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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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New! Post Adoption Counseling Services offered at Adoption-Link.
Adoption-Link is making adoption counseling services available for families and children in need. Adoption-Link has always offered pre adoption guidance but as children grow and enter new stages of development, issues unique to each stage arise. 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 great sites like Amazon, Orbitz, BabyAge and more. |
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Join our Mailing List
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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 support for domestic and internationally
born HIV exposed children and the families who wish to adopt them. As part of this program,
we have launched the Ethiopian Children's Project to help through sponsorship programs,
placement of children with adoptive families, education, medical care and humanitarian services.
Learn more about Chances by Choice
and Ethiopian Children's Project.
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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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Ethiopia Adoption Program (Coming Soon)
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| Adoption-Link/Chances by Choice has applied for Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) status in Ethiopia
and is nearing the end of that process. Once approved, we will work in partnership with an
established adoption program in Addis Ababa to place both healthy and HIV+ children for adoption.
We are compiling a wait list of interested adoptive families and expect to be up and running soon!
Learn more about our Ethiopia adoption program.
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Other Adoption-Link Programs
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Special Needs adoption program
Kenya adoption program
Guatemala adoption program (currently on hold)
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