Adoptive Families Today (AFT): www.adoptivefamiliestoday.org/frames.html

Chicago Area Families for Adoption (CAFFA): caffa.org/

Information on adopting through foster care: www.adoptinfo-il.org

North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC): A great resource for adoption is which has information as well as links to other resources for adoption as well as assistance with financing adoption, educational information on special needs and disabilities, search and reunion, and child welfare policy and legislation: www.nacac.org/links.html

Child Welfare Information Gateway: www.childwelfare.gov/

Social Security Numbers If you are in the middle of a pending domestic adoption and need a social security number for your child in order to file your tax return, you can apply for a temporary nine digit number issued by the IRS. For more information and a copy of the application visit the IRS website and search under ATIN or click on the link below.
www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw7a.pdf or www.ssa.gov/pubs/10023.html

Adoption tax payer identification number Q & A
www.irs.gov/individuals/article/0,,id=96452,00.html

IRS Information for the tax credit is available at IRS website where they have a publication for Frequently Asked Questions about the Adoption Tax Credit at: www.irs.gov/individuals/article/0,,id=231663,00.html
or www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i8839.pdf

For questions about adoption in 2010 and 2011 go to: www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc607.html

Center for Progress Tax Booklet for Foster parents and Adoptive Parent
centerforprogress.org

IRS Tax Information
www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc607.html

The National Foster Parent Association
www.nfpaonline.org/

www.uscis.gov/files/pressrelease/ChildCitizenshipAct_022701.pdf

For Passport information
www.state.gov/documents/organization/79955.pdf

travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/types/types_1312.html#6

You will need the following when the child applies for a passport:

• Proof of the child's relationship to the American citizen parent. For the biological child of the American citizen this will be a certified copy of the foreign birth certificate (and translation if not in English). For an adopted child, it is a certified copy of the final adoption decree (and translation if not in English);
• The child's foreign passport showing the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services in the Department of Homeland Security (BCIS) I-551 stamp in the passport, or the child's permanent resident card (green card);
• Proof of identity of the American citizen parent(s)
• Passport application, passport photographs and fees. Go to Passport Services for forms and full instructions.

adoptionattorneys.org/

www.inciid.org/

www.idph.state.il.us/vitalrecords/adoptioninfo.htm