Michigan post-adoption support

Below are post-adoption support services available to families who live in Michigan. 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.

Post-adoption support services

In Michigan, adoptive and guardianship families have access to the following services through a post-adoption support program:

Child/youth assessment of needs and strengths
Information (websites, fact sheets, articles, etc.)
Navigation, advocacy, 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
Education support/advocacy
Respite
Camps, retreats, events
Financial/material support
Community-based therapeutic services
In-home therapeutic services
Residential therapeutic services
Crisis intervention

Who is eligible for these services?

Families who have adopted from the state’s foster care system
Families who have adopted internationally or privately
Families who have guardianship of a child from the state’s foster care system

Families who have adopted from other states’ foster care systems may be eligible for services on a case-by-case basis. Some services may only be available if families are eligible for Michigan’s Medical Subsidy Program.

Who provides these services?

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services contracts with private agencies to provide services to adoptive and guardianship families through eight regional Post Adoption Resource Centers. Some services are also provided by state staff.

For information about which provider serves your region, please visit Michigan’s Post Adoption Resource Center website.

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.

Adoptaid of Greater Hopes
Location: Grand Rapids

Adoption Resource Group
906-482-5954
Location: Houghton

Adoptive Family Support Meetings and Adopted Youth Club
tracy_kapusansky@judsoncenter.org
Location: Ann Arbor

Adoptive Family Support Network
AFSN@dabsj.org
855-MICH-P2P
Location: Grand Rapids

Bethany Christian Services
info@bethany.org
Location: Grand Rapids

Bethany Christian Services
bcstraversecity@bethany.org
Location: Traverse City

Bethany Christian Services of Southwest Michigan
bcskalamazoo@bethany.org
Location: Kalamazoo

Building Community Partnerships Support Groups
brandy_porterfield@judsoncenter.org
313-409-7907
Group type: Foster care
Location: Redford

Caring Network
Location: Kalamazoo

Catholic Charities of Shiawassee and Genessee Counties
givehope@ccsgc.org
Location: Flint

Catholic Charities West Michigan
Location: Grand Rapids