Adoption-related Agencies in the Greater Fort Wayne area
In conjunction with our production of The Family Nobody Wanted, we will have a literature table for you to peruse before the show and during intermission, with information from a number of area organizations which facilitate adoption in some way. Thanks to Anna Bogdon for her work in gathering and coordinating all this information.
Some of the organizations have also given us information to include here:
Bethany Christian Services – www.bethany.orgKeeping families together and finding families for children in need. For more than 65 years, Bethany Christian Services (BCS) has responded with compassion, integrity, and commitment to the needs of children and families. With more than 80 locations in the United States and offices in 19 countries around the world, we care (with your help) for children of all ages and stages of life. BCS serves children from the moment of conception by counseling women with unplanned pregnancies. BCS serves infants, older children, and teens through domestic infant adoption, international adoption, foster care, family counseling, and sponsorship support that helps provide the essentials of life to impoverished families.Bethany Christian Services demonstrates the love and compassion of Jesus Christ by protecting and enhancing the lives of children and families through quality social services. Need more information? Follow up with an e-mail to Shane Whybrew. Get involved today!
White’s Family Services – www.whiteskids.org.
White’s Residential and Family Services is one of the largest non-profit providers as well as the largest Christian provider of foster care services to hurting children in Indiana. We license and support foster homes through our six regional offices. Our staff matches children from various backgrounds to appropriate homes so that the experience is successful for both family and child. We provide ongoing training and home visits for foster families to equip them to support the children in their care.
White’s serves on average over 400 children each year. Our regional offices recruit, train and assist families acquiring licenses for foster care. Foster care families are supported and supervised by our staff. For service in the Fort Wayne, Indiana you can contact the local office at: 11809 Lima Rd. Fort Wayne, IN 46818 Phone: (260) 484-6500 Fax: (260) 484-6511
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Hand in Hand Adoptions – www.handinhandinternationaladoptions.org Hand In Hand has been helping people find their way to children who are desperately in need of parents for the last 39 years. We have placed more than 9,000 children in loving homes throughout the United States. Hand In Hand is a Christian-based, non-denominational adoption agency, Hague-accredited and licensed to place children throughout the United States. We have programs in China, the Philippines, Haiti, a new program in Bulgaria, and a summer hosting program for orphans in the Philippines.Hand In Hand is committed to supporting families from the first inquiry call until their adoptive child has become a healthy adult and beyond. Families are given thorough training about the adoption process and the physical and emotional needs of the children. Hand In Hand plays the role of the expert on behalf of the families throughout the process, smoothing the mountains of bureaucratic paper into easy to follow avenues through Immigration and federal and foreign governments.Hand In Hand also supplies ongoing support to families through support groups, cultural training sessions, newsletters, annual agency picnics and holiday parties. Motherland Tours are taken with teenaged adoptees who desire to return to their homeland to explore their roots. As the young people testify, these are very rewarding and life-changing trips.
Words are important but the SMILES of the children tell it all. An orphanage cannot be the ultimate for a child. Children need a home and loving parents to call their very own. As one walks through an orphanage one cannot help but see the pleading looks and the little arms extended for love. What better place for a once abandoned child, than to be placed in the arms of loving parents who will call that child their own forever.
Visit www.HandInHandInternationalAdoptions.org or contact Vickie Truelove for more information: Indiana@hihiadopt.org or 260-636-3566.
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- Which type of adoption–domestic, international, or even foster care–is best for you;
- Which countries’ laws and programs will work best for your family;
- Which agencies are reputable, ethical and financially stable for the specific adoption program your family chooses;
- Where to find the most affordable home study providers in your area;
- How to help fund your adoption.
We can also answer any question unique to your family. And we don’t charge for our services. We don’t receive compensation from any agencies, which allows us to give you objective guidance. Our passion is to assist families like you in fulfilling your calling–to provide a forever family for a child.
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Lutheran Social Services – www.lssin.orgFor more than a century, Lutheran Social Services of Indiana (LSSI) has been providing assistance and guidance to birth parents facing unexpected pregnancy, and helping couples build families though adoption. Our mission is to create happy, healthy families, and our primary concern is the well-being of the child, the birth parent, and the adoptive parents. LSSI recognizes the importance of the triad in the adoption process, and we strive to ensure that all three components are valued and respected.Through LSSI, as a Birth Parent, you have the right to:
- Participate in adoption planning.
- Choose from closed, semi-open, and open adoption plan.
- Review as many prospective families as necessary to make the best decision.
- Choose the family that will raise your child.
- Receive supportive counseling after your placement.
- Feel confident and supported in your decision.
LSSI offers birth parents compassionate support and guidance throughout their pregnancies-whether they choose to parent or make an adoption plan. We offer a 24/7 Adoption Hotline for potential birth parents to contact an adoption specialist to discuss their needs and concerns. All consultations are free of charge and completely confidential, and there is no pressure or obligation for the birth parents to fulfill an adoption plan.
LSSI offers a full range of adoption services for adoptive families as well:
- Domestic home studies.
- Infant adoption placement.
- Post-placement visits and services.
- Consultation and training.
- Stepparent adoption home studies.
- International home studies.
- Post-adoption support.
Everyone involved in each adoption plan receives the highest-quality services as we endeavor to build relationships with those we serve. Lutheran Social Services of Indiana’s experience and insight can help make this life-changing event a reality.
Many children are waiting for permanent homes. SAFY’s adoption program serves these children and helps find homes with forever families! To learn more about SAFY’s and our youth and family services, visit www.safy.org or call 877-422-7239.
