Alabama post-adoption support
Below are post-adoption support services available to families who live in Alabama. Services may not be available in all areas and/or may be dependent upon the circumstances of the placement. Please check with your post-adoption services provider about the availability of specific post-adoption or guardianship support services for your family. You can also visit Child Welfare Information Gateway for information on Adoption and Guardianship Assistance, as well as additional information on post-adoption support.
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Post-adoption/guardianship support services
In Alabama, adoptive families have access to the following services through a post-adoption support program:
- Child and youth assessments
- Information (websites, fact sheets, articles, etc.)
- Referral to services
- Training/other development
- Birth family mediation and/or adoption search
- Peer support for parents
- Peer support for children/teens
- Mentoring for parents
- Mentoring for children/teens
- Case management
- Educational support
- Camps, retreats, events
- Community-based therapeutic services
- Crisis intervention
The following services may be available as part of an adoption/guardianship subsidy agreement based on the needs of the individual child:
- Financial/material support
- Respite care
- In-home therapeutic services
- Residential therapeutic services
Who is eligible for these services?
- Families who have adopted from the state’s foster care system
- Families who have adopted from another state’s foster care system
- Families who have adopted internationally or privately
- Families who have guardianship of a child from foster care
Who provides these services?
The Alabama Department of Human Resources contracts with Children’s Aid Society of Alabama to offer Alabama Pre/Post Adoption Connections, providing both pre- and post-permanency support services across the state. Services are provided statewide through four locations in Birmingham, Huntsville, Montgomery, and Mobile.
Parent support groups
Below are support groups for adoptive, kinship, and foster families. Support groups may be offered as part of a state’s post-adoption/guardianship support program, through a statewide or regional foster or adoptive parent association, through specific agencies, or may be run independently. If we have additional information about the group’s purpose or the community served, it’s provided under the group’s contact information.
To add a group or make a suggestion, email the AdoptUSKids family support team.
Statewide association
Alabama Foster Adoptive Parent Association (AFAPA)
buddy@afapa.org
888-545-2372
Parent groups
Family Adoption Services, Inc.
richardwyattatty@aol.com
Location: Birmingham
Lifeline Children's Services, Inc.
Newell@lifelinechild.org
Location: Birmingham