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Provides detailed information about adoptions and New York State's foster care system and the needs of children in temporary out-of-home placement. Helps interested individuals go through the fostering or adoption process and provides information and supports for families with foster or adopted children in the home.

* Provides a range of services including adoption support and adoption information and referrals.

Promotes healthy sexuality and reproductive choices by providing most pregnancy related services including abortion referrals, education and counseling, free pregnancy testing, family planning counseling and emergency contraception.

As a service of the Children's Bureau (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services), access to print, electronic publications, websites, and online databases covering a wide range of topics from prevention to permanency is made available, including child welfare, child abuse and neglect, out-of-home care, adoption, and other child-related issues.

Provides guidance and support to couples and singles in selecting, developing, and implementing individualized, domestic or international adoption plans. Services include consultations, home studies, workshops, annual conference, support groups and newsletters. Also offers special programs serving families in the Jewish community.

Adoption services for children in foster care.

Staff work with families, when appropriate, to address conditions which adversely affect a child's care. Staff work with families directly, and coordinate services with community resources to improve family conditions. Provides supportive and/or rehabilitative services to families with children who are at risk, while ensuring safety and permanence for children. Also is responsible for the provision of child protective services, foster care and adoption services.

Provides the information and services for individuals or families that want to adopt a child.

Arranges for placement of children homes who are legally free for adoption and are in the guardianship of the Commissioner of Social Services in appropriate adoptive homes. Supervises the placement until legalization of the adoption by the courts. Also provides assistance to natural parents in planning a permanent home for children. Call for detailed information.

Provides support and information to people who are experiencing infertility and increases awareness of infertility issues through public education and advocacy.

A free support, information and educational program for adoptive families and relative caregivers who have custody or guardianship of children. AGAPE is a counseling service which offers education, confidential assessment, support and referral and brief counseling for adoptive and guardianship families and professionals who work with guardianship families.

Offers guidance and assistance throughout the process of adoption of children from the Russian Federation and from Romania. Services include group and individual orientation meetings, and assistance in preparation of documentation for State of New York, the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, and the foreign government adoption authorities. Parental support groups are available.

Unites adoptive and foster parent groups, concerned agencies and individuals throughout the empire state. Represents the families' viewpoint and works to improve and expand the services available to children and families. By fostering communication and collaboration between families, agencies and concerned citizens, seeks to ensure the stability, well-being and permanency of all children touched by the child welfare system. Offers a statewide free Helpline designed specifically to assist foster, adoptive and kinship families, related professionals and those wanting to foster or become parents. Also supports and coordinates volunteer and agency-led parent support groups for foster, adoptive and kinship parents throughout the United States.Offers support to foster and kinship families including the Family Allegation Support Team, Family Court Education and Support, Ombudsmen and more post adoption support services. The Coalition advocacy focuses on issues that need system-wide attention through legislative and administrative advocacy.

Offers a free information and training seminar for anyone interested in adoption. Provides assistance to single individuals, non-traditional and traditional families who want to adopt and help them through the process, including online resources and interstate adoptions.

Provides temporary, short-term boarding care for infants, if deemed necessary by birth parents, before placement in adoption or return to birth mother.

Recruits, trains, and certifies foster and adoptive families, and arranges placement of children into appropriate homes. Children may be unable to stay with their family for a variety of reasons, and placement may be temporary or in some cases permanent.

Provide support and guidance for people who have adopted a child, or would like to adopt. Places and monitors children who are in need of alternative living arrangements with private family homes that are licensed to provide foster care. Offers training for families who wish to offer foster care services in their homes.

Provides individualized support, adoption information and referral resources to individuals thinking about placing their own child up for adoption.

Provides free pregnancy test, free coordinated access to limited ultrasound with positive test, education on fetal development and referrals to child birth classes, pregnancy options education, medical care, legal assistance and local community services.

Responsible for comprehensive services to foster children, adoptees, biological parents, foster, and adoptive parents.

Recruits, trains, and certifies foster and adoptive families, and arranges placement of children into appropriate homes. Children may be unable to stay with their family for a variety of reasons, and placement may be temporary or in some cases permanent.

* Provides adoption and foster care services for special needs children. National photo listing of adoptable special needs children. The CAP Book. Information on adoption and foster care. Parent recruitment for children awaiting adoption. Volunteer opportunities.

Information available from Adoption Information Registry (AIR): non-identifying: adopted person or his/her biological sibling can receive information about birth parents even if birth parents are not registered with (AIR) or consent to sharing. Information includes general appearance, religion, ethnicity, race, education, occupation, adoption agency name, facts and circumstances about adoption's nature and cause. identifying: parent(s) and child(ren) both registered and given consent. Adoptees and birth parents or adoptees and biological siblings can share current names and addresses. If only one parent signed surrender agreement or consented to adoption, non-registered parent's permission not needed to exchange identifying information between adoptee and registered birth parent. medical: helps adoptees determine if they have higher risk of some diseases. Birth parents can register medical and psychological information any time after adoption. Adoptee must be registered to receive medical/psychological information.

* Provides all options of pregnancy counseling and other adoption services for those considering making an adoption plan for their children. * Offers information for those looking to adopt and adoption education services for health care professionals.

Recruits, trains, and certifies foster and adoptive families, and arranges placement of children into appropriate homes. Children may be unable to stay with their family for a variety of reasons, and placement may be temporary or in some cases permanent.