Fresno Adoption Agencies

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ASPIRA FOSTER & FAMILY SERVICES

The Aspiranet adoption program provides statewide adoption home study and support services for individuals and couples interested in becoming parents for the first time or for those interested in expanding their existing families through the adoption of California children in foster care. We also provide adoption services and support to relative/kinship caregivers, existing adoptive parents, and other adults who have formed significant relationships with a child in their home and have made the commitment to adopt.

CHRYSALIS HOUSE INC.

Chrysalis House is a full-service, non-profit adoption agency that was founded in 1985. CHI provides adoption services to families in 26 counties throughout the state of California. Chrysalis House is a member of the California Association of Adoption Agencies (CAAA), Joint Council on International Children's Services (JCICS), and is Hague Accredited through March 2018. We provide education and support to women facing an unplanned pregnancy as well as adoption planning if requested. We offer programs for domestic, foster-to-adopt, and international adoptions, and provide other adoption services upon request.

FRESNO COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

The Fresno County Department of Social Services (DSS) serves some of the most ethnically and culturally diverse communities in the State of California. Our programs are designed to promote services to ensure that individuals and families will be safe, self sufficient, healthy, out of trouble at home, in school or at work.

GOLDEN STATE FAMILY SERVICES

On April 1, 1997 Golden State Family Services (GSFS) opened as a 501(c)3 Foster Family Agency in Visalia, headed by Micki Prins. Throughout the years of operation in the Central Valley, Golden State Family Services has established themselves as a reliable agency dedicated to providing quality services to children in need. GSFS has foster and adoptive homes throughout the Central Valley. We have offices in Tulare and Fresno and serve multiple counties within the state of California. Our friendly and knowledgeable staff includes: Program Directors and other managerial staff, Social Workers, Foster Parent Recruiters, and Support Staff. Our team works very hard to ensure Golden State Family Services is providing children and foster parents with the finest quality services. Some of the services provided to foster parents and foster children by our organization are: case management services, Intensive Treatment Foster Care (ITFC), Adoption services, monthly trainings, emancipation assistance, independent living skills programs, and self-esteem building programs.

INFANT OF PRAGUE ADOPTION SERVICE

Infant of Prague - Central California Adoption Service, with its belief that all life is precious, is committed to serving the needs of children and building healthy families young familythrough education, supportive counseling, and healthy, modern adoption practice.

PROMESA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ADOPTIONS AGENCY

Promesa Behavioral Health has been a preeminent provider of efficient, effective multi-lingual, multi-cultural continuum of client services and interventions in the Central Valley for over 25 years. Our services include licensed therapeutic foster care, adoption, chemical dependency counseling, psycho-education and tele-psychiatric services, level 12 residential treatment for females, males, juvenile sex offenders, and pregnant and parenting teens and their infants. Promesa Behavioral Health sustains children and families through the most difficult times of their lives. In many cases, we are the last hope for young people who have come to see failure and discouragement as a way of life. Here at Promesa we offer each client a simple but profound promise: “You will be supported every step of the way no matter what challenges you face.” By supporting each client and family in identifying and building upon their resources and strengths, we empower them to approach the future with renewed optimism and a stronger sense of the possibilities for creating a new and different story for their lives.

VALLEY TEEN RANCH

Valley Teen Ranch was incorporated in 1983. We purchased our 80 acre ranch in 1985 and opened our first of three residential group homes in 1987. We are a replica of a successful program in Michigan called Teen Ranch, founded by Ray Clendenan in 1964. Teen Ranch and Valley Teen Ranch were birthed out of the Youth Guidance Division of Youth For Christ. Valley Teen Ranch is licensed by the California Department of Social Services as a Residential Treatment Group Home, Therapeutic Foster Family Agency and Adoption Agency. We also operate a Transitional Living Home. We care for and provide therapeutic, residential services for vulnerable children and youth from infant to 18 years of age. Our motto is “Building Young Lives.”

EMQ FAMILIESFIRST

The Adoption Program helps to find permanent homes for children age 0-19 that are placed in foster care. EMQ FamiliesFirst charges no fees to adoptive applicants wishing to adopt a foster child. Families who adopt through foster care are eligible to receive monthly adoption assistance payments and Medi-Cal benefits until the child(ren) turns 18. The EMQ FamiliesFirst Adoption Program welcomes families of any ethnicity, race, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age or income level. Adoptive parents can be single, married, couples or domestic partners.

FAMILY CONNECTIONS CHRISTIAN ADOPTIONS

Family Connections Christian Adoptions exists to assist the waiting children of the world into permanent, loving families. It is our belief that God's love is best expressed in the family. The work of FCCA is a living expression of our love for Jesus Christ and for the homeless children throughout the world. We welcome adoptive families of every race and religion. It is the intent of FCCA to provide quality services to place as many waiting and special needs children as possible. The first and primary priority of the leadership and staff shall be a passionate commitment to adoption as the connecting point between loving families and waiting children.

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