UTAH GUIDE TO ADOPTING CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE
A Handbook for Prospective Adoptive Parents
This booklet provides the basic information a person would need to know about adopting a child from Utah's foster care system. This helpful guide walks you through the home study or family evaluation process, to the matching, preplacement activities to finalization and post-placement support.

https://www.raisethefuture.org
A non-profit organization whose purpose is to make the connections between families who adopt and children who wait for a safe and loving family to care for them. General information about adoption. Photo listing of waiting children.

https://adoption.com/
This HUGE site has something for everyone who is touched by adoption. Here you will find information on various types of adoptions, state-by-state waiting children, information for adoptees and much more.

http://www.adoptivefamilies.com
Adoptive Families is written by real parents with real kids, and every issue is packed with real-life advice. Stay informed about current adoption news and trends, learn from others and make the most of your precious child-rearing years.

AdoptUSKids A national project working to ensure that children and teens in foster care get safe, loving, permanent families. AdoptUSKids educates families about foster care and adoption and gives child welfare professionals information and support to help them improve their services. We also maintain the nation’s only federally funded photolisting service that connects waiting children with families.

http://www.childwelfare.gov
A New Way To Stay Connected! Formerly the National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information and the National Adoption Information Clearinghouse, Child Welfare Information Gateway provides access to information and resources to help protect children and strengthen families. A service of the Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

http://www.wearefamiliesrising.org
Founded by adoptive parents in 1974, Families Rising’s unwavering commitment is to ensure that children in foster care have loving homes and families receive the support they need. Join us in our mission to create nurturing, permanent environments for every child.

https://www.fosterclub.com/
FosterClub is dedicated to providing a peer support network for children and youth in foster care. Further, we believe that the experiences young people have in foster care place them in a position to effect change within the system, inform and motivate their peers, build public awareness and create public will for improved care for abused and neglected children.

FosterClub is about providing youth a voice within the system that so heavily impacts their lives. Whether advocating on their own behalf, in concern for siblings or family members, or speaking out on behalf of their 400,000+ peers currently in the system; our websites, publications and events provide a youth-friendly network which helps the voices of young people to be heard.

https://adoption.com/

A non-profit organization whose mission is to expand adoption opportunities throughout the United States for children with special needs and those from minority cultures.

http://www.nwae.org
Northwest has been providing special needs adoption services since 1976. They serve Alaska, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington.

http://www.utahfostercare.org
Established in 1999 to work as a partner with the state of Utah by finding, educating, and nurturing foster families. All training for Utah foster and adoptive parents is done by this foundation. They can also be reached at 801-994-5205 or 877-505-KIDS.

http://www.unitedforadoption.org/
United for Adoption/UFA is an organization comprised of adoptive couples, birth parents, adoption professionals, and others who support the ethical practice of adoption. Together, UFA members work diligently to strengthen and promote the institution of adoption.