An organization that is licensed to prepare families to adopt children and to do all the necessary legal, administrative and social work to insure that adoptions are efficiently handled and are in the best interests of the children.
a society licensed to provide a full range of adoption services in accordance with the Adoption Act and the regulations
An agency licensed in the state in which it operates that prepares adoptive parents, counsels birth parents, performs home studies, completes paperwork, places children in homes, and performs other adoption-related functions.
a business, licensed by the state or states in which it operates, to handle the placement of children in adoptive homes
an entity authorized to take a relinquishment of a child, and to place that child with adoptive parents
an organization that is licensed to prepare families to adopt children and/or place waiting children with adoptive families.
organization placing children in homes, under the jurisdiction of state or licensing laws.
An agency licensed by the state to prepare adoptive parents, counsel birth parents, perform home studies, complete paperwork, place children in homes, and perform other adoption-related functions.
An organization that provides adoption services; these agencies may be public or private and are usually licensed by the state.
An organization, usually licensed by a state, and provides services to birth parents, adoptive parents, and children in need of families. Agencies may be public, or private, secular, or religious and in the state of Michigan must be non-profit.
An organization, usually licensed by the state, that provides services to birth parents, adoptive parents and children who need families. Agencies may be public or private, secular or religious, for profit or nonprofit.
provincially licensed organization responsible for placing children with prospective adoptive individuals or families. Can be privately or publicly run.
a licensed organization that provides services in which to place children with families or individuals who are approved for adoption by the proper authority.