Philadelphia Adoption Agencies

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Adoption ARC

ARC's mission is to serve birth families, children, and adoptive families; to find safe, permanent homes for children regardless of race, religion, ethnicity or disabling condition; and to do so while respecting the highest legal and ethical standards. Every decision the Adoption ARC staff makes will have one thing in common: the best interests of the child. Adoption ARC is committed to placing children of all ages into permanent homes. Adoption ARC will assure that all children are placed with adoptive families who are equipped to preserve their cultural heritage and meet their special needs. ARC has thus far placed approximately 1000 children, 25-30 percent of whom had special needs. Families from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and throughout the United States, Canada and Europe are eager and able to accept these children permanently into their homes.

Catholic Social Services - Adoption

Following the Revolutionary War, A Yellow Fever epidemic swept through the city of Philadelphia leaving many orphans in its wake. The Catholic community mobilized to provide for these children and our commitment to children has been growing and evolving since that time. In 1912 child care services in the Archdiocese were reorganized under the Catholic Children's Bureau which was authorized as an adoption agency. We have completed over 11,000 adoptions since that time.

Children's Service Inc.

CSI is an affiliate of SWAN. As an affiliate we conduct adoption services for "special needs" children. Children who are readily available for adoption through SWAN meet the following criteria: Age 5 years or older; Are a member of an available sibling group; Member of a minority group; Have a physical, intellectual, emotional disability or handicap; May have a predisposition to a disability due to genetic or environmental factors. Children who meet the SWAN "special needs" criteria are in the custody of one of the 67 country Children and Youth Agencies in Pennsylvania as foster children. These children need families who are willing to accept the "demanding job of meeting their special needs, look at their possibilities and help them rebuild their lives." CSI provides adoption services in five county areas ( Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties.)

The Council of Spanish Speaking Organizations, Inc. (Concilio) - Adoption Servic

Concilio prides itself on its bi-lingual, bi-cultural, non-judgmental, and confidential adoption services. Concilio is committed to providing great quality services and bares a vast knowledge of all aspects of the adoption process. Concilio possesses great integrity, dignity, and most of all, it’s compassionate, friendly, and supportive staff is available to answer all of your questions and support you through the adoption process.

Friendship House - Adoption Services (Philadelphia)

Friendship House’s Adoption Program recruits families to provide permanent adoptive homes to foster children who are unable to be reunified with their birth family. As a SWAN affiliate, Friendship House offers all components of the adoption process including family and child profiles, matching, child-specific recruitment, child preparation and post-adoption services through a contract with the Statewide Adoption and Permanency Network (SWAN). Friendship House’s adoption program seeks to ensure permanency for children in foster care, and works closely with our foster care program to ensure that children who are unable to return home experience minimal disruption. The adoption program also completes independent family profiles and birth family search and reunion services for those whose adoption was finalized through Friendship House.

Open Arms Adoption Network

Open Arms Adoption Network is committed to helping build strong, healthy adoptive families. We believe that open adoption is an enriching and wonderful way to form a family and a great option for a woman not prepared to parent at the current time. We are dedicated to providing you with a lifetime of support and education. We offer services to families hoping to adopt a child domestically or internationally, as well as providing unplanned pregnancy options and counseling to pregnant women. Open Arms serves as an educational resource, providing trainings for all members of the adoption triad and for the professional community. Open Arms Adoption Network is licensed under JFCS of Greater Philadelphia and has offices in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Delaware . JFCS has facilitated thousands of adoptions since its establishment in 1855. Every day we are grateful for our agency's legacy in the community and every day we seek to build on that positive legacy by facilitating healthy, child- centered adoptions. You can depend on our integrity and compassion. We will do all we can to support and guide you through this journey. Staff members understand the adoption process intimately-most are either adoptees themselves or have children who joined their family through adoption. They understand the complex issues surrounding adoption and are dedicated to providing exemplary, compassionate services to adoptive parents, birth parents, and most of all to serving the best interests of children.

