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Our Mission
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| Adoption-Link provides quality services for all in the
adoption triad: birth parents, children and adoptive families. We specialize in
domestic and international adoption and humanitarian services for African,
African-American, multiracial, HIV+ and other special needs children. We
believe that all children have a right to a loving and permanent home. |
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Our Services
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| Our adoptive families come from around the globe. We provide
home studies in Illinois for families who are pursuing domestic as well as
international adoption. Our agency also offers post- placement and
post-adoption services to both adoptive families and birth parents. Learn more about our
adoption services. |
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For Birth Parents
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| Birth parents are the heart of our work. Adoption-Link
respects and honors your choices. Our pledge is to answer all of your questions
and provide you and your child with the most loving families, counseling, and
help with legally allowable expenses. Learn More ...
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Upcoming Events & Announcements
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Please join us for our Fifth Annual Reality of Hope Fundraiser!
When: April 2, 2009
Where: Chicago Cultural Center, G.A.R. Hall & Rotunda, 77 E. Randolph St, Chicago, IL
Time: 6 PM - 9 PM
Tickets: $95 in advance (tickets will be held at the door), $110 at the door, children are welcome free of charge!
CAFFA’S Parenting Through Adoption Conference 2009
Margaret Fleming, our director, will be presenting at the conference this year.
Her workshop is titled “Positively Positive – How to adopt an HIV+ child.
When: March 14, 2009, 7:45 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.
Where: Benedictine University, Lisle, IL
Deadline for registrations - March 6, 2009
For more information or to register, visit www.caffa.org/2009conference
Margaret Fleming, Director of Adoption-Link, chosen as winner of Civic Ventures 2008 Purpose Prize!
Watch the video and read the letter!
Post Adoption Counseling Services offered at Adoption-Link.
Group sessions and private sessions available. Call the office for more details 708-524-4673.
Visit our Adoption Bookstore to browse and purchase recommended books about adoption. You can also buy children's book, books for young adults, novels & more. For every book you purchase from our bookstore, Adoption-Link will earn money to help fund our programs!
Here's another easy way to help Adoption-Link raise money. Before you purchase gifts or travel online, visit our fundraising page and click through from our site to participating merchants. These merchants will donate a portion of the purchase price to Adoption-Link. Purchase from Amazon, Orbitz, Disney, Giggle or The Baby Outlet. |
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Our Programs
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Adoption-Link seeks to meet the needs of the world's most vulnerable children,
their biological and potential adoptive families. We strive to create programs
that are constantly evolving and maximizing the potential of all involved in
the adoption triad.
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African-American Program
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| Since 1992, Adoption-Link has specialized in placing
African-American, bi-racial and multi-racial children. We have placed over 750
children and firmly believe that all children of all races have a right to a
permanent home. Learn more about our African-American adoption program.
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Chances by Choice (Domestic & International HIV+)
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| Chances by Choice specializes in providing domestic and internationally born HIV exposed children,
and the families who support them, the resources to thrive. Chances by Choice takes a multi-dimensional approach to providing
life enhancing services for HIV exposed children in order to integrate these children into society, whether that be in their birth or adoptive country.
Learn more about Chances by Choice.
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Haiti Adoption Program
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| We work with a wonderful orphanage in Haiti called Crech Enfant de l’ Jesus, a beautiful facility located
in the village of TiMache, about a 45 minute drive east of Port Au Prince.
The orphanage is currently home to healthy children, many of them under 2 years of age.
Sibling groups are available. Learn more about our Haiti adoption program.
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Special Needs Adoption Program
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| Adoption-Link was founded upon the belief that every child deserves a loving and permanent home. Happily, each child who has come our way,
regardless of prematurity, physical disability, exposure to drugs or alcohol, etc., is now growing up with his or her own family.
We take great pride in never having turned a birth mother away, no matter what.
Learn more about our Special Needs adoption program.
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Other Adoption Programs
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Our Guatemala adoption program is currently on hold until it is known whether or not Guatemala will comply with the Hague treaty.
Learn more.
Our Kenya adoption program is currently suspended due to political unrest and a lengthy residence requirement.
Learn more.
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