What are post adoption services and why might you need them?
Great questions! Many children who are adopted from foster care have special needs that continue throughout their youth and into adulthood. Families who have adopted children from foster care know first hand that the act of adoption does not do away with those special needs, yet frequently adoptive families experience a lack of support once the adoption is finalized. The good news is that post adoption support is available to families who have adopted children from foster care and is provided by CK Family Services through a contract with the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS).
Eligible families adopted children from foster care, have maintained their adoption and apply for services while their adopted children are younger than 18 years of age. Since each family is unique and our post adoption services are individualized to meet those unique needs, it is difficult to describe here what they look like in practice; however, you can see a list of the types of services that may be available further down in this post. Or if you know of a family in need of these services, share the link! Word of mouth is the best way to get the help to those who need it!
CK Family Services is the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) contracted provider of post adoption services in 19 Texas Counties. Those 19 counties are: Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Erath, Fannin, Grayson, Hood, Hunt, Johnson, Kaufman, Navarro, Palo Pinto, Parker, Rockwall, Somervell, Tarrant, and Wise.
These services are available to adoptive families to help them adjust to their new life as an adoptive family, develop and execute a plan for coping with histories of abuse, neglect and/or exploitation, and to avoid any permanent or long term removal of children from the adoptive family. Eligible families who live in these 19 counties may benefit from the following types of services:
- Case Management
- Counseling Referral and Assistance
- Support Groups and Parent Partners
- In-Home Skills Training Services
- Reimbursement for Therapeutic Camps
- Information and Referral
- Respite Reimbursement
- Parent Training and Conferences
- Out-Patient Treatment Programs
- Residential Treatment
“CK Family Services has been providing adoption related services to families in Dallas, Tarrant, and other DFW area counties for more than a decade. We understand the unique and shared challenges that families face when they adopt children from foster care. CK Post Adoption Services provide help and hope to families in need of both.” – Shawn Wilson, CK Family Services Director of Strategy and Business Development
Adoptive families interesting in learning more about these services can visit the CK Family Services website or the DFPS Post Adoption Services website or you can download this informative post adoption flyer. If you’d like to join our mailing list to be kept up to date on information regarding our post adoption services program, just tap here and complete/submit the form.