Adoptions

Adoption Services legally clears children for adoption, prepares children and prospective parents emotionally for placement, finds best family possible, make reports to the court and supervise adoptions after placement until the adoption is finalized. This service also provides for the recruitment, training and assessment of prospective adoptive parents. For more information, please call 252-459-1602 or email Adoption Services.

Foster Care

Foster Care provides counseling and treatment services to children, birth families or foster families to remedy personal problems, behavior or home conditions which led to the need for out-of-home care for the children. This service also provides for the recruitment, training and supervision of volunteers who serve as foster parents. For more information, please call 252-459-1287 or email Foster Care Services.

Online Orientation For Prospective Foster Parents

Prospective foster parents must complete online orientation before becoming licensed. This orientation covers many basic issues that will assist individuals in making decisions about becoming licensed foster parents in NC.
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Adoption & Foster Care Resource

• NC Adoption Services
• Foster Care Licensing
• Information Packet
• AdoptUSKids.org (National Search)
• Foster Child Adoption in NC
• North Carolina General Statutes, Chapter 48. Adoptions
• A Kid's Guide to Adoption
• National Center for Resource Family Support