Adoption/Orphans
NEWSLETTERS
Agencies
The
ABBA Fund's mission is to give interest-free loans to Christian
couples and to help churches establish adoption assistance programs so
that God's resources are multiplied for the kingdom.
We also have the Legacy Child ministry (www.legacychild.org) which allows people to set up a fund in memory of a loved one that goes to a couple in the form of a interest free loan.
Jason Kovacs
The ABBA Fund | Legacy Child
(704) 920-9146 Office
http://www.abbafund.org
http://www.legacychild.org
jason@abbafund.org
Adopt Kids, Incorporated (AKI) is a non-profit, 501c3 Missouri licensed child placing agency established in 2001. The Director and founder of AKI has worked in the adoption field since 1991. AKI provides quality, affordable adoption services to prospective adoptive parents. These services include:
Togo international adoptions
Consultation and referral services to various domestic and international
programs
Home study assessments
Dossier assistance
State child welfare (DFS) liason services
Post-placement (or post-adoption) services
Heather Basse
Director
Domestic & International
(314) 835-9805 Office
(314) 620-7772 Cell
adoptkids@aol.com
Please contact us for more information about foster care or adoption:
Online: Request information
Toll free: 888-200-4005
Information for the media
Bethany
Christian Services is a full service Adoption Agency providing
international, domestic, and embryo adoption services, as well as pregnancy
counseling for women who wish to make an adoption plan for their child.
Bethany Christian Services is a non-profit, Christian agency.
Aimee Travers
Missouri Director
St. Louis, Springfield/Joplin, Kansas City, South-Eash Missouri and Southern
Illinois
(636) 536-6363
http://www.bethany.org
atravers@bethany.org
7151 N. Lindbergh Blvd
Hazelwood, MO 63042
314-731-3969
Fax 314-731-3906
Children's
Hope International is an experienced, non-profit, international
adoption agency with over 6,000 adoptions since 1992. Children's Hope
is COA and ECFA accredited - holding it to the highest ethical and financial
standards. Children's Hope has its own bilingual staff in every country
that will be with you through every step of the adoption trip. Children's
Hope has a program team, for every country we serve, that works only with
families adopting from that country. Children's Hope commits to you unmatched
services with absolute integrity at the lowest possible price. Children's
Hope will truly care for you from the time of your application to the
finalization of your adoption and beyond.
Jennifer Chavis
China, Ethiopia, Russia, Vietnam, Colombia and Kazakhstan
(636) 582-2322
http://www.ChildrensHope.net
Jennifer.chavis@ChildrensHope.net
Dillon
International, Inc. was founded in 1972 and is a licensed, non-profit
child-placing agency, dedicated to building loving families for the world's
homeless children. We are licensed in many states, including Missouri, and
operate an office located in West St. Louis County. We have placed over
5,500 children in the United States and are currently placing children with
their forever families from the countries of South Korea, Vietnam, China,
India, and Haiti. Dillon International is respected as a leader in intercountry
adoption and has been instrumental in establishing professional standards
for international adoption for 35 years both in the United States and abroad.
We make a lifetime commitment to the families we serve and provide ongoing
post adoption support services such as adoption education, heritage events,
birthland tours, and country specific camps for children. Dillon International
is also committed to providing humanitarian aid to homeless children who
may never be adopted by assisting with foster care, medical, and therapeutic
services in many countries.
Locations in: Missouri, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Indiana, Kansas, and
California
Margie Wasielewski, MSW, LCSW
Director of Missouri Adoptions
Mary Anne Mesko, BSW
Missouri Case Manager
(314) 576-4100
http://www.DillonAdopt.com
margie@dillonadopt.com
dillonmo@dillonadopt.com
The
Foster and Adoptive Care Coalition (FACC) is a non-profit agency,
founded in 1991. We are a coalition of 38 member agencies, including the
area's most respected public and private agencies. Our staff is made up
of foster/adoptive parents and child welfare professionals with a broad
range of expertise. Our mission is to create permanency in every foster
child's life by recruiting and supporting foster/adoptive homes in the
St. Louis metropolitan community.
Karen Morgan
Director of Missouri Recruitment & Media
Missouri and Illinois
(314) 367-8373
http://www.foster-adopt.org
karen_morgan@email.com
Holt
International Children's Services is a Christian, nonprofit
charitable organization dedicated to carrying out God's Plan for every
child to have a permanent, loving home. Holt's primary focus is always
what is best for the child. With 50 years of experience, Holt aims to
achieve this (wherever possible) by working to preserve the child's place
in their family, reuniting them with their birth family when they have
been separated from them, placement with an adoptive family in their birth
country if their birth family is unable to care for them, and international
adoption when all other options are not avialable or possible.
Linda Watson
Missouri and Kansas
(314) 307-1630
http://www.HoltInternational.org
lindaw@holtintl.org
Life
Song For Orphans
Our Mission: To change the way the world cares for orphans
Life International serves orphans by providing Adoption Grants/Loans
to Christian couples who feel the financial barrier/burden of adoption.
Life International also has Orphan Care programs in Ukraine, Zambia, and
India - Creating in-country solutions for their needs.
