Foster and Adoption Resources

Thank you for your interest in helping the children, youth, and families who experience foster care in the United States.

 


Do you live in a state or community served by Casey Family Services? If so, contact us to learn more about foster parenting. We work with children and youth in the following states:

If you live outside of these states, Casey Family Services has compiled a list of foster care and adoption agencies to help you find an organization in your area. Please select your state below to find contact information for an organization that will connect you to the appropriate resources for fostering and adopting.

Alabama

Alabama Department of Human Resources
Phone: 866.4AL.KIDS or 866.425.5437
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) (adoption)
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) (foster care)

Alaska

Alaska Department of Health and Social Services
Offices of Children’s Services
130 Seward Street, Room 406
P.O. Box 110630
Juneau, AK 99811-0630
Phone: 907.465.3170
Fax: 907.465.3170 or 907.465.3190
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Arizona

Arizona Department of Economic Security
Division of Children, Youth and Families
Children Need Homes
P.O. Box 6123 Site Code 940A
Phoenix, AZ 85007
Phone: 877.543.7633

Casey Family Programs
Phoenix Field Office
378 East Palm Lane
Phoenix, AZ 85004-1531
Phone: 877.840.9135 or 602.252.9449
Fax: 602.252.9665

Arkansas

Arkansas Department of Health and Human Services
Division of Children and Family Services
Phone: 501.682.8462 or 888.736.2820 (adoption)
Phone: 501.682.8345 (foster care)

California

California Department of Social Services
Child & Youth Permanency Branch
744 P Street, M/S 14-78
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: 800.543.7487 or 800.KIDS.4.US

Casey Family Programs
Bay Area Field Office
491 9th Street
Oakland, CA 94607-4047
Phone: 888.645.0616 or 510.444.4025
Fax: 510.444.4095

Casey Family Programs
Los Angeles Field Office
1110 East Green Street, 2nd Floor
Pasadena, CA 91106
Phone: 866.227.3955 or 626.304.2605
Fax: 626.304.0095

Casey Family Programs
San Diego Field Office
3878 Old Town Avenue, Suite 100
San Diego, CA 92110-3023
Phone: 888.281.5389 or 619.543.0774
Fax: 619.543.0743

Colorado

Colorado Department of Human Services
1575 Sherman Street
Denver, CO 80203  
Phone: 303.866.3209 (adoption)
Phone: 303.866.3546 (foster care)
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) (adoption)
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) (foster care)

Delaware

Delaware Services for Children, Youth, and Their Families
1825 Faulkland Rd
Wilmington, DE 19805-1195
Phone: 302.739.4800 (Kent County)
Phone: 302.451.2800 (New Castle County)
Phone: 302.422.1400 (Sussex County)
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Florida

Florida Department of Children and Families
Phone: 800.96.ADOPT or 800.962.3678

Georgia

Georgia Division of Family and Children Services
Two Peachtree Street, NW
Suite 18-486
Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone: 877.210.KIDS (5437) or 404.651.9361

Adoptive and Foster Parent Association of Georgia

Hawaii

Hawaii Department of Human Services
Child Welfare Services Division
1390 Miller Street, Room 209
Honolulu, HI 96813
Phone: 808.441.0999 (adoption)
Phone: 800.995.7949 (foster care)

Idaho

Idaho Department of Health and Welfare
450 W. State Street
Boise, ID 83720
Phone: 208.334.5500
Phone: 208.769.1515 (adoption)
Phone: 208.667.1898 (foster care)
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Casey Family Programs
Boise Field Office
6441 Emerald Street
Boise, ID 83704-8735
Phone: 888.581.3275 or 208.377.1771
Fax: 208.377.5308

Illinois

Illinois Department of Children and Family Services
100 West Randolph Street 6-200
Chicago, IL 60601
Phone: 312.814.6800 or 800.572.2390
TTD: 312.814.8783

Indiana

Indiana Family and Social Services Administration
Indiana Department of Child Services
Phone: 888.631.9510 or 317.234.4410

Indiana Foster Care and Adoption Association
Phone: 800.468.4228 or 317.524.2600
Fax: 317.524.2609

Iowa

KidSake Foster/Adopt Iowa
6864 NE 14th Street, Suite 5
Ankeny, IA 50023
Phone: 800.243.0756 or 515.289.4567
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Kansas

Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Foster Care Unit
Curtis State Office Building
1000 SW Jackson
Topeka, KS 66612
Phone: 785.296.1500
Fax: 785.368.6368
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Kentucky

Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services
275 East Main Street
Frankfort, KY 40621
Phone: 502.564.2147 (adoption)
Phone: 800.232.5437 (foster care)

Louisiana

Louisiana Department of Social Services
627 N. Fourth Street
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Phone: 225.342.0286
Fax: 225.342.8636

Maryland

Maryland Department of Human Resources
Phone: 800.332.6347

Michigan

Child and Family Services Administration
Michigan Family Independence Agency
235 South Grand Avenue, 5th Floor
P.O. Box 30037
Lansing, MI 48909
Phone: 517.335.6158
Fax: 517.335.6177

Minnesota

Minnesota Department of Human Services
444 Lafayette Road North
St. Paul, MN 55155
Phone: 651.523.0963 or 866.665.4378

Minnesota Foster Care Association
P.O. Box 48716
Minneapolis, MN 55448-0717

Mississippi

Mississippi Department of Human Services
Division of Family and Children Services
Phone: 800.821.9157 or 601.359.4989 (adoption)
Phone: 800.345.6347 (foster care)

