Michigan Adoption and Foster Care Agencies by County indicates agencies located in this county A full listing of agencies that focus on Infant and International adoptions, along with Department of Human Services offices by county, can be found online at www.mare.org/miagencies/mi Agencies.html Note: If there are no agencies located in the county you live in, look at surrounding counties. Many agencies will happily work with families upwards of 100 miles away from their main office just call to ask what their service area is. Legend: = Special Needs (Also known as Older Child, Waiting Child, MARE Adoptions, Foster Care Adoption)
ALCONA COUNTY ALGER COUNTY ALLEGAN COUNTY ALPENA COUNTY Child & Family Services of Northeast Michigan Alpena, 989 356 4048 www.cfsnemi.org ANTRIM COUNTY ARENAC COUNTY BARAGA COUNTY (Provides services primarily to Native Amer. Families) Baraga, 906 353 4201 BARRY COUNTY BAY COUNTY Catholic Family Services of the Diocese of Saginaw Bay City, 989 892 2504 www.cfssite.org Bay City, 989 686 3170 Currently only studying families who wish to adopt children 8 years and older, expect to be waitlisted BENZIE COUNTY BERRIEN COUNTY BRANCH COUNTY CALHOUN COUNTY Family & Children s Services Battle Creek, 269 965 3247 Orientations held 3 rd Thursday of the month at Kalamazoo office, orientation video on website www.fcsource.org Youth Guidance Foster Care & Adoption Center Battle Creek, 269 969 9438 CASS COUNTY CHARLEVOIX COUNTY Heaven Sent Adoptions Charlevoix, 231 237 9880 www.heavensentadopt.com CHEBOYGAN COUNTY CHIPPEWA COUNTY Sault Tribe Binogii Placement Agency (Also known as Anishnabek Community Family Services) Sault Ste. Marie, 800 726 0093 www.saulttribe.com/membership services/acfs CLARE COUNTY Clare, 989 386 2101 Currently only studying families who wish to adopt children 8 years and older, expect to be waitlisted CLINTON COUNTY CRAWFORD COUNTY DELTA COUNTY Catholic Social Services of the UP Escanaba, 906 786 7212 No upfront fee but transfer/close fee of $1,500 www.cssup.org DICKINSON COUNTY Catholic Social Services of the UP Iron Mountain, 906 774 3323 Orientations held as needed in Escanaba and Marquette offices No upfront fee but transfer/close fee of $1,500 www.cssup.org EATON COUNTY EMMET COUNTY Child & Family Services of Northwest Michigan Harbor Springs, 231 347 4463 www.cfsnwmi.org Legend: = Special Needs (Also known as Older Child, Waiting Child, MARE Adoptions, Foster Care Adoption)
GENESEE COUNTY Alternatives for Children & Families Burton, 810 250 3800 www.acfinc.org Catholic Charities of Shiawassee & Genesee Flint, 810 232 3418 Orientations held 2 nd Tuesday of every month Upfront fee of $1,200 for private/infant adoption if family pays fee and switches to adoption, fee is reimbursed. Currently have a short wait list to be studied www.ccsgc.org Flint, 810 233 4031 Orientations held 1 st and 3 rd Wed. of every month Flint, 810 234 9324 Wolverine Human Services Flint, 888 625 8669 www.wolverinehs.org GLADWIN COUNTY GOGEBIC COUNTY GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY Traverse City, 231 995 0870 Orientations held 3 rd Thursday of every month www.bethany.org/traversecity Child & Family Services of Northwest Michigan Traverse City, 231 946 8975 www.cfsnwmi.org HOUGHTON COUNTY Good Will Farm, Inc. Hancock, 906 487 9832 www.upkids.com HURON COUNTY INGHAM COUNTY East Lansing, 517 336 0191 Orientations held 3 rd Monday of every month, check website to be certain www.bethany.org/eastlansing Child & Family Charities Lansing, 517 882 