LOCAL RESOURCES FOR THE MID-SOUTH:

THE ADOPTION COUNSELING CENTER

www.adoptionandyou.com

Adoption services offered include Consultation and Individual Adoption Planning, Home Studies, Classes and Workshops, Designated Adoption, and Child Placement.

AGAPE CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES

www.agapemeanslove.org


Agape Child and Family Services is a Christian agency that serves children, the families that touch them, and the community that surrounds them. Their mission is to provide children and families with healthy homes and heal broken lives through the love of Christ.

 

BETHANY CHRISTIAN SERVICES OF WEST TENNESSEE

www.bethany.org/memphis

For more than 55 years, Bethany Christian Services has been restoring, preserving, and building families through a comprehensive range of therapeutic and adoption services.

 

CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE, INC.

www.cctenn.org 

Catholic Charities serves thousands of people in communities throughout Middle Tennessee. They proudly offer services to people of any religion, race and ethnicity.Catholic Charities provides human services, which enhance and enrich the quality of life for people in need. They exist to perform acts of love, goodwill and kindness.

 

CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF WEST TENNESSEE

www.accinwesttn.org

 

HANNAH'S HOPE

www.hannahs-hope.org

The purpose of Hannah's Hope is to develop and administer programs designed to promote the welfare of children. The focus is on assuring that children are able to live with loving parents who offer acceptance and the security of a permanent home.

 

HARMONY ADOPTIONS

www.harmony.cc

Harmony is a licensed, non-profit adoption agency staffed by professionals, many of whom are also adoptive parents. Their wide network of attorneys, adoption agencies, clinics, and hospitals is designed to support your efforts to adopt a child. This combination of professional and personal adoption experience makes them uniquely qualified to guide and support you.

JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES

www.adoptionconnectionmemphis.org

 

LIFE CHOICES

www.life-choices.org
Life Choices provides free, confidential services including pregnancy tests, medical and legal referrals, adoption support, maternity and baby items, post abortion support for women, and abstinence education.

 

MEMPHIS/SHELBY COUNTY LIBRARY COMMUNITY INFORMATION FILE

draweb.memphislibrary.org
A database that is searchable by service or agency name for local resources.

SHELBY COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN'S SERVICES

TN DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN'S SERVICES

www.state.tn.us/youth/adoption

 

YOUTH VILLAGES

www.youthvillages.org

Youth Villages has a full range of treatment and support programs to assist children and their families. Programs include intensive in-home counseling, specialized crisis services, therapeutic  foster care services, adoption services, group home and residential programs, and independent living services for those youth who are about to leave the full time care of one of our out-of-home programs.

 The  Adoption Program serves the children in the care of Youth Villages who are in the guardianship of the TN Department of Children Services.  Youth Villages provides the full scope of adoption services, including preparing the child and adoptive family for the adoption process for the initial point of the adoptive placement and up through the adoption finalization process.