 
At Family Resource Center, our mission is to
- Find permanent loving adoptive
families for children from around the world regardless
of the child’s race, economic status or special
medical needs.
- Safeguard the best interests and
welfare of children placed in our care.
- Advance the practice of adoption
From the very beginning Family Resource Center has been
committed to developing an innovative and compassionate approach to adoption.
We believe that everyone is entitled to CHOICE and RESPECT.
Our philosophy is that people are best able to manage
their own lives, and that it is possible for birth
parents and adoptive
parents to work together on a basis of
mutual respect to plan and provide for a child’s
future.
We are not advocates of “open adoption”
or “closed adoption,” but rather of cooperation
between birth parents and adoptive parents to find the
degree of contact and communication that is comfortable,
and best for the child.
Family Resource Center was founded in 1987 by a group
of people that included men and women who had placed
children for adoption, adults who were adopted as children,
adoptive parents, and community members interested in
the adoption process.
Since 1989 we have directly placed
over 1000 children for adoption, including those with
complex medical issues (HIV, Downs Syndrome, neuro fibromotosis).
We have assisted another 1600 adoptive families in Illinois
through our home study services program. Each year we
average over 85 adoptions (domestic and international),
and support another 75 families with home study services.
Family Resource Center is a non-sectarian,
not-for-profit 501 (C)(3) child welfare organization.
We are accredited by COA (The Council on Accreditation)
and while we operate primarily in Illinois, we are licensed
in both Illinois and New York.
Our volunteer board of directors has
always included birth parents, adoptive parents, adult
adoptees and people whose lives have been touched by
adoption.
By creating an oasis of understanding,
and providing an environment of comfort and trust we
have built a reputation for being welcoming, responsive
and accessible.
- Incorporated as an Illinois
not-for-profit organization - April 1987
- Granted tax-exempt status - December
1987
- Opened office in Chicago - August
1988
- Granted Illinois Child Welfare
Agency License - September 1988
- Began conducting home studies and
interviewing families - September 1988
- First children placed for adoption
through domestic program - March 1989
- Approved by China Center for Adoption
Affairs to work with Chinese orphans - November 1995
- Purchased building to house offices
and provide birth mother accommodation - September
1994
- Move into offices – February
1995
- First group of FRC families travels
to China to adopt their daughters - May 1995
- FRC introduces its Ukraine Program
– January 2002
- Accredited by Council on Accreditation
(COA) – June 2003
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