Is dedicated to preserving the birthright of children by ensuring a safe and nurturing environment enabling the child to grow and thrive. JFS has been operating as a licensed child placing agency since 1968 and offer services for birth families, adoptive families and babies. Adoption Resources serves all of Hampton Roads and the Peninsula regardless of race, creed or religion.

Adoption Resources of Jewish Family Service offers help to birth families facing unplanned pregnancies. Decisions made during this time are sometimes confusing and overwhelming. Our caring, professional staff can provide emotional support and guidance to help birth families reach those decisions that are in the best interest of the family and the child.

Pregnancy counseling services are strictly confidential, offered free of charge and include:

• Obtaining good medical care.
• Choosing living arrangements.
• Help dealing with financial matters.
• Exploring adoption options.
• Help preparing for parenthood.
• Help telling your family.
• Making decisions regarding keeping the child or putting it up for adoption.
• Selecting the adoptive family.
• Helping you live with the decisions you make.

Adoptive Families:

Adoption is a life-long process. The experienced professionals at Adoption Resources of Jewish Family Service are there to help prospective parents prepare for and understand the developmental process that adoption entails. We help families explore the following adoption options:

• Parental Placement Adoption - a child is identified mutually by both the adoptive parents and the birth parents.
• Domestic Adoption - A child (born in the United States) is identified by an adoption agency.
• International Adoption - A child ( born in a foreign country) is identified by an adoption agency.

Our comprehensive services also include:

• Adoption home studies.
• Counseling and guidance in preparation for raising an adopted child.
• Post-placement services.
• Counseling for adoptees of any age and their families
• Extensive resource library of books, magazines and videos on adoption and parenting the adopted child.

A baby placed for adoption needs a loving family who is prepared to meet the child’s needs.

Adoption Resources of Jewish Family Service safeguards the child’s future by:

• Placing the child with a carefully screened and selected family.
• Offering birth parents the opportunity to help choose the adoptive family.
• Arranging expert medical care for the birth mother and infant.
• Providing detailed information about the child’s medical and genetic history to the adoptive parents.

Because it is in the infant’s best interest, he or she is placed with the prospective family immediately. In cases where the birth family needs additional time to make a decision, placement arrangements are made for a foster family specially trained to provide excellent care for the child in a warm, nurturing environment.

For further information regarding services and adoption fees, visit the Adoption Resources of Jewish Family Service web site, call: (757) 459-4640, or contact Jewish Family Service.