Adoptive Families Association of Victoria

Support & Self Help Groups - Contacts

Intercountry Adoption Parent Support Groups

The Intercountry Adoptive Parent support groups listed below welcome contact from prospective applicants.

	Australian Society for Intercountry Aid (Children) - (ASIAC)
	PO Box 189, Glen Waverley 3150

	Fact International Adoption Association
	PO Box 688, Mount Waverley 3149

	International Adoptive Parents Association - (IAPA)
	PO Box 117, Armadale 3143
	(03) 9817 1313

	Intercountry Adoption Resource Network (Aust) - (ICARN)
	PO Box 12238, A’Beckett Street Post Office, Melbourne 3001

	AFAV - Adoptive Families Association of Victoria
	AFAV, P.O. Box 1, Canterbury 3126
	afav@vicnet.net.au

Special Needs Adoptive and Permanent Care Parents

Adoptive Families Association of Victoria

Contact through the Social Worker at your regional Adoption & Permanent Care Team, or write to:

	AFAV Web Information Service (A.W.I.S.)
	AFAV, P.O. Box 1, Canterbury 3126
	afav@vicnet.net.au

VANISH

VANISH provides an efficient and effective search advice service, search assistance and general support to all members of the adoption and state ward community. At VANISH most of our staff and all of our volunteers have had a personal experience of search and reunion.

Vanish is able to provide links to other support groups in the community for Adoptees and Birth Parents.

	VANISH
	PO Box 112, Carlton 3053
	(03) 9348 2111
	www.vicnet.net.au/~vanish

Other Options

Families adopting under pre '84 and post '84 Law may seek support from the Agency with whose support they adopted their child.

AND

Birth families who relinquished a child for adoption in the past are able to make contact again with that Agency for ongoing support should the Agency still be operating.

Regionalisation

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