Foster Home Services-including recruitment, training, and licensing of foster homes FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES WORKING WITH DCYF: Support services for children and families where there has been abuse/neglect, CHINS, or delinquency Placement services for children in licensed facilities when ordered by the court Adoption services including adoptive home studies and placement of children released for adoption

Assists birth parents and adoptive couples through traditional adoptive services as well as counseling, search and reunion services, foreign adoption support and informational/educational services. **International Adoption is for countries that do not require Hague accreditation. Services includes: - Adoption information and counseling, - Care for your baby while you consider your choices, - Help with legal representation, - The opportunity to choose adoptive parents, - Guidance on decisions about maintaining contact with the adoptive family. Staff also offers a continuum of post-adoptive care through confidential search and reunion services. As a licensed adoption agency, home studies for private adoptions can be provided. This department has seen an increase in the need to find homes for babies with special needs. Great care and consideration is put forth to find loving homes with the best possible parents for these children. **International Adoption is for countries that do not require Hague accreditation.