Find Post-Adoption Support — Worldwide Directory

Explore ICAV’s curated worldwide directory of post-adoption support for intercountry adoptees. Find adoptee-led peer networks, support for searching for biological relatives and reunion, selected professional practitioners, advocacy groups, and official post-adoption services. Search by the help you need, where a provider is based, or the type of support.

Search the worldwide directory: Select a support type and provider country to narrow the listings. You can also search with familiar country names: USA / US / America find United States, and UK / Britain / Great Britain find United Kingdom. Other aliases include Korea for South Korea, Holland for the Netherlands and NZ for New Zealand. For USA peer groups, choose Peer Support and Community and United States. The provider country identifies the organisation’s base, not necessarily where it can provide support. Use Clear filters to start again.

How ICAV selects directory listings

This is ICAV’s curated intercountry adoptee-led network, not a general marketplace for commercial post-adoption services. ICAV lists intercountry adoptee-led groups and providers connected with its network, alongside selected government-funded, Central Authority-supported and official information services. Independent providers are reviewed by ICAV for inclusion. Organisations involved in facilitating intercountry adoptions and also providing post-adoption support are subject to additional review. Domestic-adoption-only services are outside the directory’s scope.

How to use this directory

Choose a Type of Support to narrow the services, or use the search field to look for a particular organisation or topic. Provider based in indicates the provider’s recorded location, or when a volunteer network works across multiple countries. It does not necessarily indicate where its services are available. Provider State / Region can further narrow the provider location where that information is recorded. Provider Type distinguishes adoptee-led services from government and other providers.

Different kinds of support: Some listings provide direct assistance or professional appointments; others are peer communities, advocacy organisations, podcasts or directories of independent practitioners. A resource listing does not mean the organisation itself offers counselling, family tracing or individual casework.

Searching by birth country? Leave Provider based in unselected, then type a birth country such as Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Colombia or Korea into the main Search box. This searches the listed birth-country focus as well as provider descriptions. Birth-country information is missing for many general support services, so an empty result does not mean that no suitable support exists. You can also browse by support type and use Clear Filters to start again.

Important information about access and eligibility

Some services are available online or across borders; others, particularly government programmes and regulated health services, have residency, licensing, referral or other eligibility requirements. An international listing is not confirmation that a provider can serve clients worldwide. Please check availability, cost, professional qualifications and current eligibility directly with each provider.

ICAV reviews organisations for inclusion in this directory, but a listing does not guarantee a provider’s suitability for an individual situation, professional qualifications, current availability or service outcomes. Some community listings offer peer connection or advocacy rather than individual casework; official services may have geographic or legal eligibility rules.

Other ICAV resources

You can also find adoptee-led peer groups, explore search and reunion guidance, and read ICAV’s guides and educational resources.