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Information and resources for single adults who have adopted or are considering adopting a child.

Postadoption Services

Series Title:	Factsheets for Families
Author(s):	Child Welfare Information Gateway
Availability:	View Download (PDF - 285KB) Order (Free - Add to Cart)
Year Published:	2006 - 10 pages

It is common for adoptive families to need support and services after adoption. Postadoption services can help families with a wide range of issues. They are available for everything from learning how to explain adoption to a preschooler, to helping a child who experienced early childhood abuse, to helping with an adopted teen?s search for identity. Experience with adoptive families has shown that all family members can benefit from some type of postadoption support. Families of children who have experienced trauma, neglect, or institutionalization may require more intensive services.

Updated on February 24, 2010

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Administration for Children and Families
Administration on Children, Youth and Families
Children's Bureau

Child Welfare Information Gateway
Children's Bureau/ACYF
1250 Maryland Avenue, SW
Eighth Floor
Washington, DC 20024
800.394.3366
Email: info@childwelfare.gov