- Andy Lehman
Adoption Grants & loans for domestic & International adoptions
(309) 747-4515 (Office)
(309) 287-8726 (Cell)
http://www.lifesongfororphans.org
Love
Basket is an international adoption ministry focusing on both
domestic and international adoptions and Christian aid and evangelism
in countries where the Agency completes adoptions. Licensed and active
since 1982. Love Basket offers a Adoption Assistance Fund to assist families
wanting to adopt children with special needs( older child, child with
disabilities, ect). Love Basket has offices in Missouri (corporate office-Hillsboro;
satellite offices in Springfield, Columbia, and Kansas City), as well
as licensed offices in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and a new office opening
in Kentucky.
Shirley Moore
Domestic and International: India, Guatemala, Ethiopia, Zambia
(636) 797-4100
http://www.LoveBasket.org
shirlym@lovebasket.org
Lutheran
Family And Children's Services Of Missouri
LFCS provides a variety of services. These services include but are not
limited to pregnancy counseling, domestic and international adoption,
foster care (agency & state), guardianships, counseling, mentoring,
disaster response, and two children's learning centers.
Von Hulin
Missouri
(866) 326-5327
(314) 787-5100
http://www.lfcsmo.org
vonh@lfcs.org
Missouri
Baptist Children's Home
MBCH Children and Family Ministries, an affiliate of Missouri Baptist
Children's Home. We provide private and state custody adoption services
including foster care training and licensing to prepare for a state custody
adoption. We also provide homestudy and post-placement services for private
and international adoptions.
Lisa Tackett
St. Louis Area
(314) 739-6811
http://www.mbch.org
Lisa.Tackett@mbch.org
The Adoption Exchange www.adoptex.org
3437 Bridgeland Drive
Bridgeton, MO 63044
Phone: 314-291-3313 or 800-554-2222
Fax: 314-291-3373
Email Contacts:
jbeavers@adoptex.org
cindi@adoptex.org
National Casa
Contact Us
Interested in learning more about National CASA? Please contact us at
(800) 628-3233 or at staff@nationalcasa.org.
Interested in becoming a CASA volunteer? Request information from your local CASA program by completing this short form. Call (800) 628-3233, ext. 253, with questions.
Questions about making a gift to National CASA? Email donate@nationalcasa.org
or call (800) 628-3233, ext. 267.
National CASA Association
100 West Harrison
North Tower, Suite 500
Seattle, WA 98119
One
Heart Family Ministries
One Heart recruits, trains, and supports Christian families who want to
foster and adopt kids in the Missouri state foster care system. There
are over 12,000 kids in foster care in Missouri. About 1,500 of those
kids need adoptive homes. There are kids of all ages in need of foster
homes. Missouri has kids ages 8 and above that are in need of adoptive
families.
Adoption is FREE through the foster system. Working with One Heart is
FREE. Is God calling you to foster or adopt kids in the Missouri state
foster care system.
Emily Nienhuis
Director
11746 Manhattan, Des Peres, MO 63131
(314) 835-1690
http://www.OneHeartFamilyMinistries.org
egnienhuis@yahoo.com
Adoption is a topic of great interest to those considering adding a child to their family and also to the media. RainbowKids.com offers the most up-to-date adoption information, articles, adoption guides and has contacts in every part of the adoption community. We are happy answer your questions or direct you to resources that may assist you.
General comments and questions: To contact RainbowKids with a letter to the editor, to volunteer, or comment on a previously published article, or to ask a medical / legal question: Martha@rainbowkids.com .
Contact Us
Please send all donations and correspondence to:
VisionTrust International
PO Box 50524
Colorado Springs, CO 80949-0524
Physical Address:
VisionTrust International
3710 Sinton Rd, Suite 100
Colorado Springs, CO 80907
By phone:
(719) 268-2943
By email:
General Information
info@visiontrust.org
Child Sponsorship
sponsor@visiontrust.org
Short Term Mission Teams
teams@visiontrust.org
Volunteering
volunteer@visiontrust.org
Christian Alliance for Orphans:
Christian Alliance for Orphans
C/O VisionTrust International
3710 Sinton Rd, Suite 100
Colorado Springs, CO 80907
by
email: info@christianalliancefororphans.org
Organizations
Open
Arms Adoption/Orphan Ministries
Responding to the Lord's heart for orphans, Open Arms Ministries encourages
the body of Christ to embrace adoption and support adoptive families.
Through conference, resources, and support, we provide education regarding
getting started in adoption and we provide support to families whose children
are home. We also help churches develop ministries to orphans.
Kim Smith
St. Louis, Mo.
(636)939-4343 ext. 1250
http://www.OpenArmsSupport.com
OpenArms@CalvaryMidRivers.org or info@OpenArmsSupport.com
Shaohannah's Hope
To care for orphans by engaging the church and helping Christian families
reduce the financial barrier to adoption. We are dedicated to helping
prospective adoptive parents over-come the financial barriers associated
with adoption. We accomplish this by awarding financial grants to qualified
families already in the process of adopting.
Adoption advocacy and funding world wide
http://www.shaohannahshope.org
© 2008 Open Arms Adoption Ministry
Site Last Updated: May 10, 2010