Policy Resources: Links

• Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
  Tracks news and provides analyses of issues relevant to parents of many special needs children.
• Childrens Defense Fund
  See the Healthy Start section of this site for information on the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and Medicaid.
• Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute
  The Institute researches policies and practices that affect adoption and is a good source of factual information on foster care, domestic and international adoptions, costs.
• Green Book
  Latest and older versions of this publication prepared by the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee; may be searched to locate current descriptions of SSI and federal adoption assistance programs.
• International Adoption
  Information from the U.S. Department of State.
• North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC)
  Excellent resource for subsidy information, including profiles of state subsidy programs and names/phone numbers of people to contact for further information and questions.
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Administration for Children and Families, Children's Bureau
  The agency provides access to its electronic document collection via their site.