Please visit the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services website at www.uscis.gov and the U.S. Department of State website at www.adoption.state.gov for more information and updates on the situation in Haiti and response and recovery needs.

Additional helpful websites for updates and awareness: 
Interview on the situation in Haiti and the adoption of Haitian children:  http://www.state.gov/p/wha/rls/rm/2010/135396.htm

Haiti specific State Department adoption sites: 
http://adoption.state.gov/news/haiti.html
http://www.adoptions.state.gov/country/haiti.html

General intercountry adoption: http://www.adoptions.state.gov/

USAID Haiti earthquake link: http://www.usaid.gov/helphaiti/

U.S. Department of State:http://www.travel.state.gov/

LOCATING FAMILY MEMBERS:

The State Department Operations Center has set up the following number for Americans seeking information about family members in Haiti: 1-888-407-4747.

DONATIONS:

Cash donations allow for voluntary organizations to quickly pay for response and recovery efforts, and quickly provide direct financial assistance to disaster survivors to meet their own needs. Those interested in making contributions to help the victims in Haiti can do the following:

1. You can go to www.whitehouse.gov for additional information regarding help for Haiti and Watch the President's remarks this morning below, or read the transcript.

2. For those looking for additional opportunities to donate to organizations involved in recovery efforts in Haiti following the devastating earthquake that struck near Port au Prince on Jan 12, 2010, you may contact the Center for International Disaster Information. The Center, operated under a grant from the United States Agency for International Development's Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance and initial support from IBM, has become a valuable resource to the public, as well as US government agencies, foreign embassies and international corporations. CIDI has established a dedicated page to coordinate Haiti support at: http://www.cidi.org/incident/haiti-10a/

3. For those interested in learning more about how best to donate or provide assistance in Haiti click here. You can also go to www.fema.gov for more information.

4. Additionally, interested donors can visit www.interaction.org to obtain a list of credible responding agencies for international emergencies and www.give.org to get valuable information on making informed decisions when supporting charities. In addition, donors can visit www.globalgiving.org