Open and international adoptions that match babies, children, or pregnant women to people wanting to adopt.
Our adoption program is the largest in Southern Illinois.
We were awarded accreditation from the Council on Accreditation (COA) for traditional Adoption Program. Of 946 quality standards, we scored 81% in the highest “outstanding” and 18% in the second highest “good” levels.
In FY2019, we served 148 individuals in our private adoption program with 9 finalized adoptions. 132 adoptions from foster care became final.