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- What is the process to adopt: domestically,
internationally, if I live in Illinois, if I live
outside of Illinois, including outside of the United
States?.
- How long is the wait for a child?
- What is the process to adopt: domestically,
internationally, if I live in Illinois, if I live
outside of Illinois, including outside of the United
States?
In general, to adopt through Family Resource Center
an interested person should first register to attend
a free Program Introduction
session. These are held
each month at our offices at 5828 N. Clark Street
in Chicago. If you live outside the Chicago area,
call us at (773) 334-2300 or (800) 676-2229 and we
will include you in our next telephone Introduction
Program.
Once you have attended an Intro meeting, asked your
questions, and feel comfortable moving forward, you
will fill out an application. When we have reviewed
your information, we will schedule an initial interview.
Following the interview, a home study will be conducted.
If it is necessary to be licensed, (this will vary
depending upon where a family is adopting from) you
will submit licensing materials, and participate in
the required training. Once the home study is complete,
you are ready to adopt!
The process can be slightly different depending on
whether you are adopting domestically or internationally,
and depending on the state in which you reside. Naturally,
we reserve the right to discontinue working with a
family if the application, interview, home study,
or reference and background checks reveal issues that
would affect how a family parents an adopted child.
- How long is the wait for a child?
We don’t have a "waiting list" of
adoptive families. Instead, we allow our birthparents
to choose the family they wish to raise their child.
When families have been accepted into our program,
and a home study written, they submit a family "album"
including a "Dear Birthparent" letter which
describes who they are and their thoughts on adoption,
as well as photographs depicting their lifestyle and
any other information that they wish to convey to
a potential birthmother. When birthparents are ready
to choose a family, they are shown all of the albums
that match their criteria. Therefore, a family can
be selected soon after their album is submitted, months,
or in rare cases, years later, or never. At Family
Resource Center we never guarantee that a family will
be successful in their hopes to adopt, but the more
open a family is to types of children and circumstances,
the more often their album is likely to be viewed.
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