Live Your Faith, Adopt a Child:
Foster Care Adoption is a Pro Life Choice
Serving Vulnerable Children
The greatest need is for families who are open to adopting a child or children who are especially vulnerable and at risk. This would include:
Babies with medical conditions or diagnosed special needs (either during pregnancy or after birth) such as down syndrome, heart defects, neurological issues, substance exposure, or other medical or developmental needs.
Children and/or sibling sets who are in foster care (locally and throughout the country) and whose permanency goal is adoption but who do not have an identified adoptive family. Check out www.AdoptUSKids.org to see some of the children seeking forever families.
Children who have been in foster care will have experienced loss and trauma which will cause them to have special emotional, behavioral and sometimes physical needs that their adoptive families will need to be prepared to meet, but you won’t have to do it alone. We equip you with the tools you need to meet these needs, create a safe and healing home, and help these children thrive. Check out our Special Needs Adoption page to learn more.
You Open Your Heart and We’ll Give you the Tools
Catholic Charities provides ongoing adoption support and education, from the home study process, match and placement, subsidy negotiations, placement, post placement and adoption finalization. You will work closely with your assigned caseworker who will be with you every step of the way.
We host monthly support groups and education for waiting adoptive families and annual events and training opportunities to all families who have already placed for adopted
We complete ongoing and frequent post placement visits and contact you and your adopted child(ren) to assist with the transition, provide support as needed and to complete necessary documentation for the child’s legal guardian until the adoption is finalized.
In addition to being added onto the adoptive family’s insurance, adopted children are eligible for Medicaid while in foster care and as a secondary insurance after an adoption is finalized
Children with special needs or who are adopted from foster care are likely to be eligible for adoption subsidy, which is a monthly payment meant to assist the family in meeting the child’s special needs
Grants are available to adoptive families to help cover the costs of special needs adoptions
“Children with special needs are a true gift that our current culture is choosing to throw away. If you are in a position where you are considering adoption, please consider these children, too. There is such joy in embracing a child who reflects our Creator in such a unique way.”
