This group of birthmothers gather to share emotional support while having fun at their meetings.  The group is for any birthmother regardless of age, type of adoption, or anything else.  For more information, call a leader of the group at 704/995-6435 any day from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.  (Click for overview of Adoption resources)

This group has been in Charlotte since 1984 serving as a network of adoptive parents dedicated to sharing their adoption stories and experiences in an effort to increase adoption awareness, acting as an adoption resource, providing educational opportunities, and offering compassionate emotional support throughout the adoption journey.  The group's web site (www.spafa.org) contains an event schedule, adoption resources, and membership information.  A "Members Only" section of the web site contains a discussion forum and current and archived monthly newsletters.  If you do not have full internet access, feel free to call SupportWorks (704/331-9500) on a Monday through Thursday morning for assistance. (Click for overview of Adoption resources)

This group provides an opportunity for parents of children with reactive attachment disorer and/or other attachment issues to meet, share strategies and support, and do whatever seems appropriate at the moment.  For details about their monthly Sunday afternoon meetings in Davidson, call their phone at 704/892-6334 anytime any day.   (Click for overview of Adoption resources)

Adoptive Families Together (2005) 1503
Carolina Adoptive Families (2004) 702
GIFT (Guiding Interracial Families Together) (no active phone contacts as of 2001)
Grafted Families Support Group (2004) 1529
Missing Links (Birthparents/Adoptees) (1997)

This service provides comprehensive data and referral assistance for nonprofit and government resources in Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, Union, and Anson counties of NC.  If you are calling on a landline or residential phone in one of those counties, dial 2-1-1.  If that fails, if you are calling on a cell phone, or if you are calling from anywhere in NC, call 866/744-7778.  For calls from out of NC, use their local number of 704/377-1100. Although they are open 24 hours a day, you may wish to call weekdays from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. for non-emergency questions.

MedLinePlus

This service of the National Library of Medicine of the National Institutes of Health is one of the better one-stop shops for beginning your search on the internet for medical information.  For those of you who live in Mecklenburg and Union counties in NC, we recommend that you contact the Health Library for more personal assistance from the experts there in searching for reliable medical information. Click here for their details.

Click to link to any of these lists of national groups: 

The Self-Help Sourcebook OnLine Index
The Genetic Alliance
NORD (National Organization for Rare Diseases) Database

Click here to branch to the American Self-Help Clearinghouse listing of toll-free phone numbers for a wide variety of topics.
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