Foster Care Adoption

The purpose of adoption is to place children who have been permanently and legally separated from their birth parents with a new family. In Virginia, over 70% of our foster care youth are adopted by their foster parent. Adoption in Virginia is an 11 step process that ensures the best fit and success for both the family and youth in care.

When you adopt, you expand your family by taking a child (or children) into your home as your own family member(s) and then care for and nurture them to adulthood and beyond. While foster care adoptions are the most frequent, there are several types of adoption such as international, stepparent, close relative, parental placement and adult adoption. Click here to learn more about adoption.