Request to be contacted by your state by completing this form or talking with one of our foster care and adoption specialists by calling 888-200-4005. They are ...

How to Adopt a Foster Child: 7 Steps You'll Take · Step 1: Decide if Foster Care Adoption is Right for You · Step 2: Choose a Foster Care Agency · Step 3: ...

Educating yourself, contacting an agency, and attending an orientation meeting are the first steps toward adopting and/or fostering.

Foster care adoption is the adoption of a child in foster care whose biological parents' rights have been terminated by a court.

1. Watch the mandatory Foster Parent Orientation video · 2. Choose an agency, local DSS or private foster care placing agency. · 3. Attend an orientation with ...

The following steps to adoption are provided to give a general idea of the process of adoption through foster care. Please remember that each case is unique ...

Be at least 18 years of age · Attend an orientation · Submit an application · Attend pre-approval training · And become certified in CPR and first aid.

Step 1: Have your questions answered · Step 2: Choose an agency · Step 3: Training · Step 4: Home study and licensing · Step 5: "Meet” the youth and make inquiries.

How Do I Adopt from Foster Care? Adoption from Foster Care is free in Illinois – learn more about the process below. On this page: What is private adoption?

This helpful guide walks you through the home study or family evaluation process, to the matching, preplacement activites to finalization and post placement ...