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 HOW
TO ADOPT
Adoption
is a life long process for adoptive families. One of the first
steps in this process is to figure out which type of adoption
best suits a particular family.
There
are three types of adoption: Adoption from foster care, domestic
infant and international. If you are interested in learning
more about domestic infant or international adoptions, please
contact the Adoption
Community of New England, Inc. at 1-800-93-ADOPT.
MARE is
involved with adoption from foster care (also referred to
as special needs adoption). All of the children MARE serves
are in the custody of the Massachusetts Department of Social
Services (DSS), and the majority of these children are ages
six and older, children of color of all ages, sibling groups,
children with intellectual, emotional or physical difficulties
or disabilities, and children at legal risk. MARE works with
DSS and private agencies that contract with DSS to find permanent,
loving homes for these children.
To learn
more about the steps to adopting a child from foster care,
please take some time to review the following:
- Choosing
Adoption: The MARE Guide to Adopting a Waiting Child, a
guide about adopting a child from foster care (pdf 565
KB) English
- Espanol
- Frequently
Asked Questions about Adopting a Child from Foster Care
(pdf 98.7 KB) English
- Espanol
- Adopting
in Massachusetts, a book from the Center for Adoption
Research at UMass about all types of adoption
For a
complete list of resources, please visit our Adoption
Resources page.
Anyone
seeking adoption information can call MARE. Staff members
are available Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00
p.m. to answer questions regarding specific children and the
adoption process in general. We can send you an information
packet and/or refer you to adoption agencies to start the
process. Please contact us at 617-54-ADOPT (617-542-3678)
or 1-800-882-1176 or fill out an Information
Request Form.
We look
forward to working with you through your adoption journey.
Please visit the Family Info.
and Programs & Services sections
of our website to learn more about MARE and the children who
are waiting for adoptive families.
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