Finding safe and loving permanent families for children
When a child becomes available for adoption, parents looking to grow their families may feel their prayers have been answered. However, for the child, adoption indicates the loss of their biological parents. Losing one’s biological family, regardless of how or when, is traumatic. Pursuing adoption can be a long process. Take some time here to explore available options.
Waiting Texas children
Waiting Texas Children are available for adoption due to the termination of parental rights. Families are needed for older children or those who are part of a sibling group. If Waiting Texas Children are never adopted, they age out of the system with no family as they transition to young adulthood and independent living.
Foster to
adopt
Foster to Adopt refers to children who live in a foster home and have become legally available for adoption. Buckner is a licensed foster care agency and an adoption agency to help children and families navigate through the process.
Domestic infant and child adoption
Children whose birth parents have made a voluntary plan of open adoption and want to maintain a relationship with their child’s adoptive family. Buckner offers counseling and support for the entire triad (child, birth family, and adoptive family), regardless of adoption method.
Adoption is a lifelong journey
Many answers to your questions are in the basic requirements to become a licensed Buckner adoptive family.
The first step in Buckner’s adoption process is to attend a free, virtual information meeting on Zoom where staff walk potential parents through requirements, questions, and more.
Attendance and completion of the virtual information meeting is required to proceed in the process for all Buckner foster care and adoption programs.
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Domestic adoptions completed in 2024
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International adoptions completed in-country
