• ADOPTION: An Overview
• April is Child Abuse Prevention Month
• May is Foster Care Awareness Month
• November is Adoptions Awareness Month

The 8 Steps to Adopt a Child

1. Contact Us
2. Submit an application
3. Complete a Training Series for Adoptive Parents
4. Homestudy
5. Matching
6. Placement
7. Adoption Signing
8. Finalization

The Foster Care Process

1. Contact Us
2. Attend an Agency Orientation
3. Complete a Training Series for Adoptive Parents
4. Attend a Foster Care Orientation and Pick up an Application
5. Complete a Training Series
6. Become a Licensed Foster Parent
7. A Child is placed in Your Home

• New to adoption? Read a basic overview of the
  Steps to Adoption
• Are you willing to do what it takes to be a foster parent?
• Foster Care Month
• Heart Gallery
• FaCT
• Family to Family
• Foster Care Auxiliary of OC

• Adoption
• Adoption Assistance
• Adoption Support
• Feedback Form
• Foster Care
• Help Us Recruit
• Orientation Schedule
• Post Adoptive Inquiries