Books

• Adoption for Dummies by Tracy Barr, For Dummies Publisher, 2003
• Successful Adoption: A Guide for Christian Families by Natalie Nichols Gillespie, Integrity Publishers, 2006
• The Complete Book of International Adoptions by Dawn Davenport , Broadway, 2006

Websites

• http://Adoption.state.gov/news/haiti.html
• http://www.adoptioncouncil.org
• http://www.davethomasfoundation.org
• http://www.creatingafamily.org

Blogs

• http://haitiadoption.blogspot.com/
• http://atwinkleinmyeye.blogspot.com/
• http://lenahaitimissiontrip.blogspot.com/
• http://countdowntohomecoming.blogspot.com/

Document Request for Pending Haitian Adoption Cases:

DHS’ U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has set up a special e-mail box haitianadoptions@dhs.gov to receive scanned documentation on pending Haitian adoptee orphans.  If you have already sent documentation to askci@state.gov, it will be forwarded to USCIS on your behalf.

USCIS requests that all communications from prospective adoptive parents and adoption service providers should be formatted as follows:

• Subject line: LAST NAME, First name of the adopting parent, and USCIS case number and NVC case number, if  available
• If you are adopting more than one child, please send separate emails for each child
• Include the name, DOB, gender of the child, and the current location of the child in Haiti
• Include any contact information for the child’s current whereabouts
• Please include a recent photograph of the child

Attachments: please limit attachments to 10 megabytes per email message.  If necessary, split your communication into more than one message, and indicate in the subject line the total number of e-mails and the message number  (i.e. “1 of 2”)