Options for Families and Youth
11351 Pearl Rd.
Suite 103 A
Strongsville, OH 44136
440-268-8388
Waiting Child Adoptions
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For more information about adoption, fill out our Preliminary Adoption Application.
For more information about adoption, fill out our Preliminary Adoption Application.
This is the area that OFY has specialized in since 1997. We began by completing homestudies for OFY foster parents and for foster parents also licensed by the Cuyahoga County Department of Children and Family Services. Simply speaking, we converted foster parents into adoptive parents so that they could adopt the foster children already in their homes (that they had cared for) that had become eligible to be adopted.
According to the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System of the US Department of Health and Human Services, Children's Bureau, in 2013 there were an estimated 399,546 children in foster care as of September 30, 2013. Of these children, 101,719 were waiting to be adopted. The National Foster Care Coalition reports that 60% or more of the children in foster care who are available for adoption wait more than two or more years to be adopted.
Waiting Child Adoption Services at OFY:
If you are interested in adopting a child from foster care or if you have further questions about Waiting Child Adoption, feel free to fill out an information form or simply call the OFY office.