Adoption Agency

Adoption is a unique way to start a family. A wide range of counseling services is available to birth parents as well as couples and individuals seeking to adopt.

• Counseling and support for birth parents, including after the adoption is finalized and in cases of confidential births
• Counseling, preparation, and training for prospective adoptive parents
• Placement of children within the country, support and counseling for the adoptive family
• Support for contact between birth and adoptive families in open adoptions
• Counseling and expert opinions regarding stepchild, relative, and non-relative adoptions
• Support and counseling for adopted children (e.g., assistance with identity exploration, access to adoption records for adoptees, assistance and support in searching for birth parents and siblings)
• Assistance with international adoptions
• Training programs and opportunities for adoptive parents and families to connect
• Support and facilitation of the group for adult adoptees

Every adoption must be in the best interests of the child.

• Sections 50, 51, 59 of Social Code Book VIII
• Civil Code
• Adoption Placement Act