Adoption
CATHOLIC CHARITIES ARCHDIOCESE OF OKLAHOMA CITY
405-523-30121232 N. Classen Blvd., OKC, OK 73106 Call for hours.
www.catholiccharitiesok.org
Supports central and western Oklahoma. Serves all regardless of race, religion, ability to pay, or national origin.
- Adoption and pregnancy services - Provides support and counseling for birth parents and adoptive parents
- Offers counseling, support and education program that provides professional outpatient counseling services for families, children and individuals needing short-term professional help
- Disaster services – immediately following a disaster, may provide emergency assistance funds for food, shelter, clothing and other basic necessities
- Emergency rent and utility assistance - developed to be a stopgap for clients that have found themselves in a crisis and need assistance with housing or utility deposits, or with a housing or a utility payment (gas, water, or electric). Assistance can only be provided once a year
- HOPE – a family support service with a long-term case management program.
- Homeless services:
- Sanctuary Women’s Development Center provides a safe, secure, empowering environment for at-risk women and their children
- Holy Family Home provides supportive transitional housing in a residential setting for homeless women and children
- Housing services:
- Opportunity for affordable housing to low-income families or individuals
- Villa Isenbart is sponsored by Catholic Charities, is an affordable housing development for people who are 62 years and older and who meet specific income requirements as required by HUD
- Trinity Gardens is designed for persons who are 62 years of age and older and of specific incomes
- Immigration legal services
- Refugee services
DEACONESS PREGNANCY AND ADOPTION SERVICES
405-949-4200/1-800-567-6631, Emergency: 405-397-31407101 N.W. Expressway, Ste. 325, OKC, OK 73132 (Brixton Square) www.deaconessadoption.org
- Counseling for any adoption need - therapeutic counseling
- Care closet-limited
- Licensed adoption and child placement
- Adoption reunion registry
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES/CHILD WELFARE DIVISION
405-767-26005905 N. Classen Ct., OKC, OK 73118-5947 www.okdhs.org
- Foster Care - full time care provided while parents receive social services to improve family life until permanent placement is developed
- Adoption - aid in locating adoptive homes, counseling, and support provided to the child and adoptive parents
GLADNEY CENTER ADOPTION/INTERNATIONAL AGENCY
405-590-4196/ 405-848-8435/1-800-452-3639 OKC Satellite Ofc - Statewide Services 405-590-41966300 John Ryan Dr., Ft. Worth, TX
www.adoptionsbygladney.com
- