International Adoption Programs

There is no “typical” child in need.

International adoption is the most active service group at Children's Home Society & Family Services and we are helping to find permanent homes for children of all ages and backgrounds. 
 

Traditional International Programs

Through our traditional programs, we strive to place children who do not have an identified special need or have an identified need that may be routinely addressed in the U.S. with predictable approaches and successful outcomes. We are currently helping to find families for children who were born in:

|  Bulgaria*  |  Burundi*  |  China  |  Colombia  |  Costa Rica  |
|  Ecuador   |  Ethiopia  |  Honduras  |  India  | Marshall Islands*  | 
|  Korea |  Russia  |

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*through the Children's Home Partnership with Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota

Heritage Programs

For situations in which birth families cannot stay intact and children cannot have their needs met by birth relatives, we believe that children should first be placed with a family in their own country and culture. Our Heritage Programs are one way in which we advocate for that outcome. 

|  Colombia  |  India  |  Korean  |

Waiting International Children Program

Our Waiting International Children (WIC) program was developed to help us find families for the children who tend to wait the longest for permanent families: older children, sibling groups, children with identified medical or developmental concerns, and children who have experienced abuse and neglect.

Children placed through this program may come from any of the countries listed above. Countries tend to be more flexible in their requirements for children waiting in our WIC program. 

For More Information

Click on the links above to learn more about CHSFS adoption programs, request an information packet, or register and create an account to gain access to our Resource Center section. 
|  email: welcome@chsfs.org  |  phone: 651.646.7771  |  toll-free: 800.952.9302  |

CHSFS is fully accredited to provide intercountry adoption services according to The Hague Adoption Convention and as recognized by the Federal U.S. Intercountry Adoption Act (IAA).

In accordance with international adoption standards of practice, additional statistical information regarding placements, adoption disruptions, and number of adoptive applicants for the previous three years is available upon request.