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Expand Your Family Through Adoption!
Services include the assessment of families who apply to adopt, matching available children with available homes, preparing children for placement, and providing services to our adoptive children and families before, during, and after placement is made to include provisions of adoption subsidy services to eligible families.
Are you currently a certified foster/adoptive parent? If your response is yes, visit DCFS' new Provider Portal. Once registered, you will have the ability to: 1) upload/download documents; 2) submit Expenditure Affidavit - Form 435; 3) review board/expenditure history.
Interested in becoming a certified foster/adoptive parent? Visit DCFS' new Provider Portal to submit an: 1) Inquiry; 2) Application; and 3) Expenditure Affidavit - Form 435. This feature also allows a user to upload and/or download documentation necessary for certification.
View profiles of children on the DCFS website.
DCFS staff conduct investigations of all independent (not through an adoption agency) adoptions including stepparent, grandparent, one parent, and non-relative adoptions.
You may be eligible for an Adoption Tax Credit if you recently finalized your adoption of a child with special needs, even if you do not have any qualifying expenses.
For more information, download this document, contact your tax advisor or go to the IRS website.