ADOPTION AND FOSTER CARE RESOURCES
THE BARKER ADOPTION FOUNDATION
301-664-9664
www.barkeradoptionfoundation.org
The Barker Adoption Foundation is a non-profit adoption agency licensed in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. Since 1945, we have been providing comprehensive adoption services and have placed over 7,000 children into loving families.
Our mission is to serve all members of the adoption community, including persons who have been adopted, birth parents, adoptive parents, and adoption professionals. Barker is actively seeking prospective adoptive parents for our older child adoption program, our dual program (for those open to both infant and older child adoption), and our inter-country adoption programs for children with specialized needs.
Our comprehensive adoption programs will work with couples and single individuals regardless of race, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, and marital status to assist them with identifying the right program. Currently, there are estimated to be over 100,000 children in the US foster care system who are eligible for adoption, most of them between the ages of 10 and 17.
If you or someone you know might be the right family for a waiting child, please reach out to us, or visit our website to learn more.
Website: www.barkeradoptionfoundation.org
Phone: 301-664-9664
Email for Inquiries: tlusane@barkerfoundation.org
FAMILY LEGAL ADVOCACY GROUP, LLC (FLAG)
(410) 884-0400
flagfamilylaw.com
With changes in the law, LGBTQ individuals and families in Maryland still face unique legal issues. Family Legal Advocacy Group, LLC (FLAG) can assist you with your legal issues.
As the legal landscape for LGBTQ families continues to evolve, having an attorney who is knowledgeable about the best and most current ways to secure family rights is extremely important.
FLAG can assist you with:
• Reproductive Rights and Protection
• Estate and Medical Care Planning
• Marriage and Divorce Issues
• Name and Gender Changes
FLAG believes in supporting all individuals with family-related legal issues. Whether your family consists of a single individual or many members, our attorneys understand how to assist clients in getting the appropriate legal protections for their families.
Although we often work with parents who are separating, one of the most rewarding areas of our practice is helping to protect families as they are newly forming.
Contact FLAG at 410-884-0400 for assistance with any LGBTQ legal issues.
OLEAGA LAW, LLC
Janene Oleaga, Esq.
Janene@NYreproductionlawyer.com
www.NYreproductionlawyer.com
Offices in Huntington, New York and Portland, Maine
254 Commercial Street, Suite 245, Portland, ME 04101 – (207) 200-6780
133 New York Avenue, Suite C, Huntington, NY 11743 – (631) 840-7967
Oleaga Law LLC is a boutique law firm dedicated to all aspects of family formation law. Representing LGBTQ individuals, intended parents, egg donors, sperm donors, and embryo donors, Janene’s mission is to guide and protect your family as you navigate the world of assisted reproduction and adoption.
Janene is experienced with gestational carrier agreements, egg donation/sperm donation agreements, embryo disposition, embryo donation, and all methods of securing legal parentage including confirmatory adoptions, pre-birth/post-birth orders, and judgments of parentage.
Oleaga Law LLC serves clients in New York, Maine, and New Hampshire and international.