Virginia post-adoption support

Below are post-adoption support services available to families who live in Virginia. 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 Virginia, adoptive families have access to the following services through a post-adoption support program:

Information (websites, fact sheets, articles, etc.)
Birth family mediation
Referral to services
Training/other development
Peer support for parents
Peer support for children/teens
Mentoring for parents
Mentoring for children/teens
Camps, retreats, or other events
Educational support
Community-based therapeutic services

The following services may be available as part of an adoption/guardianship subsidy agreement based on the needs of the individual child:

Child and youth assessments
Case management
Financial/material support
Respite care
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 from another state’s foster care system
Families who have adopted internationally or privately

Who provides these services?

Post-adoption services in Virginia are provided through contracts with multiple private agencies, each offering different services.

Provider	Service provider	Service area
Center for Adoption Support and Education	Case management, therapeutic services, service navigation, training	Northern and Central regions
Depaul Community Resources	Case management, advocacy, support and counseling for children and parents, support groups for parents and youth, activities for children and teens, respite	Piedmont region
Frontier Health	Crisis response and intervention, support groups for parents, respite, therapeutic services, training	Western region
Catholic Charities of Eastern Virginia	Case management, training, support and therapeutic services using the principles of Trust Based Relational Intervention	Eastern region
United Methodist Family Services	Information and referral services, training and educational for parents and professionals, a help line with referral to adoption-competent mental health professionals, post-adoption search services	Central, Eastern, and Piedmont regions
Children’s Home Society of Virginia	Respite, support groups for parents, training	Northern and Central regions
Connecting Hearts in Virginia	Training	Central region

Parents can find updated information about available support services and contact information for providers at the state’s adoption information 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.