DMOZ - Home: Family: Adoption

This category lists websites dealing with adoption and related issues.

Sites should be submitted to the appropriate subcategory when applicable. Please take the time to review them before submitting.

Following these guidelines will allow us to add your site to the directory as quickly as possible.

Submit your site using your main url.
Use the site''s actual title.
Create a brief description, under 25 words, listing the current content of your site (not the future content).
Do not simply list keywords.
Do not use first person verbiage (we, our, us).
Do not use marketing verbiage (We''re the best!, Most awesome site, Check it Out!).
Sites which are gateways or splash pages to affiliate sites will not be added.

Agencies

Adoption agencies are involved in providing adoption services to both adoptive parents and birth parents.

This category lists adoption agencies.

Please submit the site''s main URL and include a brief description of the features or content of the site.

Books and Publications

Booklets, pamphlets, magazines, and books relating to both domestic and international adoption and covering pre-adoption through post-adoption topics.

This category lists all types of books and publications which deal with adoption issues.

Please include a brief description of the site''s contents or features; do not simply provide a list of keywords.

Facilitators

Facilitators offer adoption related services for individuals going through the adoption process.

This category lists facilitators offering adoption related services.

Adoption agencies should be submitted to Home/Family/Adoption/Agencies.

Please submit the site''s main URL and include a brief description of the services offered and content of the site.

International

Adoption around the world. Generally refers to individuals adopting a child from a country other than their own.

Please submit to the appropriate subcategory when applicable.

Agencies should be submitted to Home/Family/Adoption/Agencies.

Personal Pages

Adoption related sites created by individuals.

This category lists adoption related sites created by individuals.

Personal pages which deal with adoption search or reunion should be submitted to Home/Family/Adoption/Search and Reunion/Personal Pages.

Please submit the site''s main URL and include a brief description of the features or content of the site.

Search and Reunion

Resources to help all members of the adoption triad search and reunite with family members.

This category lists sites which focus on adoption search and reunion information, resources and services.

Please submit to the appropriate subcategory when applicable. Site must be in the English language. Non-English sites should be submitted to the appropriate category in World.

Support

Support services and information for individuals or couples involved in adoption. Including educational resources, financial support, and social forms of support for families.

This category lists adoption support resources. Please submit the site''s main URL and include a brief description of services (if applicable) and features of the site.

Wish to Adopt

Sites dealing with families (and individuals) who are looking to adopt a child.

This category contains sites dealing with people who are looking to adopt.

Listing of Families

This category is for listings of families hoping to adopt. Please submit the site''s main URL, a brief description of the site.

If the site is associated with an adoption agency list the affiliation and link directly to the web page including the family listings. Agencies that only operate within one state or individual sites should be placed in the regional category.

Regional

This category includes individual sites of families hoping to adopt, or agency listings of families hoping to adopt. US Agencies should choose the state where the agency is located. Families should choose the state where they currently reside.

In the description include anything unique and relevant about your family that will help expectant mothers narrow down their search. For example: family structure, type of child desired (age, race, special needs, gender), type of adoption (open/semi-open/closed), existing children, experience with adoption (birthmother, adoptee, adoptive parents)

Avoid using the term "Birth Mother" when you mean expectant parents considering making an adoption plan. A woman is not a birthmother until she relinquishes her parental rights.

When you are no longer seeking to adopt please either remove your web page or put a message on your webpage stating you are no longer seeking to adopt.