Child Welfare

Adoption

• Maine's Waiting Children - Browse or search a photolisting of the children in the care of the Maine Department of Health and Human Services awaiting adoption.
• A Guide to Adoption Services in Maine - A list of licensed private adoption agencies in Maine, Maine adoption placement services, adoptive family support groups and other related adoption services.
• How Do I Adopt? - This is the step by step process for adopting a child in the care of the Department of Health and Human Services.
• Are You Interested? - An online form that can be submitted to Maine adoption staff to get more information about the child you are interested in.
• Post-Adoption Guide - Provides a comprehensive, organized, and descriptive listing of the services and information sources that are
  most often needed by adoptive families.
• Maine Adoption Reunion Registry - How adoptees and their birth families can attempt a reunion.
• Adoptive/Foster Families - Provides support services for adoptive and foster parents, and kinship providers.
• National Kids - A tool for connecting foster and adoptive families with waiting children throughout the United States.