All children need a permanent home. Pathway helps prospective adoptive parents connect with children who need a permanent home.
- Foster to Adopt Program
Parents complete foster and adoption training with licensing and home study process. Child comes as a foster child and is adopted by
the foster parents. Case management and educational programs are offered to help prepare families for the lifelong journey of
adoption.
- Straight Adoption Program
Parents complete required training and home study process. Child or sibling group comes to the home as an adoptive placement when
matched with the family. Preparation for adoption is offered to the child and the family.
- Step Parent Adoption Assessment
Assessment prepared per court request for parent wishing to adopt step child.
- Adoption Preparation Work
We prepare children by helping them to:
- put the pieces of their past together
- integrate their past into their present
- belong to a permanent family
We prepare adoptive parents to:
- Develop awareness of uniqueness of adoption
- Evaluate and adjust their expectations
- Claim their child as part of their family
- Cement their commitment to the child
- Make plans of openness concerning how they will talk about adoption and the birth family
For information on Pathway's adoption program, call Andi Dahler, 330-818-0425.
