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Offers adoption services for families. Services may also include adoptive families who already have a prospective match or may have already received a placement of a child on their own. Once the family has made a decision the agency may assist in networking, or they may independently search on their own to locate a prospective match.

Provides domestic, embryo and international adoption services.

Serves families interested in adopting a legally free child.

Allows birth parents and adoptive parents to design an adoption plan that is in the best interest of the child, and recognizes the importance of the adoptive parents and birth parents developing an on-going relationship. Services include:

-- Counseling young women who are pregnant.

-- Adoption orientations.

-- Adoption home studies for domestic and international adoptions, as well as for special needs adoptions.

-- Post-placement supervision.

-- Finalization services.

-- Ongoing support groups.

-- Adoption searches.

Serves families interested in adopting a legally free child.

Allows birth parents and adoptive parents to design an adoption plan that is in the best interest of the child, and recognizes the importance of the adoptive parents and birth parents developing an on-going relationship. Services include:

-- Counseling young women who are pregnant.

-- Adoption orientations.

-- Adoption home studies for domestic and international adoptions, as well as for special needs adoptions.

-- Post-placement supervision.

-- Finalization services.

-- Ongoing support groups.

-- Adoption searches.

Provide support to birth and adoptive parents, adopted persons, and families as they live, learn, and grow. Post-adoption therapists work with all members of birth and adoptive families at any life stage (regardless of where they were adopted), providing guidance to promote effective communication and improve interpersonal relationships.

Serves all Nebraska adoptive families - international, domestic infant, private, step-parent and foster adoptive families. Advocates for the special interests of adoptive families and connects families to one another. Six core services include Permanency Support Services, Respite Care Connections, Parent2Parent Network, Mental Health Connections, Training, and Support Groups and Family Activities.

Case management available for up to 180 days. Individualized family plan designed and implemented with the family's input.

Assists post adoptive and guardianship families in locating formal and informal respite providers and can provide financial assistance for respite services (limited). All families who receive financial respite assistance through the program will be asked to attend a training.

Mentoring in partnership with Nebraska Foster and Adoptive Parent Association (NFAPA) to assist in providing peer mentoring services to post adoptive and guardianship families.

Mental health services - locates and refers families to professional post adoption and guardianship providers.

Training opportunities that can support skill building on issues related to adoption.

Support groups and networks for families and youth where social networks can be created and peer support can be achieved.

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Children's Out of Home Respite Care
Case/Care Management
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Adoption Services
Respite Care Subsidies

Serves all Nebraska adoptive families - international, domestic infant, private, step-parent and foster adoptive families. Advocates for the special interests of adoptive families and connects families to one another. Six core services include Permanency Support Services, Respite Care Connections, Parent2Parent Network, Mental Health Connections, Training, and Support Groups and Family Activities.

Case management available for up to 180 days. Individualized family plan designed and implemented with the family's input.

Assists post adoptive and guardianship families in locating formal and informal respite providers and can provide financial assistance for respite services (limited). All families who receive financial respite assistance through the program will be asked to attend a training.

Mentoring in partnership with Nebraska Foster and Adoptive Parent Association (NFAPA) to assist in providing peer mentoring services to post adoptive and guardianship families.

Mental health services - locates and refers families to professional post adoption and guardianship providers.

Training opportunities that can support skill building on issues related to adoption.

Support groups and networks for families and youth where social networks can be created and peer support can be achieved.

Categories

Children's Out of Home Respite Care
Case/Care Management
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Adoption Services
Respite Care Subsidies

Provides foster care and foster parents support with an emphasis on children with disabilities (though there are also children without disabilities in the program). Services include:

Foster home licensure.

Children's placements.

Case management.

Social work services.

Foster home training.

Respite Care.

Adoptions.

Family Support.

