For:  Families seeking adoption support services.

Service description:  Adoption Options is a licensed child placing agency in Maryland and Virginia providing resources for adopting families, offering information about adoption options; helping them explore the details of domestic agency, private or international adoption; and helping them reach informed decisions on achieving their adoption goals.  

JSSA also provides support services to adoptive families and adult adoptees including:

• Pre-home study counseling/information about adoption alternatives
• Parental placement counseling
• Counseling for birth parents
• Home studies and post-placement supervision
• Court reports
• Counseling for adult adoptees
• Adult adoptee and birthparent search services
• Special informational workshops and meetings  

JSSA's Adoption Options program will be featured at the 2009 Family Building Conference: Adoption, Infertility and Donor Options. Beth Lutton, LCSW-C/LISW, Executive Director of Adoption Options will speak about the adoption home study process.
When: Saturday, September 12, 2009
Where: Hilton McLean Tysons Corner; 7920 Jones Branch Drive; McLean, VA 22102
For further information about the conference, please click here.

View and download JSSA Adoption Options home study packet.  You can also view and download these forms by visiting JSSA's forms page. 

Service provider:  Master's-prepared social workers specializing in child welfare. Our staff has an average of 22 years experience in the adoption field.

Service location: JSSA offers this service in our Maryland and Northern Virginia locations.  Our home study service area is large, reaching from Spotsylvania to Winchester, Virginia and, from Harford to St. Mary's counties, Maryland.

Getting started:  For more information about JSSA's Adoption Options Program, please call  703-204-9592 in Northern Virginia and 301-816-2700 in Maryland or send us an  email inquiry.