ADOPTION AND FOSTER RESOURCES
How can YATOM support you?
The YATOM Family Fellowship
The process to adopt and/or foster a vulnerable child can be arduous. Tightened state budgets and bureaucracy put many families in a devastating bind. The YATOM Family Fellowship gives families striving to foster/adopt the chance to receive a stipend and a be part of a close-knit community.
The process to adopt and/or foster a vulnerable child can be arduous. Tightened state budgets and bureaucracy put many families in a devastating bind. The YATOM Family Fellowship gives families striving to foster/adopt the chance to receive a stipend and a be part of a close-knit community.
The YATOM Micro-grant Program
The YATOM Micro-grant Program provides a boost of financial support for families currently fostering or adopting to make the journey of brightening a child's life a little easier. You can find more information at www.yatom.org/micro-grant-program.html
The YATOM Micro-grant Program provides a boost of financial support for families currently fostering or adopting to make the journey of brightening a child's life a little easier. You can find more information at www.yatom.org/micro-grant-program.html
JEWISH RESOURCES
Adoption Connection
Adoption Connection has facilitated successful adoptions for more than three decades. As a full-service agency and national leader in domestic open adoption, we are proud to serve as a trusted resource for anyone considering adoption. A program of Jewish Family and Children’s Services of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties.
GCJFCS (Clearwater, FL)
Extensive Child Welfare Services
International Association of Jewish Free Loans
A network of interest-free lending agencies around the world
JCAN - Jewish Children's Adoption Network
The Jewish Children's Adoption Network is the only Jewish adoption exchange in the Western hemisphere. Founded as a not-for-profit organization in 1990, it seeks to find appropriate adoptive homes for up to 100 children who are referred to it each year. JCAN is contacted on a regular basis by Rabbis, social workers, agencies, attorneys and birth families, who know of children in need of a home.
JCCA - Jewish Child Care Association
JCCA's mission is based on a heritage of more than 185 years of providing quality services to children and their families, and the universal mandate within the Jewish tradition of tikkun olam — the responsibility of every person to make the world a better place.
JCFS Chicago
Foster care and family support through all stages of the fostering and adoption processes
Jewish Adoption and Family Care Options (JAFCO)
JAFCO’s mission is to care for abused and neglected children and those with disabilities in the Jewish community and to work in partnership with families and the entire community. We believe that the care of children in our community is our responsibility, one we accept with joy, pride and love.
Jewish Family Advocacy Group
Every child is unique and requires specific individual criteria which is not always taken into consideration when the child is separated from their parents. We work to help place the child in individually matched homes and cater to the child's needs and help reduce the effects of separation.
JFCS (Boston)
Adoption Services
JFCS (Philadelphia)
Adoption Services via Open Arms Adoption Network
JF&CS (Jacksonville, FL)
Adoption & Foster Care Services
JF&CS of Greater Toronto (Canada)
Adoption & Foster Care Services
JFS of Greater New Haven
Adoption & Foster Care Services
JFS of Harrisburg, PA
Adoption & Foster Care Services
JFS Richmond
Adoption & Foster Care Services
Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies
The Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies fosters the work of its member agencies' professional and volunteer leadership in serving their clients and communities. Through advocacy, consultation, education and networking, the Association promotes services and policies that assist Jews in need, sustains healthy Jewish individuals and families, and strengthens individual and family connections to the Jewish and general communities.
Ohel: Children's Home & Family Services
Trusted haven of safety and support, providing services that help build lives, and strengthen families, homes and communities to face social, developmental and emotional challenges.
Sarah Lily Adoption Fund
Provides two $5,000 grants annually to help defray some of the many costs of forming Jewish families in this vital way for Jewish adoptive parents-to-be.
Adoption Connection has facilitated successful adoptions for more than three decades. As a full-service agency and national leader in domestic open adoption, we are proud to serve as a trusted resource for anyone considering adoption. A program of Jewish Family and Children’s Services of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties.
GCJFCS (Clearwater, FL)
Extensive Child Welfare Services
International Association of Jewish Free Loans
A network of interest-free lending agencies around the world
JCAN - Jewish Children's Adoption Network
The Jewish Children's Adoption Network is the only Jewish adoption exchange in the Western hemisphere. Founded as a not-for-profit organization in 1990, it seeks to find appropriate adoptive homes for up to 100 children who are referred to it each year. JCAN is contacted on a regular basis by Rabbis, social workers, agencies, attorneys and birth families, who know of children in need of a home.
JCCA - Jewish Child Care Association
JCCA's mission is based on a heritage of more than 185 years of providing quality services to children and their families, and the universal mandate within the Jewish tradition of tikkun olam — the responsibility of every person to make the world a better place.
JCFS Chicago
Foster care and family support through all stages of the fostering and adoption processes
Jewish Adoption and Family Care Options (JAFCO)
JAFCO’s mission is to care for abused and neglected children and those with disabilities in the Jewish community and to work in partnership with families and the entire community. We believe that the care of children in our community is our responsibility, one we accept with joy, pride and love.
