As your local link, Adoption Connection has the experience and expert knowledge to provide the necessary homestudy and education that is required to complete your international adoption.
In the Cincinnati area, we are lucky to have The International Adoption Center (IAC) at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital as a valuable resource to our community. The IAC exists to address the health and wellness needs of internationally adopted children and their families. They have served the medical, psychological and developmental needs of children born in 49 different countries. For more information on services provided by the IAC please access their website at www.cincinnatichildrens.org/iac.
The following links can provide more information for your international adoption.
United States Citizenship and Immigration Service - www.uscis.gov
International agencies:
- Children's Home Society and Family Services - www.chsfs.org
- Holt International - www.holtinternational.org
- Americans for International Aid and Adoption - www.aiaaadopt.org
- Families thru International Adoption - www.ftia.org
Support groups specific to International Adoption
- Families with Children from China
Dayton - www.fcc-dayton.org
International - www.fwcc.org
Greater Cincinnati - welcome@centralohiofcc.org - Ethiopia Adoption Group - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ethiopiakids/.
- Families of Russia and Ukraine Adoptees (FRUA) http://www.orgsites.com/oh/frua/
- Guatemala Adoptive Families Network - www.guatefam.org
- Korean Family Connection - (513) 451-4454
And of course you can get information and support from Celebrate Adoption, a partner of Adoption Connection, which is an adoptive parents’ support group that offers several programs each year to both prospective and experienced adoptive parents.our local support group - http://celebrateadoptioncincinnati.org/