA area.

A network of local child care resource centers that works with parents, child care providers, advocates, employers, and policymakers to expand and enhance the early childhood education and child care.

Coordinates the efforts of the eight resource and referral agencies in Missouri. Services are provided to parents, child care providers, employers and community leaders.

Source for parents, providers and advocates seeking child care services and resources in Contra Costa County, California.

A resource for parents and providers including state by state daycare listings, free preschool and daycare printables and teacher resources.

Searchable database of licensed child care providers across the state. Includes child care centers, family child care homes, and day camps.

Daycare programming ideas, themes and links.

An independent childcare organization that provides family based care education, therapy and social work for children.

The Arc of the United States advocates for the rights and full participation of all children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.