Jewish Family Advocacy Group
Every child is unique and requires specific individual criteria which is not always taken into consideration when the child is separated from their parents. We work to help place the child in individually matched homes and cater to the child's needs and help reduce the effects of separation.
JFCS (Boston)
Adoption Services
JFCS (Philadelphia)
Adoption Services via Open Arms Adoption Network
JF&CS (Jacksonville, FL)
Adoption & Foster Care Services
JF&CS of Greater Toronto (Canada)
Adoption & Foster Care Services
JFS of Greater New Haven
Adoption & Foster Care Services
JFS of Harrisburg, PA
Adoption & Foster Care Services
JFS Richmond
Adoption & Foster Care Services
Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies
The Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies fosters the work of its member agencies' professional and volunteer leadership in serving their clients and communities. Through advocacy, consultation, education and networking, the Association promotes services and policies that assist Jews in need, sustains healthy Jewish individuals and families, and strengthens individual and family connections to the Jewish and general communities.
Ohel: Children's Home & Family Services
Trusted haven of safety and support, providing services that help build lives, and strengthen families, homes and communities to face social, developmental and emotional challenges.
Sarah Lily Adoption Fund
Provides two $5,000 grants annually to help defray some of the many costs of forming Jewish families in this vital way for Jewish adoptive parents-to-be.
RESOURCES IN ISRAEL
Jerusalem and South Israel
Orr Shalom
Orr Shalom cares for over 1,400 children, making it the largest organization in Israel caring for children and youth-at-risk who have been removed from their homes because of abuse and/or neglect.
Shahar
Shahar is a national organization, established in 2002 by Mr. Zaki Haruv, with the aim of providing welfare, care and rehabilitation services in the areas of family and society.
Summit
The Summit Institute provides foster families with close counseling and guidance at all stages of the foster care process.
Yeladim: Fair Chance for Children
In Israel today, as many as 10,000 children between the ages of 5 to 18 are growing up in 127 residential group homes and in foster families, around the country. Yeladim – Fair Chance for Children is a non-profit organization, supporting children and youth from all demographic sectors in Israel, who were placed in residential group homes and foster families. For the past 30 years, “Yeladim” has been operating social, therapeutic and educational programs for these children, in areas which are not provided for by the state.
North Israel
EDNM
EDNM provides services to all children in need of assistance, from birth to age 18 (or 21 in special education), from all walks of life, sectors and religions, including children with special needs.
Matav
Matav deals with the intensive guidance and accompaniment of foster families and foster children through tutorials, advanced training courses, and individual accompaniment.
Shahar
Shahar is a national organization, established in 2002 by Mr. Zaki Haruv, with the aim of providing welfare, care and rehabilitation services in the areas of family and society, with an emphasis on children with special needs.
Yeladim: Fair Chance for Children
In Israel today, as many as 10,000 children between the ages of 5 to 18 are growing up in 127 residential group homes and in foster families, around the country. Yeladim – Fair Chance for Children is a non-profit organization, supporting children and youth from all demographic sectors in Israel, who were placed in residential group homes and foster families. For the past 30 years, “Yeladim” has been operating social, therapeutic and educational programs for these children, in areas which are not provided for by the state.
Orr Shalom
Orr Shalom cares for over 1,400 children, making it the largest organization in Israel caring for children and youth-at-risk who have been removed from their homes because of abuse and/or neglect.
Shahar
Shahar is a national organization, established in 2002 by Mr. Zaki Haruv, with the aim of providing welfare, care and rehabilitation services in the areas of family and society.
Summit
The Summit Institute provides foster families with close counseling and guidance at all stages of the foster care process.
Yeladim: Fair Chance for Children
In Israel today, as many as 10,000 children between the ages of 5 to 18 are growing up in 127 residential group homes and in foster families, around the country. Yeladim – Fair Chance for Children is a non-profit organization, supporting children and youth from all demographic sectors in Israel, who were placed in residential group homes and foster families. For the past 30 years, “Yeladim” has been operating social, therapeutic and educational programs for these children, in areas which are not provided for by the state.
North Israel
EDNM
EDNM provides services to all children in need of assistance, from birth to age 18 (or 21 in special education), from all walks of life, sectors and religions, including children with special needs.
Matav
Matav deals with the intensive guidance and accompaniment of foster families and foster children through tutorials, advanced training courses, and individual accompaniment.
Shahar
Shahar is a national organization, established in 2002 by Mr. Zaki Haruv, with the aim of providing welfare, care and rehabilitation services in the areas of family and society, with an emphasis on children with special needs.
Yeladim: Fair Chance for Children
In Israel today, as many as 10,000 children between the ages of 5 to 18 are growing up in 127 residential group homes and in foster families, around the country. Yeladim – Fair Chance for Children is a non-profit organization, supporting children and youth from all demographic sectors in Israel, who were placed in residential group homes and foster families. For the past 30 years, “Yeladim” has been operating social, therapeutic and educational programs for these children, in areas which are not provided for by the state.
