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The Barker Adoption Foundation, Bethesda MD
- Agency Name
- The Barker Adoption Foundation
- Agency Location
- 7979 Old Georgetown Road, First Floor
Bethesda, MD 20814
- Contact Phone
- (301) 664-9664
- Contact Name
- Marilyn C. Regier
- License Number
- Services Offered
- Adoption Programs: Domestic Infant Adoption, 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 offers comprehensive, ethical, child-centered adoption services and lifelong education and support for birth parents, adoptees, and adoptive parents. To date Barker has placed more than 7,000 children into the welcoming arms of adoptive parents and provided counseling and related support services to more than 30,000 women and their families who are considering placing a child for adoption.
- 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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