National Adoption Information Clearinghouse

collect, compile, and maintain information obtained from available research, studies, and reports by public and private agencies, institutions, or individuals concerning all aspects of infant adoption and adoption of children with special needs; crisis pregnancy centers, shelters and residences for pregnant women, training programs on adoption, educational programs on adoption, licensed adoption agencies, State laws relating to adoption, intercountry adoption, and any other information relating to adoption for pregnant women, infertile couples, adoptive parents, unmarried individuals who want to adopt children, individuals who have been adopted, birth parents who have placed a child for adoption, adoption agencies, social workers, counselors, or other individuals who work in the adoption field; disseminate the information compiled and maintained pursuant to paragraph (1) and the directories compiled and maintained pursuant to paragraph (2); and upon the establishment of an adoption and foster care data collection system pursuant to section 679 of this title, disseminate the data and information made available through that system. The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall establish, either directly or by grant or contract, a National Adoption Information Clearinghouse. The Clearinghouse shall— compile, maintain, and periodically revise directories of information concerning— (Source: (Pub. L. 99–509, title IX, § 9442, Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 2073.))