Open Arms Adoption Network - Satellite Office

Open Arms Adoption Network is committed to helping build strong, healthy adoptive families. We believe that open adoption is an enriching and wonderful way to form a family and a great option for a woman not prepared to parent at the current time. We are dedicated to providing you with a lifetime of support and education. We offer services to families hoping to adopt a child domestically or internationally, as well as providing unplanned pregnancy options and counseling to pregnant women. Open Arms serves as an educational resource, providing trainings for all members of the adoption triad and for the professional community. Open Arms Adoption Network is licensed under JFCS of Greater Philadelphia and has offices in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Delaware . JFCS has facilitated thousands of adoptions since its establishment in 1855. Every day we are grateful for our agency's legacy in the community and every day we seek to build on that positive legacy by facilitating healthy, child- centered adoptions. You can depend on our integrity and compassion. We will do all we can to support and guide you through this journey. Staff members understand the adoption process intimately-most are either adoptees themselves or have children who joined their family through adoption. They understand the complex issues surrounding adoption and are dedicated to providing exemplary, compassionate services to adoptive parents, birth parents, and most of all to serving the best interests of children.

Open Arms Adoption Network - Satellite Office

Open Arms Adoption Network is committed to helping build strong, healthy adoptive families. We believe that open adoption is an enriching and wonderful way to form a family and a great option for a woman not prepared to parent at the current time. We are dedicated to providing you with a lifetime of support and education. We offer services to families hoping to adopt a child domestically or internationally, as well as providing unplanned pregnancy options and counseling to pregnant women. Open Arms serves as an educational resource, providing trainings for all members of the adoption triad and for the professional community. Open Arms Adoption Network is licensed under JFCS of Greater Philadelphia and has offices in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Delaware . JFCS has facilitated thousands of adoptions since its establishment in 1855. Every day we are grateful for our agency's legacy in the community and every day we seek to build on that positive legacy by facilitating healthy, child- centered adoptions. You can depend on our integrity and compassion. We will do all we can to support and guide you through this journey. Staff members understand the adoption process intimately-most are either adoptees themselves or have children who joined their family through adoption. They understand the complex issues surrounding adoption and are dedicated to providing exemplary, compassionate services to adoptive parents, birth parents, and most of all to serving the best interests of children.

Lutheran Children and Family Service - Adoption

LCFS has been working with families who have wanted to adopt children through our program for many years. Since 2000, we have been an active participant in the Lutheran Adoption and Foster Care Alliance, joining other Lutheran adoption agencies across the country committed to finding safe, secure and loving homes for children. We are privileged to have the opportunity to offer our services and work with you as you grow your family through adoption. Domestic Adoption assists adoptive parents who want to provide permanent homes for children with special needs. LCFS provides orientation and training for families who are matched with waiting children, and our social work staff will supervise placement until the adoption is final.

Methodist Services - Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care

Children who cannot live with their parents deserve a family who can care for them forever. Through traditional family foster care and in homes where children are cared for by a relative or family friend (kinship care), we seek to create safe and nurturing homes for children who have been abused or neglected. For children who can return home, support is provided to their families in an effort to resolve issues that lead to outside placement. Within kinship families, permanent custody is sought as an option to keep families together. Families who wish to adopt special needs children, older children and sibling groups are welcomed to enquire. Children may receive profiles of their own history, counseling to prepare for adoption and families may receive post-permanency services.

New Foundations, Inc. - Philadelphia Program Office

New Foundations Inc. believes that foster family based treatment is the best way to heal children and their families and is the key to reunification. It is important that foster families are well educated about issues children are dealing with and that they have realistic expectations of foster care. We are looking for families who are committed to our children and are willing to learn how to meet the challenges of foster parenting.

Northern Children's Services - Adoption

Northern Children’s Services facilitates adoptions between loving families and children from infancy to 21-years-old. Our children are each in need of safe, caring, and stable environments. Northern is also looking for families who are willing to care for siblings and older children.

Tabor Children’s Services - Adoption

The adoption program focuses primarily on finding permanent families for children, including special needs children with developmental or physical handicaps, large sibling groups of three or more, older children and minority children of any age. Local adoptive families in need of home studies or post-placement assistance also are welcome to contact the department about these services. Tabor Children’s Services is the local adoption partner for Wendy’s Wonderful Kids, a signature program of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption that combines the fundraising efforts of Wendy’s and its customers, results-driven grant management by the Foundation, and the talent of seasoned adoption recruiters. The foundation awards grants to public and private adoption organizations across the nation to find permanent, loving adoptive families for thousands of children waiting in foster care.

Women's Christian Alliance - Adoption Services

WCA provides comprehensive adoption services to birth families, children up to age 18, and persons interested in enlarging their family. the provision of services is based on the beliefs that all children are entitled to a family of their own. Support services include pre-adoption workshops, home study materials to assist families in learning about the realities of parenting through adoption, pre-placement orientation and other assessments to determine the prospective parent's ability to meet the childs's need.

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