Last Updated: 2009-12-28

The adoption program strives to achieve and maintain adoptive placements for children in foster care whose parent's parental rights have been terminated. Children in the program may range in age from infant to 18 and the goal for the child must be adoption.

Adoption assistance is available to parents for services such as alternative education, therapy, day care, after school programs, and other services needed to maintain the child in the home. An adoption subsidy is provided to foster parents in the same amount as foster care maintenance payments until the child is 18 or, in some cases, age 21.

A home study will be completed for a foster parent who wishes to adopt a foster child into their home. In addition to foster care case management services, adoption social workers recruit adoptive families through advertising, adoption parties, and collaboration with other agencies. Staff also supervise adoption placements, make referrals, prepare court reports and attend hearings.

For information on adoption services, please call (804)646-7475.

Contact Information:

Social Services
City of Richmond
Marshall Plaza Building
900 E. Marshall St.
Richmond, VA
23219 USA
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Customer Care Center: 3-1-1

Locations:

East Richmond:
East District Center
701 North 25th St.
Richmond, VA 23223-6539
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Downtown:
Marshall Plaza Building
900 E. Marshall St.
Richmond, VA 23219-1538
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South Richmond:
Southside Community Service Center
4100 Hull Street Rd.
Richmond, VA 23224-1745
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