Texas post-adoption support

Below are post-adoption support services available to families who live in Texas. 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 Texas, adoptive 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
Peer support for parents
Peer support for children/teens
Case management
Education support/advocacy
Respite care
Camps, retreats, events
Community-based therapeutic services
In-home therapeutic services
Residential therapeutic services
Crisis intervention

Birth family mediation and adoption search may also be available if agreed upon by the provider and adoptive family.

Who is eligible for these services?

Families who have adopted from the state’s foster care system.
Families who took guardianship from the state’s foster care system are currently eligible for services in regions 6 and 11. Services available to guardianship families may vary slightly from the services available to adoptive families.

Information and referral services are typically available to all adoptive families, including those who have adopted from other states.

Who provides these services?

The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services contracts with private agencies to provide services to adoptive families throughout the state’s 11 regions. For information about which provider serves your region and contact information for your region’s post-adoption liaison, please visit the state’s Adoption Support Program 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.