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Adoption Services
Why Catholic Charities?
Catholic Charities serves children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families of any religious background, race or nationality living in Northeastern Wisconsin. We have been connecting birth parents with adoptive families for more than 90 years.
We are dedicated to working with birth parents and prospective adoptive families to assure that the best plan is made for the child, who is central to the adoption process.
Catholic Charities provides nationally accredited, state licensed services. Our staff is eager to assist you during the adoption process.
Catholic Charities Adoption Services Brochure
Types of Adoption Services
Catholic Charities offers several types of Adoption Services:
Agency domestic infant
 Program where adoptive parents and birth parents meet through Catholic Charities. This program is for couples who wish to adopt an infant, age 0-6 months, from the United States. These couples can have no more than one child, either biological or adopted.
Click here to view some of the adoptive families. For information about all of the families currently in the agency domestic infant program, please contact our staff.
More information: please contact our staff.
Independent
This is the same as agency domestic infant, except adoptive parents meet birth parents on their own and then contact an agency for the home study. There is no waiting period. There is no policy for independent adoption limiting the number of children that the adoptive parents have prior to adoption. Adoptive parents connect with birthparents in a variety of ways, including online adoptive parent profile Web sites, family members, friends, or word of mouth.
More information: please contact our staff.
Stepparent
 Stepparent adoption is a formal way to legalize the special bond a stepparent shares with their child. We are committed to helping custodial and petitioning stepparents, through stepparent adoption, to best accomplish their goal of assuring a child's permanency within their home.
We provide the required screening service: background clearances, medical assessment, review of financial status, verification of employment and reference checks. This service also includes a face to face meeting where social history is shared and educational and support elements are discussed to best assist children and families throughout and after the adoption process is completed.
The agency is responsible for finishing and providing a court report to the presiding judge and attorneys involved in the case.
More information: please contact our staff.
International
 Catholic Charities offers Home Study and post placement services to couples interested in International Adoption. Couple must complete the required home study investigation process on behalf of a licensed child placement agency in order to accomplish their goal of adopting a child or children internationally.
Many International Adoption Agencies that work with specific countries are located outside of Wisconsin, therefore having a local agency such as Catholic Charities complete the Home Study and post placement services may be more cost effective for the adoptive family.
More information: please contact our staff.
Our Adoption Services Staff
For additional information about our Adoption Services or our Pregnancy/Birth Parent Services, contact Tara DeGrave or Chelsea Baucom-Young:
Phone
(920) 272-8234
Toll-free: 1-877-500-3580, ext. 8234
E-mail
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Pregnancy/Birth Parent Services
 At the core of our services to families and children are our birth parent counseling services. We assist birth parents facing an unplanned pregnancy by helping them reach a well thought-out, value-based decision for themselves and their baby. Birth parent services are free to birth parents. We assist parents in creating either an adoption or a parenting plan for their baby.
What birthparent services does Catholic Charities offer?
- Family, relationship and individual counseling
- Education, including parenting, lifestyle, and nutrition
- Information and referral to community resources
- Information on adoption should the decision be made to create an adoption plan
- Open adoption is available. Birth parents can select the family for their child.
More information: Please contact Tara DeGrave:
Phone
(920) 272-8234
Toll-free: 1-877-500-3580, ext. 8234
E-mail
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Catholic Charities Pregnancy/Birth Parent Services Brochure
Catholic Charities is funded by The Bishops Appeal, United Way and by Government grants and private contributions. Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Green Bay, Inc. is affiliated with Catholic Charities, USA.
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