4000 May be wait listed childandfamily.org Lansing, 517 886 1380 Currently only studying families who wish to adopt children 8 years and older, expect to be waitlisted Lansing, 517 393 3256 St. Vincent Catholic Charities Lansing, 517 323 4734 Orientations held 3 rd Tuesday of every month, 6 to 7:30pm Have several Spanish speaking staff members www.stvcc.org IONIA COUNTY IOSCO COUNTY IRON COUNTY ISABELLA COUNTY GRATIOT COUNTY HILLSDALE COUNTY Legend: = Special Needs (Also known as Older Child, Waiting Child, MARE Adoptions, Foster Care Adoption)
JACKSON COUNTY Family Service & Children s Aid Jackson, 517 787 7920 on call http://strong families.org Jackson, 517 789 6444 (non fluent) KALAMAZOO COUNTY Kalamazoo, 269 372 8800 Orientations held 1 st Tuesday of every month www.bethany.org/kalamazoo Family & Children s Services, Inc. Kalamazoo, 269 344 0202 Orientations held 3 rd Thursday of every month www.fcsource.org Kalamazoo, 269 345 5776 KALKASKA COUNTY KENT COUNTY Grand Rapids, 616 224 7550 Visit website for orientation schedule: www.bethany.org/grandrapids Catholic Charities of West Michigan Grand Rapids, 616 456 1443 http://ccwestmi.org Greater Hopes Family Services, Inc. Grand Rapids, 616 451 0245 www.greaterhopes.org Grand Rapids, 616 281 4706 Grand Rapids, 616 454 9221 KEWEENAW COUNTY LAKE COUNTY LAPEER COUNTY Adoption Specialists, Inc. Lapeer, 810 660 7590 www.adoption specialists.org LEELANAU COUNTY LENAWEE COUNTY Catholic Charities of Jackson, Lenawee and Hillsdale Counties Adrian, 517 263 2191 http://ccjlhc.org Family Counseling & Children s Services Adrian, 517 265 5352 May be wait listed to be studied www.fccservices.org/home.jsf LIVINGSTON COUNTY Livingston County Catholic Charities Howell, 517 545 5944 http://livingstoncatholiccharities.org D.A. Blodgett for Children/St. John s Grand Rapids, 616 451 2021 Orientations held 2 nd Monday of each month Currently no homestudy wait for children 8 years and older, 6 9 month wait for younger children www.dabsj.org LUCE COUNTY MACKINAC COUNTY MACOMB COUNTY Family Adoption Consultants Utica, 586 726 2988 $500 application fee http://facadopt.org Legend: = Special Needs (Also known as Older Child, Waiting Child, MARE Adoptions, Foster Care Adoption)
MANISTEE COUNTY MARQUETTE COUNTY Catholic Social Services of the UP Marquette, 906 228 8630 No upfront fee, transfer/close fee of $1,500 www.cssup.org Child & Family Services of the UP, Inc. Marquette, 906 228 4025 www.cfsup.org Lutheran Social Services of Wisconsin & UP Marquette, 906 226 2160, Infant, INT No upfront fee, transfer fee of $2,000 www.lsswis.org/lss.htm Teaching Family Homes of Upper Michigan Marquette, 906 249 5437 www.teachingfamilyhomes.com Upper Peninsula Family Solutions Marquette, 906 273 1095 www.upperpeninsulafamilysolutions.org MASON COUNTY MECOSTA COUNTY MENOMINEE COUNTY Wilson, 906 466 9221 MIDLAND COUNTY Adoption Option, Inc. Midland, 989 839 0534, Infant, INT Upfront fee of $2,500 May have wait list, call to check www.adoptionoptioninc.org MONTMORENCY COUNTY MUSKEGON COUNTY Muskegon, 231 733 1618 www.bethany.org/muskegon Catholic Charities of West Michigan Muskegon, 231 726 4735 http://ccwestmi.org Pathways, MI Muskegon, 616 396 2301 www.pathwaysmi.org NEWAYGO COUNTY Fremont, 231 924 3390 www.bethany.org/fremont OAKLAND COUNTY Adoption Options Worldwide, Inc. West Bloomfield, 248 855 2813 www.adoptionoptionsworldwide.com Madison Heights, 248 414 4080 Orientations held the 3 rd Tuesday of every month www.bethany.org/madisonheights Child Safe Michigan (Previously Childhelp) Southfield, 248 353 0921 Orientations held 2 nd Tuesday and 4 th Wednesday of every month No upfront fee http://childsafemichigan.org MISSAUKEE COUNTY MONROE COUNTY MONTCALM COUNTY Pontiac, 248 334 2715 Orientations normally held 1 st and 3 rd Wednesdays of every month at each location Legend: = Special Needs (Also known as Older Child, Waiting Child, MARE Adoptions, Foster Care Adoption)
