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 Adoption: Operate a domestic infant adoption program
Home Studies: Complete home studies and provide post-placement supervision for families in Virginia for domestic adoption, international adoption and private adoption placements
Counsel: Offer adoption counseling and support services
Inform: Provide non-identifying medical and social background information about birth parents
Mediate: Facilitate communication with birth parents through phone calls, letters, pictures and face-to-face visits.
Educate: Host a semi-annual adoption training weekend for applicants to the FLS infant adoption program.
Mentor: Match prospective adoptive families with "resource families" who have completed the adoption process with FLS to provide support, encouragement throughout the adoption process.
Information for prospective adoptive families about adoption standards, steps leading to an adoption placement, and adoption fees is available in the dowloadable Adoption Manual.
Please Note-Manual Update: All infant adoption fees are now $18,500 (plus any medical expenses over $5,000 and any legal/foster care fees over $2,500).
 Adoption manual for prospective adoptive parents 06/04/2007,00:05 547.15 Kb
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