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Adoption Resources
SAN FRANCISCO
BAY AREA ADOPTION SERVICES
The following
Bay Area agencies schedule occasional adoption information sessions
and/or adoptive parenting workshops:
 AASK (Adopt a Special Kid), 7700 Edgewater Dr.,
#125, Oakland, (510) 553-1748, or www.adoptaspecialkid.org.
A
Better Way, 3200 Adeline St., Berkeley, CA 94703, (510) 601-0203,
ext. 100. Foster-adoption for the greater Bay Area, placing children
with two-parent, single-parent, and same-sex parent families.
E-mail: mail@abetterwayinc.net.
ACCEPT, An Adoption and Counseling Center.
Specializes in international adoption by couples and singles.
To receive a copy of "How to Adopt a Child from Around the
World," contact ACCEPT at 1500 Noriega St., Suite 100, San
Francisco 94122, (415) 681-4957, or 339 So. San Antonio Rd.,
Suite 1A, Los Altos 94022, (650) 917-8090.
Adoption
Connection, Jewish Family and Children's Services, 1710 Scott
St., San Francisco, (415) 359-2494. Welcomes couples and individuals
of all ages, religions, and ethnic backgrounds.
Adoption
Network, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of San Francisco,
180 Howard St., 1st floor, San Francisco 94105, (415) 972-1250.
Bay Area
Adoption Services (international adoptions), 465 Fairchild
Dr., #215, Mountain View, (415) 499-8037. A free seminar, "How
to Adopt Internationally," is held at various Bay Area locations.
Black
Adoption Placement & Research Center, 125 Second St.,
Oakland, 94607, (510) 839-3678. Holds periodic adoption and foster
care information meetings.
California Assn. of Adoption Agencies. Nonprofit professional
organization representing licensed county and private adoption
agencies.
Family
Builders by Adoption, 528 Grand Ave., Oakland, (510) 272-0204.
Foster and foster/adopt agency for special-needs children, including
biracial, siblings, older, and those who have been drug-exposed.
Independent Adoption Center, 391 Taylor
Blvd., #100, Pleasant Hill, (925) 827-2229 or www.adoptionhelp.org.
PACT, An Adoption Alliance (serving U.S.-born
African-American, Latino, Asian, and multiracial children in
need of adoption, 4179 Piedmont Ave., #330, Oakland 94611, (510)
243-9460 or www.pactadopt.org.
RESOLVE,
Northern California Chapter, 312 Sutter St., #405, San Francisco
94108, (415) 788-6772. Local chapter of national infertility
support organization also sponsors workshops, support groups,
and other resources for people wishing to adopt.
San
Francisco Child Project, 125 Second St., Oakland 94607, (888)
732-4453. Partnership of Northern California public and private
agencies working to place children of all ages.
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