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HAND IN HAND FOUNDATION, Scotts Valley CA
- Agency Name
- HAND IN HAND FOUNDATION
- Agency Location
- 830 WHISPERING PINES
SCOTTS VALLEY, CA 95066
- Contact Phone
- (831) 438-3736
- Contact Name
- DAVID M. BOSCHEN
- License Number
- 445202182
- Web Site
- http://www.handinhandfoundation.com/
- Services Offered
- Information and Q&A meetings; Home Study and Certification; Matching families and children; Foster Family Coaching; Interface to Social Service Agencies; Adoptive Parent Training; Adoption Finalization; Support Groups and Aftercare
- Description
- We are a private Adoption Agency licensed by the state of California to provide adoption services to families of the Greater Bay Area in Northern California. We specialize in private infant adoptions and public concurrent adoptions (fost/adopt) of children placed in our social service system. These children’s ages range from infant to elementary and secondary school, and many are adopted as a sibling group.
- Adoption Process
- 1. Home Study. Completing a Home Study is the first formal step after deciding to become adoptive parents. This is the legal documentation required for all domestic adoptions in California. This ensures each family has the highest potential to care for a child through out their lifetime. By getting to know you, this study will helps us find a very special child or sibling group just for you. It also becomes the tool that represents you to be used by placement workers in charge of the children looking for placement. 2. Matching Your Family With a Child. While training and interviewing through the home study process, we are learning your strengths and vision for what child or sibling group you are interested in. Once you become interested in a child, we work with county social workers to determine a possible match. We also present our families at monthly match meetings and to county social workers where we have established relationships. Waiting to find the right child is hard, but we continue preparing and educating you for the challenges ahead. 3. Fitting Into Your Family. Most children start out in your home as a fost-adopt placement. You will be certified as a Hand In Hand Foundation Foster Parent. We provide you with financial support for the child's care, child care training, and counseling for the child and your family as needed. When the child can be legally adopted, and you and the child are ready, we assist you in the completion of the adoption legal process. State law requires that a child live with you for at least six months before adoption is finalized, and the whole process can take up to nine months to a year. We use this as a good season for family bonding. 4. Concurrent Support. During the time of adjustment and integration of children into your family, we provide regular support time with you in your home. Hand in Hand Foundation staff, social workers, family therapists and childcare professionals are there to help you. In some cases the biological
- District Office
- CENTRAL COAST CR/RES (26)
- District Office Phone
- (408) 324-2112
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