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Adoption Program

Shineforth’s Adoption Program combines expert recruitment, extensive statewide partnerships, and comprehensive post-permanency supports to help youth in foster care find loving, sustainable families, and to support all adoptive and kinship families post permanency.

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A CONTINUUM OF CARE FOR EVERY CHILD AND FAMILY

Building Forever Families.

Shineforth supports adopted children and adoptive families with the following programs, partnerships, and resources at no cost.

Adoption Through Collaborative Partnerships

A shared effort between Shineforth and DSS that increases adoption finalizations and ensures children in foster care have adequate support.

Post-Permanency Support

Thanks to a VDSS grant, we partner with C2Adopt, Children’s Home Society, and enCircle to offer free support for adoptive and kinship families across Virginia.

Wendy’s Wonderful Kids

Wendy’s Wonderful Kids adoption professionals apply an evidence-based, child-focused model to match youth with adoptive families in Tidewater.

Foster-to-Adopt

Becoming a foster parent before adopting a child or teenager provides invaluable experience and perspective and helps families families determine if permanency is the right fit.

For Professionals

To refer a child or family to one of our adoption programs, please contact Adoption Supervisor Kerry Graeber ([email protected] or 804.486.7336).

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