Where Do I Begin? | Adoption Network Cleveland

2592 W. 14th St., Cleveland, OH 44113

Eligibility

Serves residents aged 18 and over from Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Stark, Summit, Wayne, Holmes, Portage, Medina, and Ashland counties.

Required documents

None.

Hours

Scheduled periodically, three or four times/year. Usually held for one-half day (in the afternoon, usually on a Saturday or week night).

(216) 325-1000

Voice

https://tinyurl.com/u2pswhnb

[email protected]

Application process

Check web site or phone for information M-F: 8:30am-5:00pm.

Fees

Registration fee and material/information packet fee.

Service area

Ashland County, Ohio
Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Wayne County, Ohio
Lake County, Ohio
Portage County, Ohio
Summit County, Ohio
Lorain County, Ohio
Geauga County, Ohio
Holmes County, Ohio
Stark County, Ohio
Medina County, Ohio
Ohio

Description

Provides a workshop that covers the full range of adoption options for prospective families, including public adoption from foster care, private adoption, and international adoption. Following the workshop content participants from a panel of each of three adoption options (public, private, and international) to learn more about their experiences. Information and resources offered during the workshop help families decide about the best route for their adoption journey. Provides a second workshop for those who decide to pursue a private adoption. Second workshop goes into more detail about the specific process for a private infant adoption, including how to select an agency, an overview of creating a profile for a birth parent to learn about the potential parents, details of a home study, and a discussion about openness in the adoption. also offers a workshop about adopting from foster care.

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What's Here

Adoption/Foster Care/Kinship Care Issues Workshops/Symposiums Adoption Information/Referrals

Providing organization

Adoption Network Cleveland

Provides support, education, advocacy to people connected to adoption, foster care, and kinship care. Provides search assistance to family members separated by adoption and those with DNA discoveries. Focus is on adoption is a complex, lifelong and intergenerational journey for all those whose lives are impacted.