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The Barker Adoption Foundation, Washington DC
- Agency Name
- The Barker Adoption Foundation
- Agency Location
- 1066 30th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20007
- Contact Phone
- (202) 298-7724
- Contact Name
- Marilyn C. Regier
- License Number
- Services Offered
- Adoption: Domestic Infant Adoption, Project Wait No Longer - Older Child Adoption from Foster Care, International Adoption; Pregnancy Counseling; Family & Post-Adoption Services
- Description
- The Barker Adoption Foundation, a nonprofit adoption agency licensed in Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia, is built on the fundamental belief that all children deserve safe, loving, and permanent families. The Barker team is passionately dedicated to this vision, and to that end we offer comprehensive, ethical, child-centered adoption services and lifelong support for birth parents, adoptees, and adoptive parents.
- Adoption Process
- Domestic Infant Adoption Process: 1. Attend a General Information Meeting, 2. Submit Application, 3. Application Review, 4. Application Interview/Intake Meeting, 5. Attend Pre-Adoption Group Training, 6. Collect Home Study Paperwork, 7. Home Study, 8. Create Family Profile, 9. Apply to Out-of-Area Placement Agency, 10. Ongoing Parent Support & Training, 11. Update Documents and Home Study, as needed, 12. Receive Referral of Infant, 13. Baby Placed with Family, 14. Post-placement Supervision & Support, 15. Adoption Finalization; PWNL Process: 1. Attend a General Information Meeting, 2. Older Child Adoption PRIDE Training Completed, 3. Submit Application, 4. Application Review, 5. Application Interview/Intake Meeting, 6. Collect Home Study Paperwork, 7. Home Study, 8. Search & Match/ Referral, 9. Visitation & Placement, 10. Post-placement Supervision & Support, 11. Adoption Finalization; International Adoption Process: 1. Attend a General Information Meeting, 2. Submit Application, 3. Application Review, 4. Application Interview/Intake Meeting, 5. Collect Home Study Paperwork, 6. Home Study, 7. Attend Pre-Adoption Group Training, 8. Older Child Adoption PRIDE Training, 9. Apply to U.S Immigration for Pre-approval to Adopt, 10. Send Dossier Paperwork to Country, 11. Ongoing Parent Support & Training, 12. Update Documents and Home Study, as needed, 13. Receive Referral of Child, 14. Travel to Complete Adoption in Country, 15. Post-placement Supervision & Support (varies by country), 16. Obtain Certificate of Citizenship and Re-adopt in the U.S (Re-adoption optional).
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