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/

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

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

IRS Tax publication
www.irs.gov/pub/irs-drop/rp-06-53.pdf

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