Supports and Information about Adoption, Keeping Your Baby,
CPS, and Networking to other families
Pregnancy Supports
Legal Supports
Preservation Supports
Post Adoption Support Groups
Emotional and Physical Support
Search and Support Groups for Adult Adoptees and their families:
These support groups are from Adoption Crossroads
Northwest Adoption Search and Reunion (NWASR) (Idaho, Oregon and Washington State)
NWASR
Search Angel:
K. Leslie Parchen, 541-461-4716, Email: LKParchen(@)aol.com
Coco Brush
Portland, OR
cocobrush(@)yahoo.com
Monthly meetings - please call for info
Search Support / Classroom Consultant / Guest Lecturer
Portland, DADS 503-222-1111
Family Ties, 503-461-0752
4537 Souza Street, Eugene 97402
Adoptee 1st family Connection, 541-345-6710
PO Box 50122, Eugene 97405
The Circle, 541-482-5554, Email: Actmwt(@)hotmail.com, PJFlorin(@)jeffnet.org
PO Box 415, Ashland 97520-0415
Oregon Registry and Search Supports
Oregon DHS
Voluntary Registry and Search Assistance
Oregon Adoption Reform Legislation
Oregon has legislation in place in order to make sure that adoptions are more ethical
in this state. Many thanks go to:
Representative DOHERTY; Representative DEMBROW
And many thanks to the following for their incredible hard work:
At the request of Janette Barcenas,
Ashley Peterson-Munoz,
Leticia Munoz,
Kiley Steward,
Tamara Slack,
Oregon Birth Mothers
Find the legislation in PDF format here or in
html here
Stories of Families in Oregon
Janette Barcenas was impacted by adoption in two ways, she was kidnapped from Guatemala as a child,
and then also lost her son to adoption. Read her story
here.
Please check out the National Support Groups
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