A FREE ADOPTION SEMINAR is offered May 8 and 24 at the S.C. Department of Social Services in Columbia. Learn about adopting a child from the foster care system. Registration is required. Call 803-898-8981.

A PORTRAIT EXHIBIT of the South Carolina Heart Gallery, created to help locate adoptive homes for children in foster care, is online at www.scheartgallery.org. Call 803-734-2595.  

SPECIAL LINK is a nonprofit licensed adoption agency specializing in the placement of minority and/or special needs infants and children. The organization promotes open adoption. Visit www.special-link.org or call 864-233-4872.  

THE SOUTH CAROLINA COUNCIL ON ADOPTABLE CHILDREN offers adoption information to prospective adoptive families. Visit www.sc-adopt.org.  

ADOPTION COALITION FOR EDUCATION AND SUPPORT is a nonprofit organization that partners with adoption agencies, attorneys and support organizations to provide families with adoption training and support. Call 864-322-2495 or visit www.aceskids.org.  

GREAT WALL CHINA ADOPTION, a nonprofit adoption agency, hosts adoption workshops. For more information, visit www.gwca.org.  

CHRISTIAN WORLD ADOPTION hosts free seminars for prospective adoptive parents. For details, visit www.cwa.org.