Caritas Search & Reunion Program

If Caritas Adoptions Services facilitated your adoption, we have your records and can assist you with the Search & Reunion process.

The Search & Reunion process for birth parents and adoptees completes the adoption life-cycle. Although not everyone desires to be reunited, many choose to search for several reasons:

• To learn of family heritage
• To attain updated family medical history not received at birth
• To bring closure to unanswered questions
• To resolve issues of loss and grief
• To extend family and create positive relationships

You may choose to receive Non-Identifying Information. This includes legally releasable social and medical history found in our agency file. There may be a fee for pulling and copying records, redacting identifying information, and/or compiling a narrative from microfilm documents.

We can conduct a search for the purpose of acquiring updated social and medical history since the adoption. We can also conduct a search in hopes of a reunification. There may be a fee to cover the cost of things like internet searching, letter writing, postage, and phone calls. It is important to remember that for various reasons, some people choose not to be involved in the Search & Reunion process. Our caring staff are here to support and guide you through the process.