Adopted Children and Stepchildren: 2010

"This report provides a portrait of adopted children and stepchildren in the household. Together, these children represent about 7 percent of the 64.8 million sons and daughters under age 18 in 2010..."

Adopted Children

Adoption Expenses

"Adoption expenses vary depending on the type of adoption. Adoptive families can educate themselves on what is included in the costs of adoption and the types of financial assistance that may be available to them. Find resources in this section related to adoption fees, costs, grants, loans, and adoption expenses..."

Introduction to Adoption (November is National Adoption Month)

"Adoption is the social, emotional, and legal process in which children who will not be raised by their birth parents become full and permanent legal members of another family while maintaining genetic and psychological connections to their birth family. Adoption has many facets and touches people in different ways—depending on their role and perspective. In this section, find information on the history of adoption in the United States, definitions and the use of language in adoption, and core issues in adoption, as well as links to related resources and information..."

Adoption USA: A Chartbook of the 2007 National Survey of Adoptive Parents
"This Chartbook presents findings from the 2007 National Survey of Adoptive Parents (NSAP). The NSAP is the first-ever survey to provide representative information about the characteristics, adoption experiences, and wellbeing of adopted children and their families in the United States. All information was reported by the children’s adoptive parents. The findings represent children under age 18 who were adopted and living with neither biological parent. This includes children adopted from foster care, from other domestic sources, and from other countries. Furthermore, the Chartbook includes comparable information on children in the general population for many indicators of well-being, based on data from the 2007 National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH)..."

National Foster Care & Adoption Directory Search
"The National Foster Care & Adoption Directory (formerly the National Adoption Directory) offers adoption and foster care resources by State. For more customized search results, you may enter one or more keywords."