Find Christian help
Christian Foster Care and Adoption Organizations
Every child deserves a safe, loving home, and there are real ways to help provide one. Christian organizations such as Bethany Christian Services and Lifeline Children’s Services walk families through fostering and adoption, and groups like Show Hope help with support and grants. You can also start locally through your state child-welfare agency.
Real ways to find help now
How to start
- Learn about foster care and adopting from foster care at AdoptUSKids, a national resource.
- The Child Welfare Information Gateway explains the steps and connects you to your state agency.
- Dial 211 (or visit 211.org) to reach a free, confidential local referral line for food, housing, and more, in most of the United States and Canada.
Christian organizations that help with this
The organizations below are real and are listed for information only, not as an endorsement. Please look into each one yourself and reach out directly.
- Bethany Christian Services. One of the largest faith-based family and child-welfare organizations, offering foster care, adoption, and family support across many states.
- Lifeline Children’s Services. A Christian adoption and orphan-care ministry providing domestic and international adoption and family restoration services.
- Show Hope. Founded to care for orphans; provides adoption aid grants and care for children with special needs.
- Focus on the Family (Wait No More). Hosts events that recruit and support families to foster and adopt children from foster care.
- Catholic Charities. Many local agencies provide foster care, adoption, and pregnancy support services.
- Your state foster-care agency. You can foster or adopt children from foster care directly through your state, often at little or no cost. Start at adoptuskids.org.
Whether you welcome a child or support those who do, this is close to the heart of God, who sets the lonely in families. If you would like prayer as you consider it, you are welcome to ask.
You are not carrying this alone
Whatever help you find, and we hope you find real help, you are also welcome to something the organizations above cannot give: a friend who has borne every burden. Jesus said, ‘Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.’ You do not have to believe anything first, or pray a certain way, or clean yourself up. You can simply come, tell him the truth, and ask. If you would like someone to pray with you, ours is here.
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Frequently asked questions
- What Christian organizations help with foster care and adoption?
- Bethany Christian Services, Lifeline Children’s Services, Show Hope, and Focus on the Family’s Wait No More are well-known Christian organizations that facilitate or support fostering and adoption.
- How do I start fostering or adopting?
- Start at AdoptUSKids (adoptuskids.org) and the Child Welfare Information Gateway (childwelfare.gov), which explain the steps and connect you to your state agency. A Christian agency can also guide you through the process.
- Is there financial help for adoption?
- Yes. Adopting from foster care is often low or no cost, and organizations like Show Hope offer adoption aid grants. Federal and state adoption tax credits and subsidies may also apply.