adoption agency
Family-building intermediary
An adoption agency is an organization that facilitates placing children with adoptive families.
Agencies handle the legal, administrative, and social work involved—screening prospective parents, matching them with children, and managing the transfer of parental rights.
Some specialize in domestic placements, others in international adoptions: They worked with an adoption agency in South Korea.
- adoptive parentsLegal non-birth guardians
- home studyLearning outside the classroom
- home visitAppointment at patient's residence
- social workersProfessionals helping struggling individuals
- family counselingGuided resolution for relatives
background checks · child welfare · birth mother · birth parents · foster care · biological parents · grief counseling · legal guardianship · legal professionals · parental rights · caseworker · foster families · custody · government agencies · nonprofit organizations · paperwork · waiting · legal
- agenciesOgilvy, FDA, McCann, CDC, FCC
- social servicessocial workers, social work, social services, welfare office, case workers
- adoptionadoptive parents, birth parents, adopted child, adoptive parent, birth parent
- child welfarechild protection, child welfare, foster care, child services, foster home
- nonprofitscharity shop, charity organizations, nonprofit, nonprofits, charities
- religious organizationsBaptist churches, congregations, Methodist churches, Methodist Church, parishes
adoption agencychild protective services
Agency investigating abuse and neglect