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Adopting a child from another country and bringing them to live in an adoptive family's home country.

A legal agreement in which a birth parent or guardian consents to the adoption of their child by another party.

An adoption in which there is some degree of contact and information exchange between the adoptive family and the birth family.

A legal process that permanently ends the legal parent-child relationship between the child and one or both of the child's birth parents.

The adoption of children who have specific factors or conditions that make it difficult to place them with a family.

Financial assistance provided to adoptive parents to help support a child who has special needs.

The process by which children in foster care are adopted by foster parents or another individual approved by the state.

The legal process that terminates an adoption, thereby reversing the rights and responsibilities of the adoptive parents and returning the child to the custody of the state or birth parents.

The point in the adoption process when the child begins to live with prospective adoptive parents prior to the legal finalization of the adoption.

An assessment process that evaluates prospective adoptive parents' suitability to adopt a child.

A federal tax credit that helps offset certain adoption expenses for families.

The formal request submitted to a court to legally establish the adoptive relationship.

A range of services provided to adoptive families to support the successful integration of the adopted child into the family and to address any adoption-related needs.

An adoption where no identifying information is shared between birth and adoptive parents and there is no contact between them.