Foster Youth and Adoptions: Information and Services
Name: Adoptions Services BureauPhone: 916-651-8089
Website: www.childsworld.ca.gov
Description: A service for adoptees to find background information on their adoptions.
Name: California Youth Connection (CYC)
Website: calyouthconn.org
Description: CYC promotes the participation of foster youth in policy development and legislative change to improve the foster care system, and strives to improve social work practice and child welfare policy. CYC Chapters in counties throughout the state identify local issues and use grassroots and community organizing to create change.
Name: CA Adoption and Foster Care Referral
Phone: 800-543-7487
Website: www.childsworld.ca.gov
Description: New adoptions and foster care licensing.
Name: California Sate Office of Adoptions
Address: 749 F St. Arcata, CA 95521
Phone: 707-826-9180
Email: Jane.micks@dss.ca.gov
Description: Works with prospective adoptive parents and birth parents. Performs home studies. Make placements when court mandated.
Name: Dept. of Health and Human Services
Phone: 707-441-5013
Website: www.co.humboldt.ca.us
Description: Foster Care coordination.
Name: Environmental Alternatives
Address: 202 M St. Box 3414 Eureka, CA 95501
Phone: 707-443-7370
Website: www.ea.org
Description: Foster family agency.
Name: Foster Care Rights and Ombudsman
Phone: 1-877-846-1602
Website: www.fosteryouthhelp.ca.gov
Description:
Name: Horizons Adoption and Birth Parent Center
Address: 10 W. 7th Street. Suite F Eureka, CA 95501
Phone: 707-444-9909
Website: www.adoption-horizons.org
Description: Adoption facilitation and preparation classes, home studies, post placement, birthparent educational and vocational trust funds and counseling.
Name: Independent Adoption Center
Phone: 800-877-6736
Website: www.adoptionhelp.org
Description: Adoption agency facilitating fully open adoptions. Comprehensive educational and counseling-centered services to birthparents, adopting parents and adoptees nationwide.
