Building
Families
Adoption
- Child Placement
Catholic Charities
238 Jewett Avenue
Bridgeport, CT 06606
Phone: (203) 416-1336
Email: adoption@ccfc-ct.org
Child
Placement
The adoption program will provide all services necessary to support
placement of a child in an adoptive home. We provide as needed: short-term
foster care placements for infants; preparing legal papers and appearing
in court as necessary; providing post-placement supervisory visits as
required by law; and finalization services. For couples who choose to
locate a birth mother on their own, we provide information about the
Identified Adoption Law and assist couples to ensure compliance with
the law. We will give you advice and support for advertising and networking.
For people who wish to adopt from other countries, we provide homestudies,
INS assistance, and other services to help you work with licensed agencies
which place children from those countries.
China
Adoption Program
Our China Adoption Program was started in 1995 in order to meet the
needs of thousands of children in Chinese orphanages and the many Americans
wishing to adopt. We provide orientation sessions, home studies, dossier
preparation assistance, travel arrangements and an escort and translator
for couples and singles traveling to China with our program. The process
of adopting from China takes approximately 12 to 14 months. At least
one parent must travel to China for two weeks. According to Chinese
adoption laws, healthy infants are available to people age 30 to 50
who have no children.
Homestudy
and Licensing Services
The home study process involves several meetings with an adoption worker
to discuss motivation to adopt, background information, and feelings
and thoughts about becoming a parent. The home study itself describes
you at the time you are preparing to adopt. It will be read by agencies
or foreign governments who match you to a prospective child or the child's
birthmother. After the home study is completed, the agency will approve
you as a pre-adoptive home. Your home will need to be re-approved every
two years as required by the State with annual updates being made by
the agency.
Right to Know
Search Services
Adoptees age 18 or older who were adopted through Catholic Charities
of Fairfield County can request a non-identifying background and medical
information from the agency. Identifying information can also be requested
by adoptees age 18 or older. The agency must obtain written consent
of birth parents in order to release information to an adoptee requesting
such information. Birth parents or siblings of adult adoptees (age 18
or older) can also request identifying information about their adult
adopted birth child. The agency will search for the adoptee and must
obtain his or her written consent before releasing information to the
birth parent or sibling.
Services to Birthparents
The Adoption Program provides counseling services to birthparents through
referral to birthparent counselors. Birthparent counselors will help
you decide if placing your baby is the right choice for you. If you
choose to place your baby, you can meet the adoptive parents and choose
the family you want. If you choose not to place your baby, you will
continue to receive the support and counseling of your birthparent counselor
for as long as you need it.
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