For Families

Adoption and foster care can add layers of complexity to the already complicated web of family life. Our team at the Office of Foster Care and Adoption ensures that adoptive and foster families — and those who are still considering the option of adding to their family in this way — have the resources to make the process of becoming a family and growing together as informed and resource-rich as possible.

Adoption Consulting
With field experience, academic qualifications, and deep personal connections to adoption and foster care, our team offers prospective parents the opportunity to ask whatever questions they have. Our adoption consultants won’t make them feel awkward, embarrassed, or politically incorrect.

Post-Placement Resources
Adoptive and foster families come to us for a full spectrum of post-placement resources.

State Adoption Laws
The legal requirements of adoption vary from state to state. Prospective parents are obligated to follow the adoption laws of the state in which the child is born.

Birth Families' Rights
Our team supports birth families and dispels myths surrounding their reasons for choosing not to parent their birth children.

Resources
These websites provide additional guidance for adoption and foster care professionals.