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Offers expert-led, trauma-informed online courses for adoptive and foster parents. With practical tools and compassionate guidance, the platform empowers families to better understand and support the children in their care.
The leading online resource for adoption, providing hopeful adoptive parents, birth parents, and adoptees with trusted information, community support, and tools to navigate the adoption journey. From domestic and international adoption to foster care and reunion, Adoption.com connects families and empowers lives.
A Christian provider of child welfare and educational services connecting church and government to serve vulnerable children and families.
Creating strong families by equipping the most vulnerable children and parents through Christ-centered connection and support.- Community closet and pantry.
Provides a wide range of Post Adoption services to support families after adoption. These include therapeutic services such as counseling, equine and animal-assisted therapy, psychological and neuropsychological evaluations, genetic testing, and various developmental therapies. Families also have access to psychiatric care, medication management, educational support, parent coaching, and therapeutic camps. Assistance is available for travel to treatment facilities, respite care, and covering medication costs when needed.
Advocates for foster and former fostered youth on college campuses
Embrace provides life changing programs to vulnerable children and their caregivers. The generosity of our community, partner churches, and volunteers who give their time and talent to improve the lives of children in foster and adoptive families allow us to provide these services at no cost to clients or tax payers.
EMPOWER is a child welfare collaborative focused on meeting the unique needs of Texas children and families. The collaborative is led by Texas Family Initiative and is supported by local providers in North Texas, including CK Family Services, Jonathan’s Place, The Bair Foundation and Pathways Youth and Family Services
Offers compassionate, trauma-informed support tailored to the adoption & foster-care community. With licensed therapists based at their Fort Worth, Houston, and Dallas offices—as well as virtually across Texas—they provide individual, couples, family, and child counseling. Their approach includes evidence-based therapies like CBT, TF‑CBT, EMDR, TBRI®, play therapy, and sandtray. In-network with major insurers (including Medicaid), their mission is to walk alongside individuals and families as they process adoption-related issues, complex trauma, life transitions, relationship dynamics, anxiety, depression, grief, and more—helping clients heal and build stronger, more connected relationships
Works with local churches to stabilize vulnerable families at risk of disruption, recruiting great foster families for seasons of transition, and recruiting adoptive families to open their hearts and homes when needed.
Joyful Ranch Counseling offers compassionate, comprehensive Post Adoption support to help families thrive after adoption. Services include therapeutic counseling, skill-building, and personalized guidance tailored to each family’s unique needs. With a focus on connection, healing, and growth, Joyful Ranch Counseling walks alongside families at every stage of their adoption journey.
Trusted voices in the field of parenting and child development committed to empowering parents and strengthening families. They offer practical strategies and emotional support that empower caregivers to address trauma, behavior challenges, and attachment issues.
OCOK provides case management and family services that enable children to safely achieve permanency in their own home, with relatives, or through adoption.
Parents of foster and adopted children feel alone and unsupported as they face unique challenges. Respite Ranch provides no cost retreats so they can receive the encouragement and resources they need. Then they feel rested and equipped so they can support their children well. Retreats are held in North Texas welcoming Adoptive and Foster parents from any location.
The Post Adoption program delivers comprehensive support at every stage of the adoption journey, pairing families with expert guidance, practical resources, and tailored tools that foster lasting stability. Skill‑building sessions and engaging family activities help parents and children grow together, ensuring each adoptive placement thrives over time.