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Children's In Home Respite Care
Foster Homes for Dependent Children
Adoption Services
Foster Parent/Family Recruitment
Therapeutic Foster Homes
Foster Home Placement
Northeast Iowa Behavioral Health is a community mental health agency offering individual counseling and tele-health counseling settings. This organization provides services for clients with: AIDS/HIV, alzheimer's disease/dementia, anxiety disorders, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder/ADD and ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, bipolar disorder, blindness, brain injuries, cancer, cerebral palsy, chronic/severe mental illness, chronic pain, co-occurring/mental health and substance use, deaf/hard of hearing, depression, developmental disabilities, diabetes, heart disease, learning disabilities, mood disorders, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, obsessive compulsive disorder/OCD, oppositional/defiant disorder, panic disorders, parkinson's disease, perinatal/postpartum depression, personality disorders, physical disabilities, post-traumatic stress disorder/PTSD, pregnancy/birth, reactive attachment disorder, schizophrenia, self-injury, and tourette's syndrome. Counseling topics include: abuse issues, adoption/foster care issues, aging issues, anger management issues, bereavement/grief issues, bullying issues, caregiver issues, cultural transition issues, death and dying issues, divorce issues, domestic violence issues, family planning issues, gambling addiction issues, gender identity issues, hoarding issues, human trafficking issues, internet addiction issues, juvenile delinquency, overspending issues, parenting issues, pre-marriage/marriage/divorce issues, relationship issues, reproductive issues, sexual/love addiction, sexual assault issues, sexual orientation issues, sexuality issues, spiritual/religious issues, suicide issues, terminal illness, and weight related issues. Therapy and supportive approaches service include: art therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, eye movement desensitization/reprocessing (EMDR), peer counseling, play therapy, and trauma focused cognitive behavioral therapy.

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Play Therapy
Community Mental Health Agencies
Human Trafficking Counseling
Parent Abuse Counseling
Health/Disability Related Counseling
Spouse/Intimate Partner Abuse Counseling
General Counseling Services
Sexuality Counseling
Premarital Counseling
Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Individual Counseling
Sexual Orientation Counseling
Bereavement and Grief Counseling
Parent Counseling
Suicide Counseling
Juvenile Delinquency Diversion Counseling
Caregiver Counseling
Marriage and Relationships Counseling
Terminal Illness Counseling
Sexual/Love Addiction Counseling
Hoarding Counseling Programs
Divorce Counseling
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Gambling Disorder Counseling
Preadoption Counseling and Support
Cultural Transition Counseling
Adolescent/Youth Counseling
Child Sexual Abuse Counseling
Sexual Assault Counseling
Peer Counseling
Adult Child Sexual Abuse Survivor Counseling
Telemental Health
Spiritual/Religious Issues Counseling
Gender Identity Counseling
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
Child Abuse Counseling
Geriatric Counseling
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Postadoption Counseling and Support
Overspender Counseling
Anger Management
Elder Abuse Counseling
Internet Addiction Counseling
Pre- and post-adoption counseling, education, support and resources to ensure lifelong success for both children and their families. Provides direct services through home studies and post placement reports for families adopting through Holt or another licensed agency including domestic home studies and embryo adoption home studies.

Offers help for families to adopt American children, both with and without unique challenges. The children assisted are not only from Illinois, but they can also reside anywhere in the United States. OCH works with other agencies to assist with the matching process and to assess the needs of the child to determine whether the child and family make an appropriate match.

Assists adoptees on their search for their birth family. Adoptee search group provides support, advice, and help using traditional search and genetic genealogy to locate birth family.

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Adoption Services

Provides a list of referrals for adoption agencies in the area.

Provides domestic, embryo and international adoption services.

Offers domestic, international, and interstate adoption programs for families wishing to adopt a child. A social worker will assess the family prior to adoption. Adoption competent therapy available for adopted children & teens, adult adoptee's, adoptive parents, birth parents, and families.

Program allows any adult member who is adopted to gain knowledge about the other parties such as non-identifying medical information or contact information. In cases where members of an adoption group mutually agree to be reunited, Catholic Charities' staff provides counseling to assist the individuals to be emotionally prepared themselves.

Provides a licensed child placing agency, finding adoptive homes for both infants and special needs children.

Northeast Iowa Behavioral Health is a community mental health agency offering individual counseling and tele-health counseling settings. This organization provides services for clients with: AIDS/HIV, alzheimer's disease/dementia, anxiety disorders, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder/ADD and ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, bipolar disorder, blindness, brain injuries, cancer, cerebral palsy, chronic/severe mental illness, chronic pain, co-occurring/mental health and substance use, deaf/hard of hearing, depression, developmental disabilities, diabetes, heart disease, learning disabilities, mood disorders, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, obsessive compulsive disorder/OCD, oppositional/defiant disorder, panic disorders, parkinson's disease, perinatal/postpartum depression, personality disorders, physical disabilities, post-traumatic stress disorder/PTSD, pregnancy/birth, reactive attachment disorder, schizophrenia, self-injury, and tourette's syndrome. Counseling topics include: abuse issues, adoption/foster care issues, aging issues, anger management issues, bereavement/grief issues, bullying issues, caregiver issues, cultural transition issues, death and dying issues, divorce issues, domestic violence issues, family planning issues, gambling addiction issues, gender identity issues, hoarding issues, human trafficking issues, internet addiction issues, juvenile delinquency, overspending issues, parenting issues, pre-marriage/marriage/divorce issues, relationship issues, reproductive issues, sexual/love addiction, sexual assault issues, sexual orientation issues, sexuality issues, spiritual/religious issues, suicide issues, terminal illness, and weight related issues. Therapy and supportive approaches service include: art therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, eye movement desensitization/reprocessing (EMDR), peer counseling, play therapy, and trauma focused cognitive behavioral therapy.

