Public Adoption

In this country, public adoption is when an adoptive family adopts a child from the United States Department of Social Services (foster care). Your state may have a different name for its children’s services agency.

Many states have established pathways whereby if a child becomes available for adoption, he will be adopted by his foster family. However, even in those states there are still instances in which the foster family cannot adopt the child for one reason or another, and he may still be in need of safe and loving harbor. Is that you? .

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Foster and adoptive parents for U.S. children are desperately needed!
Contact your local child protection agency and/or visit the Child Welfare Information Gateway to learn more about public adoption.
You will need a positive home study to adopt from foster care.
In most cases, the state will prepare a home study free of cost to the adoptive family.
You must be over 21.
You must be able to provide for yourself.
In some instances, the child will come with a stipend of state money to pay for his special needs
Generally children are already U.S. citizens
Infants, children, teens, and siblings of all races are available.
Many of the children originally come from traumatic and/or problematic situations.
Eight is the average age of a child adopted publicly.
Generally there is no financial cost for a public adoption.
The child may be eligible for Federal or State adoption assistance or the family may be eligible for adoption tax credits on their taxes