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  • A birth parent, adoptive parent or legal guardian.
  • PAE manages the statewide registries including the Waiting Child Registry, a listing of children in foster care in need of adoptive families; the Resource Family Registry, a listing of foster, adoptive and kinship families; and the Pennsylvania Adoption Information Registry where adoptees and birth family members can compile medical and social information and authorize the release of identifying or non-identifying information to adoptees and authorized family members.
  • PAE manages the statewide registries including the Waiting Child Registry, a listing of children in foster care in need of adoptive families; the Resource Family Registry, a listing of foster, adoptive and kinship families; and the Pennsylvania Adoption Information Registry where adoptees and birth family members can compile medical and social information and authorize the release of identifying or non-identifying information to adoptees and authorized family members.
  • PAIR is a medical and social history database maintained by the Department of Human Services. Adoptees and birth family members can register medical and social information and authorize the release of identifying or non-identifying information to adoptees and authorized family members.
  • PAIR is a medical and social history database maintained by the Department of Human Services. Adoptees and birth family members can register medical and social information and authorize the release of identifying or non-identifying information to adoptees and authorized family members.