Practical Applications of Birth Family Engagement in Public Agency Adoptions

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Who we are Massachusetts Department of Children and Families -The Department or DCF is the state agency that has custody of the children in foster care who are waiting to be adopted -The Department works directly with the children and recruits and prepares families to adopt these children Private Contracted Agencies-DCF has contracts with several agencies across the state to assist with finding adoptive families for children in foster care -These agencies work with families (same process, same waiting children, no cost to the families); these agencies may also work with some of the children waiting to be adopted

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