Adoption

You've made an important life-changing decision; you've decided to consider adoption.
It's a decision that could ultimately lead to the fulfillment of your lifelong desire to love and parent a child.

How To Get Started

You've made an important life-changing decision; you've decided to consider adoption. It's a decision that could ultimately lead to the fulfillment of your lifelong desire to love and parent a child.

Adoptive Families provide permanent homes for children in need of a forever family. Passage of Youth work hand and hand with the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services to serve children who are in custody of Child Protective Services (CPS).

Our foster to adopt program - enables children who have been removed from abusive homes by the state of Texas to be adopted by a loving forever family. Each adoption, like each family, is unique. Our goal is to get to know you and understand your unique situation so that together we can develop an adoption plan that is right for you.

Steps To Become An Adoptive Parent

  • Be at least 25 years of age

  • Have a high school diploma or GED

  • Pass a criminal and child abuse background check

  • Present proof of financial ability to support a child or children

  • Complete 35 hours of training with a focus on children who have been abused or neglected

  • Undergo medical screening

  • Become certified in first aid, behavioral management and CPR

  • Submit to a comprehensive home study that will include you, any other adults living in the home and any alternative caregivers such as grandparents or other family members.

There are no agency fees associated with Passage of Youth Foster to Adopt Program.
Families are responsible for the legal fees necessary to make the adoption final at the end
of a mandatory supervised waiting period.