GENERAL RESOURCES
ADOPTUSKids
AdoptUSKids is a comprehensive website that offers a wealth of information for families looking to adopt. ADOPTUS offers the only federally funded national photolisting of children and youth in United States foster care, on a state by state basis, who are available for adoption. As part of their organization credo, they help families every step of the way, from starting the process to foster or adopt to waiting for a placement to accessing supportive services for families.
Alliance for Children's Rights
Our mission is to protect the rights of children in poverty and those overcoming abuse and neglect by delivering free legal services, supportive programs, and systemic solutions.
Arizona Helping Hands
We provide twin beds, cribs, clothing, diapers, high chairs, books and other items to help boys and girls in foster care. Boys and girls in foster care are frequently placed in care with NOTHING but the clothes on their backs. Foster families, especially kinship placements are often not adequately prepared to fill the needs of the kids who arrive at their doorstep. So many kids sleep on the floor of DCS offices, or on Grandma’s sofa until they learn of our services.
CHAMPS
CHAMPS is a national campaign to ensure bright futures for kids in foster care by promoting the highest quality parenting. CHAMPS builds on research that shows that loving, supportive families – whether birth, kin, foster or adoptive – are critical to the healthy development of all children. By improving supports to families and respecting parenting as the primary intervention for children in foster care, children can achieve better outcomes in health, development, education and permanency.
Child Welfare Information Gateway
Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute
CCAI is entrusted with the great privilege of bringing voices of experience and expertise–from foster youth in the United States to children living in orphanages around the world, from brain scientists to psychologists–to the active membership of the Congressional Coalition on Adoption (CCA) in the United States Congress.
Dave Thomas Foundation For Adoption
The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption is the only public nonprofit charity in the United States that is focused exclusively on foster care adoption.
National Adoption Foundation
Providing financial assistance to those needing financial support to initiate the adoption process.
National Council for Adoption
North American Council on Adoptable Children
National Adoption Foundation
Providing financial assistance to those needing financial support to initiate the adoption process.
RetireGuide.com
Providing insights and resources for grandparents raising grandkids.
Second Nurture
We want to help your family — and your community — repair the world by promoting a culture of adoption in Jewish and other communities in order to radically increase the number of vulnerable children getting permanent, loving homes.
The professional team deals with intensive guidance and accompaniment of foster families and foster children through tutorials, advanced training courses, and individual accompaniment .
AdoptUSKids is a comprehensive website that offers a wealth of information for families looking to adopt. ADOPTUS offers the only federally funded national photolisting of children and youth in United States foster care, on a state by state basis, who are available for adoption. As part of their organization credo, they help families every step of the way, from starting the process to foster or adopt to waiting for a placement to accessing supportive services for families.
Alliance for Children's Rights
Our mission is to protect the rights of children in poverty and those overcoming abuse and neglect by delivering free legal services, supportive programs, and systemic solutions.
Arizona Helping Hands
We provide twin beds, cribs, clothing, diapers, high chairs, books and other items to help boys and girls in foster care. Boys and girls in foster care are frequently placed in care with NOTHING but the clothes on their backs. Foster families, especially kinship placements are often not adequately prepared to fill the needs of the kids who arrive at their doorstep. So many kids sleep on the floor of DCS offices, or on Grandma’s sofa until they learn of our services.
CHAMPS
CHAMPS is a national campaign to ensure bright futures for kids in foster care by promoting the highest quality parenting. CHAMPS builds on research that shows that loving, supportive families – whether birth, kin, foster or adoptive – are critical to the healthy development of all children. By improving supports to families and respecting parenting as the primary intervention for children in foster care, children can achieve better outcomes in health, development, education and permanency.
Child Welfare Information Gateway
Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute
CCAI is entrusted with the great privilege of bringing voices of experience and expertise–from foster youth in the United States to children living in orphanages around the world, from brain scientists to psychologists–to the active membership of the Congressional Coalition on Adoption (CCA) in the United States Congress.
Dave Thomas Foundation For Adoption
The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption is the only public nonprofit charity in the United States that is focused exclusively on foster care adoption.
National Adoption Foundation
Providing financial assistance to those needing financial support to initiate the adoption process.
National Council for Adoption
North American Council on Adoptable Children
National Adoption Foundation
Providing financial assistance to those needing financial support to initiate the adoption process.
RetireGuide.com
Providing insights and resources for grandparents raising grandkids.
Second Nurture
We want to help your family — and your community — repair the world by promoting a culture of adoption in Jewish and other communities in order to radically increase the number of vulnerable children getting permanent, loving homes.
The professional team deals with intensive guidance and accompaniment of foster families and foster children through tutorials, advanced training courses, and individual accompaniment .