ADOPTION AND FOSTER CARE RESOURCES

www.adoptionstar.com

Adoption STAR (Support, Training, Advocacy & Resources) is a compassionate and unique agency.  We are New York State authorized, Florida and Ohio licensed, and we’ve secured the Human Rights Campaign’s “All Children, All Families” Seal of Approval for LGBTQ+ cultural competency.  Adoption STAR takes a strong stand on adoption education and believes no one can make a decision to adopt or place a child for adoption without fully educating themselves on adoption and its many options. Adoption STAR is an agency committed to the best interests of children and will offer all birth families regardless of race, health, circumstances, or disability, the option of adoption for their child. Adoption STAR is an agency dedicated to maintaining connections between adoptive families and birth families and offers education and support with an adoption plan.  Regardless of whether you’re interested in adopting an infant or an older child, we have a program for you!

For more information about Adoption STAR and its services, visit our website: www.adoptionstar.com.

(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.

www.hephzibahhome.org

Founded in 1897, Hephzibah Children’s Association is a child welfare agency in Oak Park, IL offering a residential treatment program, foster care, intact family services and day care programs.

On any given day in Illinois, there are nearly 20,000 children in foster care. Foster care is a temporary arrangement while parents and children receive the services and support they need to succeed as a family unit. Hephzibah’s foster care program helps ensure there are licensed families in the Chicagoland area available to provide a safe and nurturing environment during this time. If reunification cannot be achieved, foster parents may be asked to consider becoming a child’s forever family through adoption.

As a licensed Hephzibah foster parent, you’ll never feel alone. We provide a variety of services to help you create a safe and nurturing environment for a child. Services include:

• Foster parent training, mentoring and support groups
• A 24-hour crisis hotline
• Family events and activities
• A summer camp experience for siblings living in different foster homes

If you would like to learn more about opening your HEART and HOME to a child in need, please contact Julie Dvorsky jdvorsky@hephzibahhome.org or call 708-649-7173.

310-642-7283 (SAVE)
info@kidsave.org
Kidsave.org/GPM

Kidsave is dedicated to helping older kids in foster care—who are often overlooked and forgotten by society—be seen, find family, and thrive. Since 1999, Kidsave’s innovative Family Visit Model gives these kids a voice and choice in who they get to know. Through our Weekend Miracles program in Los Angeles, Houston, and Virginia, and our national Summer Miracles program, you can host a child in your home and get to know each other before deciding to move forward with adoption.

Hosting gives these kids an opportunity to experience family life and build relationships with caring, consistent adults. The kids in our program have often experienced loneliness and trauma that is hard to imagine. At Kidsave, we believe their journey doesn’t stop there. We know that dedication to an older child can single-handedly change the course of their future and will introduce them to a love they’ve often never known, but desperately long for.

Once you meet the kids, it becomes easy to be their champions — or to become so connected adoption is a natural choice. Our goal is to help you walk through the process of making a difference in the life of a child.