Libraries : Government Resources

Adoption and Foster Care

• Adoption, Adoption Seeking, and Relinquishment for Adoption in the United States
  (Advance Data from Vital and Health Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics
• Adoption (MedlinePlus)
• Bush Administration Foster Care Flexible Funding Proposal. Hearing, June 11, 2003 Subcommittee
  on Human Resources, Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives)
• Employment Outcomes for Youth Aging Out of Foster Care (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
• Foster Care: HHS Should Ensure That Juvenile Justice Placements Are Reviewed
  (General Accounting Office)
• Foster Care: Recent Legislation Helps States Focus on Finding Permanent Homes for Children,
  but Long-Standing Barriers Remain. (General Accounting Office)
• Foster Care Statistics (in Statistical Abstract of the United States)
• Foster Care Summary 1991 (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
• International Adoption (U.S. Department of State)
• Model Community Provides Families and More to Foster Children, April 2, 2007 (Voice of America)
• National Adoption Information Clearinghouse (Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department
  of Health and Human Services)
• President Bush Signs H.R. 5403: Safe and Timely Interstate Placement of Foster Children Act of 2006 (White House)
• Youth Transitioning From Foster Care: Background, Federal Programs, and Issues for Congress, May 21, 2008
  (CRS Report for Congress via Open CRS)