Dear Prospective Adoptive Parents,
Thank you for your interest in the Life Source Center Adoption Program. The Life Source Center is a Connecticut licensed child placing organization. We provide a full range of professional services to individuals and couples of all races, religions and ethnic backgrounds.
The Life Source Center provides services to adoptive parents and children in a manner that enhances self-respect, dignity and self-determination.
Sincerely,
Raymond Shocki LCSW, LMFT
Executive Director
The
Life Source Center provides a full spectrum of adoption services that include:
- Home studies for identified, domestic, international and special needs adoptions.
- Post-placement supervision of adoptive placements
- Informational and support groups for those engaged in international and identified adoption.
- Post-finalization of adoption services
Before individuals or couples commit to any adoption alternative, it is important that there is as complete an understanding as possible about the process, its issues and ensuing implications. We encourage our clients to research each process and will assist them in this regard, by providing individual consultation, reading lists and contacts with other adoptive parents. Much of this information is provided during engagement in the home study process with the Life Source Center. It is rather an opportunity for the applicant(s) to gather information and to assess their comfort with and confidence in our center. Once a client commits to the center, an application is completed and the formal home study is begun. The home study usually consists of four office meetings, at least one home study and the client’s completion of various documents, forms and questionnaires.
A home study is viewed as being a tool by which the applicant is able to assess his/her ability to become adoptive parent(s). It is an educational, as well as evaluative process that eventuates into a written document that summarizes the process. It is the goal of the Life Source Center to complete the home study process within eight weeks, following initiation. Upon completion, the written document is reviewed by the client(s) and remains in their file, available to other organizations/ resources, if required. Once the couple/individual is approved by the Life Source Center, licensure is granted by the State of Connecticut and the home is considered to be available for adoptive placement.
Within the Affirming Life Adoption Program, children are placed only with those couples whose licensure is held by the Life Source Center. If a couple has been home studied by another organization and then chooses to be included in the Affirming Life Adoption Program, it is necessary that they withdraw from the organization that currently holds their license and then be re-licensed by the Life Source Center.
The Life Source Center treats as top priority, the placement of each child with the most appropriate licensed couple/individual. After placement of the child and finalization of the adoption, the Life Source Center continues with its post finalization services, that optimizes the success of each and every adoption.
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