November is National Adoption Month
Are You Considering Adoption, or Are You an Adoptive Family? Then you should know about the resources available to you in southeastern Wisconsin.
 
The Special Needs Adoption Network - a nonprofit organization that operates from the belief that all children, regardless of their needs, have the right to a permanent family. Since 1982, our mission has been to find permanence for all children who need a family and to help sustain adoptive families. To carry out this mission, the Adoption Network operates an extensive clearinghouse of adoption information and support. We also work directly with agencies and families to help secure homes for children.

The Special Needs Adoption Network helps adoption happen in Wisconsin! Kids need loving families to help them grow. From helping over one thousand children find forever adoptive families to the birthparent who calls thinking about adoption, we help people learn about adoption, make adoption connections and referrals, and provide the services and support after adoption to make adoption succeed for everyone. We work in cooperation with the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, Division of Children and Family Services, who has given us long term support. Our wonderful cooperation partners, foundations and donors help us to bring a wide range of services and connections to individuals and families who are interested in exploring the world of adoption. Our services include Pre-Adoption Information, Recruitment Services for Waiting Children, and Post Adoption Services. Please come and visit us and our Family Resource Center - an extensive library of printed, audio, and video references.

Visit our website at www.wiadopt.org. For a list of adoption support groups in Wisconsin, see www.wiadopt.org/FamilyResourceCenter/Resources.htm, and for a calendar of adoption-related events, see www.wiadopt.org/CalendarOfEvents.htm.

The Special Needs Adoption Network
1126 S. 70th Street N509A
Milwaukee, WI 53214-3151
414-475-1246
E-mail: info@wiadopt.org
 
Adoptive Family Connections - an organization dedicated to providing education, support, and resources to prospective, new and experienced adoptive families in the greater Milwaukee area. The Mission of Adoptive Family Connections is to connect families and children touched by adoption and the professionals who serve them. Our goal is to maintain the children's connection to their cultural heritage as well as their connection to the wider adoption community.

The Adoptive Family Connections sponsors:

  • Adoption Experience - a seminar series for prospective adoptive parents, covering legal, health, and social aspects of both domestic and international adoption. The seminars are presented by some of the most experienced social workers, lawyers, agency representatives, and adoptive parents in the area. The are held monthly at the Special Needs Adoption Network, 1126 S. 70th Street, Milwaukee. For information about the series, e-mail sicking@execpc.com, or call the Special Needs Adoption Network.
  • Gatherings for adoptive families - Summer and winter get-togethers with activities for the family, giving parents a chance to meet and share experiences.
  • A bimonthly Newsletter - with articles on parenting, resources, and the adoption experience, plus a calendar of local and national events.
  • Informational flyers on adoption.
  • The Ties Program - Tours for families of internationally-adopted children to their child's country of origin (www.AdoptiveFamilyTravel.com).

For information on membership, call Aggie Hale at 262-860-0940, or e-mail ahale@wi.rr.com.