The goal of the New Hampshire Division’s Post-Adoption Services Program is to sustain permanent family connections for children. Services for adoptive families include: specialized counseling, support groups, case management, education, and advocacy. Casey also provides clinical consultation and training to mental health providers on attachment, trauma, grief and loss, and other issues pertinent to adoption.

Casey works with other agencies in New Hampshire to increase the sensitivity, knowledge base, and clinical practice regarding adoption practice. Partnerships with social service providers have helped to foster Casey’s collaborative role in developing new protocols for the court system to help children and families reach permanence and sustain lifelong family connections. Finally, Casey’s focus on training community service providers educates parents and professionals throughout the state on sustaining healthy connections between adoptive parents and adopted children.

Casey Family Services collaborates with Child & Family Services and the state Division of Children, Youth and Families in the Collaborative Post-Adoption Services Project of New Hampshire. As part of this project, foster and adoptive couples participate in relationship enhancement seminars on one-day and weekend retreats. Children are involved in seasonal activities facilitated by child-centered staff.