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Adoption Education offers online adoptive parent education courses. Wisconsin state statutes requires that all adoptive parents complete pre-adoptive education. Before adoptive parents begin completing courses, please contact your social worker for a list of specific courses.

Adoption Learning Partners provides online adoptive parent education courses for domestic and international adoption. Before adoptive parents begin completing courses, please contact your social worker for a list of specific courses.

This is an excellent resource for adoptive parents who are considering or are pursuing international adoption. The site provides information about the adoption process, requirements, alerts, and procedures for each country.

This is a website with information about adoption for adoptive parents, adoptees, and birthparents. There are also chat rooms, forums, and information about laws.

The National Council for Adoption provides adoption advocacy and awareness services for adoption professionals, families, birth parents, and agencies.

My Adoption Advisor helps adopting parents focus in areas they can control and that can have a impact on how quickly they adopt. Adoptive parents can also complete some adoptive parent education through My Adoption Advisor.

Adoption books for children, adolescents and adults.

This agency/website provides peer support, encouragement, and friendship to birthmoms and pregnant women considering adoption.

Wisconsin Department of Children & Families provides oversight of adoption agencies in Wisconsin. They also provide the Adoption Records Search Program for adoptees, adoptive parents, and birthparents.

Catholic Charities USA is the national office for Catholic Charities agencies and affiliates. As a professional association and social justice movement, Catholic Charities USA supports local Catholic Charities as they provide help and create hope for over 10 million people each year regardless of religious, social, or economic backgrounds.

COA partners with human service organizations worldwide to improve service delivery outcomes by developing, applying, and promoting accreditation standards. Catholic Charities is a COA accredited agency and our services meet the standards established by COA.

Provides support, education/resources, and information/referral services to individuals and families whose lives have been impacted by adoption. Birth parents, adoptees, adoptive parents, and adoption professionals are all welcome to access PARC services.