Does My State Have a State Reunion Registry?

by Nicole Humphrey | More from this Blogger

10 Aug 2006 07:25 AM

A reunion registry is a place where members of the adoption triad (adoptees, birth parents and adoptive parents) searching for each other, post their information in hopes for a match.

About half the states do have reunion registries available. Some have very restrictive guidelines and other's are typically a bit more relaxed.

So does your state have a reunion registry? Remember, that the state in question, should be the state the adoption was finalized in.

Alabama - None

Alaska - None

Arizona - None

Arkansas - Yes, Contact the State Adoption Department at:

Department of Human Services, Division of Social Services: Adoption Services, P.O. Box 1437 slot #808, Little Rock, AR 72203. (501) 682-8345

California - None

Colorado - Yes, Contact:

Voluntary Adoption Registry, 4210 E. 11th Ave., Denver, CO 80220. (303) 320-8333

Connecticut - Yes, Contact:

Department of Children and Youth Services: Adoption Resources Exchange, Undercliff Road Building #2, Meriden, CT 06450. (203) 238-6640

Delaware - None

District of Columbia - None

Florida - Yes, Contact:

Department of Health and Rehabilitation Services, Family and Child Services, 1317 Winewood Blvd. Building 8, Room 100, Tallahassee, FL 32301. (904) 488-8000

Georgia - Yes, Contact:

Georgia Department of Human Resources, State Adoption Unit, Room 501, 878 Peachtree Street. NE, Atlanta, GA 30309. (404) 894-2641

Hawaii - None

Idaho - Yes, Contact:

Bureau of Vital Statistics, State Department of Health and Welfare: Statehouse, Boise, ID 83720. (208) 334-5988

Illinois - Yes, Contact:

Department of Children and Family Services, 406 E. Monroe, Springfield, IL 62706. (217) 785-2519

Indiana - Yes, Contact:

State Registrar of Vital Statistics, P.O. Box 1964, Indianapolis, IN 46206-1964. (317) 633-0274

Iowa - None

Kansas - None

Kentucky - None

Louisiana - Yes, Contact:

Office of Human Development, Adoption Program, PO Box 3318, Baton Rouge, LA 70821. (504) 342-4040

Maine - Yes, Contact:

Office of Vital Statistics, Maine Department of Human Services, 221 State Street, Sate House Station 11, Augusta, ME 04333. (207) 289-3184

Maryland - Yes, Contact:

Maryland Mutual Consent Registry, 311 West Saratoga Street, Baltimore, MD 21201.

Massachusetts - None

Michigan - Yes, Contact:

Department of Social Services, PO Box 30037, Lansing, MI 48909. (517) 373-3513

Minnesota - None

Mississippi - None

Missouri - Yes, Contact:

Division of Family Services, Department of Social Services, Attn: Adoption Information Registry, PO Box 88, Jefferson City, MO 65103. (314) 751-2981

Montana - None

Nebraska - Yes, Contact:

Department of Public Welfare, Division of Social Services, PO Box 95026, Lincoln, NE 68509. (402) 471-3121

Nevada - Yes, Contact:

Department of Human Resources, Welfare Division, 251 Jeanell Drive, Capitol Mall Complex, Carson City, NV 89710. (702) 687-4760

New Hampshire - None

New Jersey - Yes, Contact:

Department of Institutions and Agencies: Division of Youth and Family Services, PO BOX 510, Trenton, NJ 08625. (609) 292-8816

New Mexico - None

New York - Yes, Contact:

New York State Health Department, Adoption Information Registry, Corning Tower - Room 208, Empire State Building, Albany, NY 12237-0023. (518) 474-1746

North Carolina - None

North Dakota - Yes, Contact:

Children and Family Services, Russell Building, PO Box 7, Bismarck, ND 58505. (701) 224-2316

Ohio - Yes, Contact:

Ohio Department of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, 65 South Front Street, Columbus, OH 43266-0333. (614) 466-2531

Oklahoma - Yes, Contact:

Department of Human Services, Division of Child Welfare, PO Box 25352, Oklahoma City, OK 73125. (405) 521-2778

Oregon - Yes, Contact:

Department of Human Resources, Children Services Division, Adoption Services, 198 Commercial Street SE, Salem, OR 97310-0450. (503) 378-6224

Pennsylvania - Yes, Contact:

Department of Public Welfare, Office of Children, Youth and Families, PO Box 2675, Harrisburg, PA 17120. (717) 787-7750

Rhode Island - None

South Carolina - Yes, Contact:

South Carolina Department of Social Services, Adoption and Birth Parent Services, PO Box 1520, Columbia, SC 29202-1520. (803) 734-6095

South Dakota - Yes, Contact:

Department of Social Services, Richard F. Kneip Building, 700 Governor's Drive, Pierre, SD 57501. (605) 773-3521

Tennessee - Yes, Contact:

Department of Human Services, Post Adoption Branch, 400 Deaderick Street, Nashville, TN 37248-9000. (625) 741-3263

Texas - Yes, Contact:

Department of Human Resources, 706 Bannister Lane, PO Box 2960, Austin, TX 78769. (512) 450-3011

Utah - Yes, Contact:

801-538-6363

Vermont - None

Virginia - None

Washington - None

West Virginia - Yes, Contact:

Department of Social Services, 1900 Washington Street East, Charleston, WV 25305. (304) 348-4098

Wisconsin - None

Wyoming - None

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