Children available for adoption through DSHS reside in foster care or relative care and are unable to be reunited with their birth parents. Children placed in out-of-home care may have been abused (physical/sexual) and/or neglected. The children:

Range in age.

Types of Children

Private adoption
Independent adoption

Boys and girls.
May be part of a sibling group (2 or more).
Represent diverse ethnic and cultural populations.
May have medical, mental and/or physical health issues.
May have developmental delays.
May have developmental disabilities.
May have been exposed to drug and alcohol use/abuse.

Cost

Adoption Support Program