Categories

Play Therapy
Community Mental Health Agencies
Human Trafficking Counseling
Parent Abuse Counseling
Health/Disability Related Counseling
Spouse/Intimate Partner Abuse Counseling
General Counseling Services
Sexuality Counseling
Premarital Counseling
Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Individual Counseling
Sexual Orientation Counseling
Bereavement and Grief Counseling
Parent Counseling
Suicide Counseling
Juvenile Delinquency Diversion Counseling
Caregiver Counseling
Marriage and Relationships Counseling
Terminal Illness Counseling
Sexual/Love Addiction Counseling
Hoarding Counseling Programs
Divorce Counseling
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Gambling Disorder Counseling
Preadoption Counseling and Support
Cultural Transition Counseling
Adolescent/Youth Counseling
Child Sexual Abuse Counseling
Sexual Assault Counseling
Peer Counseling
Adult Child Sexual Abuse Survivor Counseling
Telemental Health
Spiritual/Religious Issues Counseling
Gender Identity Counseling
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
Child Abuse Counseling
Geriatric Counseling
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Postadoption Counseling and Support
Overspender Counseling
Anger Management
Elder Abuse Counseling
Internet Addiction Counseling
Provides domestic, embryo and international adoption services.
Families First Counseling Services is a community mental health agency offering telemental health or office-based counseling, and behavioral and mental health services. Conjoint, family, and individual counseling settings are offered. Counseling topics include: abuse, adoption/foster care, aging, anger management, bereavement/grief, bullying, caregiver, death and dying, divorce, domestic violence, parenting, relationship, sexual orientation, and suicide issues. Additionally, counseling is offered for people dealing with mental health conditions such as anxiety disorders, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder / ADD and ADHD, bipolar disorder, chronic/severe mental illness, depression, mood disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder, oppositional/defiant disorder, panic disorders, perinatal/postpartum depression, personality disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, psychiatric disorders, Reactive Attachment Disorder, schizophrenia, and self-injury. Supportive therapy includes play therapy.

Categories

Child Abuse Counseling
Spouse/Intimate Partner Abuse Counseling
Caregiver Counseling
Anger Management
Group Counseling
Suicide Counseling
Individual Counseling
Sexual Orientation Counseling
Divorce Counseling
Community Mental Health Agencies
General Counseling Services
Preadoption Counseling and Support
Bereavement and Grief Counseling
Conjoint Counseling
Parent Counseling
Family Counseling
Postadoption Counseling and Support
Provides domestic, embryo and international adoption services.

- Adoption: Offers relative and non-relative, second parent, stepparent, adult, and DCFS foster parent adoption services.

- Post Adoption: Families are connected with resources meant to aid in adoption preservation.

- Legal Custody: Helps to provide legal custody to caregivers, whether for a child or disabled adult.

- Guardianship: Helps to provide legal guardianship, which allows the caregiver to make decisions for the child in their care.

Categories

Adoption Services
Adoption Legal Services
Guardianship Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance

Offers adoption services for families. Services may also include adoptive families who already have a prospective match or may have already received a placement of a child on their own. Once the family has made a decision the agency may assist in networking, or they may independently search on their own to locate a prospective match.

Provides services for birth parents, adoptive parents, and adopted children.

Adoption Center's Programs:

-- Infant Adoption - The family will complete an adoption home study, become licensed as a foster parent and attend an adoption training. Adoptive families typically have an infant placement within 12-18 months. The Center requires potential adoptive parents to be at least 21-years-old. Families can come in all shapes and sizes and supports all potential parents in their dream of becoming a family.

-- International Adoption - The Center completes adoption home study services, foster home licensing services, and post placement visits for families pursuing international adoption.

The Center keeps extensive adoption records on file for children and families who completed adoptions through the agency. The adoption specialist is happy to assist an individual in locating information from his or her adoption file. There is a small fee for birth searches and fees are based on the time it takes to locate information.

Provides domestic, embryo and international adoption services.