Adoption Resources from Taplink

TAPLINK

Support for
Pennsylvania
Adoptive & Foster Families

Updated 06/14/2010

TAPLINK is dedicated to providing support to adoptive, foster and kinship families in Pennsylvania. Together as Adoptive Parents Inc. (TAP)

Adoption is a lifelong process and as such the needs of children and their families do not end when an adoption is finalized. TAP’s goal is to strengthen and empower adoptive, foster and kinship families; to respond to information inquiries; and to provide information about resources to the post permanency community.

Our services are accomplished in a variety of ways; warmline, newsletter, web site, resource directory, conferences, and monthly parent group meetings.

Derek and Phyllis Stevens have one birth child and four adopted. All four have special needs. In 1988 after adopting their third child who is mentally challenged, they founded Together as Adoptive Parents Inc. (formally Tabor Adoptive Parents). The goals of TAP are:

• To provide a support network for adoptive, preadoptive and foster families
• To advocate and publicize the need to adopt
• To build a data base of resources for adoptive and foster families
• To be a advocate for adoptive and foster families
• To provide social activities for our network
• To issue a newsletter on adoption topics
• To maintain a Post Adoption web site www.taplink.org and a Resource Directory

Our belief is that every adoptive, foster, and kinship family has the right to accessible support services and this site is here to help you find those services.

If you cannot find the information that you need on our site please contact us at (215) 256-0669. We will do our best to help you.

For information on adopting some of Pennsylvania's
waiting children visit www.adoptpakids.org or www.3riversadopt.org.

Together as Adoptive Parents, Inc.
478 Moyer Road,
Harleysville, PA 19438
Phone (215) 256-0669 Fax (215) 513-2921

Email us at taplink@comcast.net