Forever Families Novi, 248 344 9606, Infant, INT Application fee of $300, homestudy fee of $2,500, fees reimbursed at adoption finalization www.forever families.org Southfield, 248 423 2770 Oakland Family Services Pontiac, 248 858 7766 www.oaklandfamilyservices.org Orchards Children s Services Southfield, 248 593 2175 www.orchards.org Spaulding for Children Southfield, 248 443 7080 http://spaulding.org Spectrum Human Services Southfield, 248 552 8020 Spanish speaking staff on a contractual basis when needed www.spectrumhuman.org/shs/default.aspx St. Francis Family Center/Catholic Charities of Southeast Michigan Southfield, 248 552 0750 www.cssoc.org OCEANA COUNTY OGEMAW COUNTY ONTONAGON COUNTY OTSEGO COUNTY Gaylord, 989 732 1040 OTTAWA COUNTY Holland, 616 396 0623 (non fluent) www.bethany.org/holland Catholic Charities of West Michigan Holland, 231 726 4735 http://ccwestmi.org Pathways, MI Holland, 616 396 2301 www.pathwaysmi.org PRESQUE ISLE COUNTY ROSCOMMON COUNTY SAGINAW COUNTY Saginaw, 866 357 5776 ST. CLAIR COUNTY Port Huron, 810 990 1424 Orientations normally held 1 st and 3 rd Wednesdays of every month at the 4 locations ST. JOSEPH COUNTY OSCEOLA COUNTY Eagle Village Hersey, 231 832 7270 www.eaglevillage.org OSCODA COUNTY SANILAC COUNTY SCHOOLCRAFT COUNTY Sault Tribe Binogii Placement Agency (Also known as Anishnabek Community Family Services) Sault Ste. Marie, 800 347 7137 www.saulttribe.com/membership services/acfs Legend: = Special Needs (Also known as Older Child, Waiting Child, MARE Adoptions, Foster Care Adoption)
SHIAWASSEE COUNTY Catholic Charities of Shiawassee & Genesee Owosso, 989 723 8239 Orientations held 2 nd Tuesday of every month Upfront fee of $1,200 for private/infant adoption if family pays fee and switches to adoption, fee is reimbursed. Currently have a short wait list to be studied www.ccsgc.org TUSCOLA COUNTY New Light Child & Family Consultants Millington, 989 871 6695 www.newlightconsultants.net VAN BUREN COUNTY WASHTENAW COUNTY Catholic Social Services of Washtenaw County Ann Arbor, 734 971 9781, Infant www.csswashtenaw.org Fostering Futures Ypsilanti, 734 481 8999 www.fostering futures.com Hands Across the Water Ann Arbor, 734 477 0135 (non fluent) www.hatw.org Judson Center Ann Arbor, 313 255 8256 www.judsoncenter.org Ann Arbor, 734 971 1944 WAYNE COUNTY Catholic Social Services of Wayne County Detroit, 313 883 2100 www.csswayne.org Detroit, 313 342 2699 Orientations normally held 1 st and 3 rd Wednesdays of every month at the 4 locations Homes for Black Children Detroit, 313 961 4777 Orientations held 1 st Monday of the month unless a holiday, then 2 nd Monday www.homes4blackchildren.org Judson Center Redford, 313 255 8256 www.judsoncenter.org Methodist Children s Home Society Redford, 313 531 4060 www.mchsmi.org The Children s Center of Wayne County Detroit, 313 831 5535 www.thechildrenscenter.com Vista Maria Dearborn, 313 271 3050 www.vistamaria.org Wolverine Human Services Taylor, 888 625 8669 www.wolverinehs.org WEXFORD COUNTY Legend: = Special Needs (Also known as Older Child, Waiting Child, MARE Adoptions, Foster Care Adoption)