Missouri

Missouri Department of Social Services
615 Howerton Court
P.O. Box 88
Jefferson City, MO 65103-0088
Phone: 573.522.8024

Montana

Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services
P.O. Box 8005
1400 Broadway, C118
Cogswell Building
Helena, MT 59604-8005
Phone: 406.444.5921
Fax: 406.444.2547

Nebraska

Nebraska Health and Human Services System
301 Centennial Mall South
Lincoln, NE 68509
Phone: 800.772.7368 or 402.471.2306

Nevada

Nevada Division of Child and Family Services
4126 Technology Way, 3rd floor
Carson City, NV 89706
Phone: 775.684.4400
Fax: 775.684.4455

New Jersey

New Jersey Department of Children and Families
New Jersey Foster Care
222 South Warren Street
P.O. Box 729, 3rd Floor
Trenton, NJ 08625-0789
Phone: 1.877.NJ.FOSTER (653.6837)

New Mexico

New Mexico Children, Youth, and Families Department
P.O. Drawer 5160
Santa Fe, NM 87502-5160
Phone: 800.432.2075

New York

New York State Office of Children and Families
52 Washington Street
Rensselaer, New York 12144-2796
Phone: 800.345.KIDS (5437)

New York City Administration of Children Services
150 William Street, 18th Floor
New York, NY 10038
Phone: 212.676.WISH (9474) or 877.543.7692
Phone: 212.341.0900 (Outside New York City)

North Carolina

North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
North Carolina Division of Social Services
2401 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-2401
Phone: 877.625.4371
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

North Dakota

North Dakota Children and Family Services
North Dakota Foster Care Program
Department of Human Services
600 East Boulevard
Bismarck ND 58505
Phone: 800.245.3736

Ohio

The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services
30 E. Broad St., 32nd Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
Phone: 877.852.0010 or 614.466.2100

Oklahoma

Oklahoma Department of Human Services
Child and Families Services Division
2400 N. Lincoln Blvd. #98
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
Phone: 866.612.2565
Fax: 405.522.2488
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Oregon

Oregon Department of Human Services
500 Summer St. NE E62
Salem, OR 97301-1067
Phone: 503.945.5651 or 800.331.0503
Fax: 503.373.7032
TTY: 503.945.5896
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare
Health & Welfare Building Room 131
PO Box 2675
Harrisburg, PA 17105-2675

Pennsylvania State Foster Parent Association
471 JPL-Wick Drive
Harrisburg, PA 17111
Phone: 800.951.5151 or 717.671.0102
Fax: 717.671.1326

Pennsylvania Adoption Exchange
Phone: 800.585.7926

South Carolina

South Carolina Department of Social Services
P.O. Box 1520
Columbia, SC 29202-1520
Phone: 864.898.5810 or 888.227.3487

South Dakota

South Dakota Department of Social Services
700 Governors Drive
Pierre, SD 57501
Phone: 888.951.5151 or 605.773.3165
Fax: 605.773.4855

Tennessee

Tennessee Department of Children Services
Cordell Hull Building, 7th Floor
436 6th Avenue North
Nashville, TN 37243-1290
Phone: 615.741.9701
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Texas

Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
701 W. 51st Street
Austin, Texas 78751
Phone: 800.233.3405

Texas Family Foster Association
P.O. Box 720695
McAllen, TX 78504
8011 A Cameron Road, Suite 100
Austin, TX 78754.3809
Phone: 512.947.3367

Casey Family Programs
Austin Field Office
5201 East Riverside Drive
Austin, TX 78741
Phone: 800.498.1345 or 512.892.5890
Fax: 512.892.7478

Casey Family Programs
San Antonio Field Office
2840 Babcock
San Antonio, TX 78229-4814
Phone: 800.498.1297 or 210.616.1297
Fax: 210.692.9029

Utah

Children and Family Services
Utah Department of Human Services
120 North 200 West, #225
Salt Lake City, Utah 84103
Phone: 801.538.4100
Fax: 801.538.3993

Utah Foster Care Foundation
Phone: 877.505.KIDS (5437) or 801.994.5205
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Virginia

Virginia Department of Social Services
7 N. Eighth Street
Richmond, Virginia, 23219
Phone: 888.837.7232)
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Washington

Casey Family Programs
Seattle Field Office
1123-23rd Avenue
Seattle, WA 98122-4821
Phone: 800.496.2230/206.322.6711
Fax: 206.322.7255

Casey Family Programs
Yakima Field Office
404 North Third Street
Yakima, WA 98901-2343
Phone: 888.532.1590/509.457.8197
Fax: 509.457.6499

Washington State Department of Social and Health Services
P.O. Box 45130
Olympia, WA 98504.5130
Phone: 888.543.7414 or 800.737.0617

Washington D.C.

District Child and Family Services Agency
400 6th Street, SW
Washington, DC 20024
Phone: 202.442.6000 (adoption)
Phone: 202.671.5683 (foster care)

West Virginia

West Virginia Department of Health and Human Services
Bureau of Children and Families
Office of Children and Family Policy
350 Capitol Street, Room 730
Charleston, WV 25301
Phone: 304.558.4069
Fax: 304.558.4623

Wisconsin

Wisconsin Department of Children and Families
Department of Children and Families
201 East Washington Avenue, 2nd Flr.
P.O. Box 8916
Madison, WI 53708-8916
Phone: 800.947.8074 or 608.267.3905
Fax: 608.266.6836
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Wyoming

State of Wyoming Department of Family Services
2300 Capitol Avenue, Hathaway Building, 3rd Floor
Cheyenne, WY 82002-0490
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)