Expand Your Family Through Adoption!
Services include the assessment of families who apply to adopt, matching available children with available homes, preparing children for placement, and providing services to our adoptive children and families before, during, and after placement is made to include provisions of adoption subsidy services to eligible families.

• Intro to Foster/Adoptive parenting
• Common Questions about Foster and Adoptive Parenting
  
• Foster/Adoptive Informational Guide
  
• Foster Parent Handbook
  
• Am I Ready To Be a Foster/Adoptive Parent Quiz
  
• Educate Yourself About Adopting
  
• Special Needs Adoption
  
• Decide Whether Special Needs Adoption Is Right for You
  
• Glossary of Adoption Terms

Foster/Adoptive Certification Information for Louisiana Residents

• Minimum Qualifications for Certification/Steps to Certification
  
• Required Documents for Certification
  
• Where To Go To Get Started

• Certification tips for residents of other states

Additional information & Support Services

• Find a Child to Adopt
  • View photos and biographies of Louisiana children available for adoption.
  • View profiles of children on the DCFS Web site.
• Adoption Petition Program
  • DCFS staff conduct investigations of all independent (not through an adoption agency) adoptions including stepparent, grandparent, one parent, and non-relative adoptions.
• Adoption Reunion Registry
  • Begin the process of  voluntary contact between adult adoptees, birth parents and/or siblings
• Louisiana Foster and Adoptive Parents Association
• Adoption Related Websites
  
  • Adopt US Kids
  • Child Welfare Information Gateway
  • North American Council on Adoptable Children
  • National Adoption Center
  • National Resource Center for Special Needs Adoption
  • Louisiana Adoption Advisory Board
• Adoption Tax Credit Information
  • You may be eligible for an Adoption Tax Credit if you recently finalized your adoption of a child with special needs, even if you do not have any qualifying expenses.
  • For more information, download this document, contact your tax advisor or go to the IRS Web site.