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Postadoption Services
Bulletin for Professionals

Author(s):  Child Welfare Information Gateway

Year Published:  2005

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5. What Postadoptive Services Do States Offer?

In 2001, the American Public Human Services Association (APHSA) conducted a telephone survey of 48 States and the District of Columbia to assess the state of postadoption services across the country. The resulting study (Howard, Smith, & Oppenheim, 2002) provides a snapshot of the postadoption services that each State child welfare agency offered at the time of the survey. Since the survey was conducted with State-level staff, it may not include some of the innovative programs developed by counties. It also does not include postadoption services provided by private agencies (unless those services were contracted by the State).

At the time of the study, States provided the following postadoption services, either directly, through Medical Assistance, or through contracts with the private sector:

• Information and referral (44 States)
• Support services, including groups, mentors, etc. (39 States)
• Educational programs and materials (38 States)
• Respite care (30 States)
• Therapeutic interventions (through local mental health centers, private agencies, and private therapists) (22 States)
• Therapeutic interventions (funded through subsidies or through providers paid by the State) (19 States)
• Search services to find birth relatives (20 States)
• Residential treatment (paid) (18 States)
• Advocacy (formal) (14 States)
• Advocacy (informal) (10 States)
• Residential treatment (medical assistance only) (9 States)

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