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With a consortium of three of Australia's leading early-childhood agencies at its core, the Raising Children website was developed with the help of an extensive network including the Australian Government. Their role is providing information that can help parents with the day-to-day decisions of raising children, and looking after their own needs.

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Community Organisation - Raising Children Network (Australia) Limited

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A guide for South Australians considering adopting a step child, including the legal processes involved and the alternatives to adoption of step children

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State Government - South Australian Department of Human Services

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This fact sheet provides an overview of requirements for entry of children adopted overseas, or to be adopted in Australia by Australian citizens, permanent residents or New Zealand citizens.

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Australian Government - Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs

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The Adoption and Information Service co-ordinates and manages adoption services in Tasmania, including arrangements for Tasmanian-born and overseas children, step-parent, relative, and Ward of State adoptions. The service provides information and counselling to adopted people, birth parents, relatives and adoptive parents.

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State Government - Tasmanian Department of Health and Human Services

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These pages set out some information most commonly asked about the services provided by the Adoption and Permanent Care program.

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State Government - Victorian Department of Human Services

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The Western Australian Department for Community Development is the only department which deals with all non related local and intercountry adoptions, stepparent and carer adoptions. Family and Children's Services' Adoption Service is the only agency in Western Australia which can arrange an adoption.

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State Government - Western Australian Department for Child Protection

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Jigsaw provides counselling and support services to anyone involved in adoption and/or separated from family through fostering, stepfamilies or reproductive technologies. They also offer Search and Mediation Services to anyone involved in an Australian, UK or New Zealand adoption. They can also assist people separated from birth families for any number of reasons (eg. step or foster family).

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Community Organisation - Adoption Jigsaw

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Adoption Research and Counselling Service Inc (ARCS) is an independent community agency. A specialist agency in the field of adoption, ARCS is unique in that we work with all parties to adoption. The service is also relevant to those who have been separated from their genetic family.

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ARCS Inc

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Family and Children's Services Adoptions Unit provides a range of programs for people interested in adopting : Intercountry adoption program; Local adopt program; Step Adoptions.

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Territory Government - Northern Territory Department of Health and Community Services

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Adoption and Permanent Care Services is the branch of DoCS which provides a wide range of services in NSW for people who are adopted and want to find out about their birth family, for birth parents who are making an adoption decision or who want to be in contact with their child, and for adoptive parents.

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State Government - NSW Department of Community Services

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In Queensland the Department for Child Safety is responsible for administering adoption legislation and providing statutory services to parents considering adoption for their children, children available for adoption, people seeking to adopt children and eligible adults affected by adoption seeking information.

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State Government - Queensland Department of Child Safety

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We provide services for people, mainly South Australians, who are affected by past adoptions, people who are considering placing their child for adoption and people who want to adopt a child. Post Care Services, co-located with AFIS, provides services for people who were previously in State care who want to access their files.

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State Government - South Australian Department for Families and Communities

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Local Adoption Program in Victoria provides information about services that place a small number of infants relinquished by their birth parents with approved adoptive parents. In addition, children with special needs can be placed for adoption.

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State Government - Victorian Department of Human Services

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The Adoptive Families Association of Victoria (AFAV) was established to be an Adoptive Parents Support Network. AFAV is a self-help group offering families with children placed under Adoption or Permanent Care orders the opportunity to exchange information, share experiences and provide mutual support.

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Community Organisation - Adoptive Families Association of Victoria Inc.

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The main aim of Appin Hall Children's Foundation (AHCF) is to provide for the relief of poverty, disability, sickness, suffering, distress, misfortune, destitution or helplessness. AHCF currently operates in the highlands of Northwest Tasmania. The property includes a Guest House with the capacity to accommodate up to 14 children and four carers or an equivalent number of young adults.

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Community Organisation - Appin Hall Children's Foundation

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AFC has a strong history dedicated to finding permanent families in Australia for overseas children. The children we liaise for have no possibility of family life in their country of birth.
For over twenty years we have worked to further acceptance and understanding of intercountry adoption in Australia, seeking good working relationships with the authorities of the countries involved.

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Community Organisation- Australian Families for Children Inc.

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Australians Caring for Children Inc (ACC) is a non-profit association, whose main objectives are to provide support to adoptive families in Australia and to provide aid to orphaned and abandoned children in developing countries.

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Community Organisation - Australians Caring for Children

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Barnardos operates 50 programs, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in the States of New South Wales (NSW) and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). These programs fall into four main areas of work: Family Support - Childrens Family Centres, Adolescent Services, Adoption and Permanent Family Care, and Aftercare.

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Community Organisation - Barnardos

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Were You a State Ward, Home Child, Foster Child ?
Did You Grow Up in an Orphanage, Institution, Children's Home? Care Leavers Network Australia (CLAN) is a support group for people from this background.

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Community Organisation - Care Leavers of Australia Network

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East meets West offers a wide variety of services for intercountry adoptees. These include: mentoring, social activities, annual camp, specialised counselling, support groups, international forums

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Community Organisation - East Meets West

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Adoption provides a stable and secure family life for children who, for various reasons, cannot live with their family. The Intercountry Adoption Service is responsible for finding Victorian families for children from overseas who cannot be placed with a family in their country of origin. Intercountry adoption is a last resort for children to find a family and must be in the best interests of the child.

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State Government - Victorian Department of Human Services

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Jigsaw Queensland is a non-profit, member-based organisation relying on trained volunteer helpers to provide a range of services to all those affected by adoption.

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Community Organisation - Jigsaw Queensland

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This information, from the Adoption and Family Information Service of South Australia, is for people considering placing their child for adoption in South Australia. It provides an overview of the process and counselling and support services available.

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State Government - Government of South Australia

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A service of The Benevolent Society, PARC provides information, counselling and a range of other services to anyone affected by adoption throughout New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory.

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Community Organisation - The Benevolent Society

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The Post Adoption Support Service provides information, resources and a range of support services and community development projects for people involved in the post adoption area. This includes adoptive parents, adoptive families, adoptees themselves and birth mothers and families who have lost a child to adoption.

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Community Organisation - Relationships Australia Inc.

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The Chinese adoption program has been operating in South Australia since 2000 and is growing steadily every year. 
SACAS was established to support families with children adopted from the People's Republic of China and to assist those who are in the process of adopting a Chinese child.

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Community Organisation - South Australian Chinese Adoption Support

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PDF pamphlet which contains advice about stepchildren and adoption in the ACT.

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State Government - ACT Department of Health and Community Services