Getting Started

"Your program never ceases to amaze me! Families Like Ours has been more helpful and more supportive than any other agency or individual that I had worked with during our entire process." DeAnn Mattson, adoptive parent

Are you thinking about adoption or foster care? Are you unclear if this is right for you? Do you have questions or need to verify answers you have gotten and are not sure what the real answer is? Families Like Ours is your independent advocate regardless of which placement agency, or state program you're working through. We're here to help. We are families-helping-families. We provide a full range of pre and post adoptive and foster care family planning counseling* to help guide you through the process, answer your questions, and provide you with resources and support. There are several options available to you:

• Attend one of our Adoption 101 workshops (currently only available in WA State)
• Attend a Families Like Ours information open house, or fair
• Sign up for our Parenting Tool Box program
• Sign up for one of our P.R.I.D.E & Orientation training's
• Contact us to set up a phone, email or in person meeting

Some of what we can help with includes:

• Pros and Cons of each type of adoption
• A description of the process of the home-study
• A complete list of approved Families Like Ours WA adoption resources
• An understanding of all the players and their roles
• A step-by-step plan to help you with your adoption goals
• Lots of Q&A time
• Referrals to therapists, doctors, lawyers, youth programs, and GLBT&Q^? youth and family resources
• Family and youth advocacy

“I just wanted to tell you that I received my foster license and my new son will be placed with me (for adoption-foster) in a few days! Thank you for all your help! Ben, adoptive family

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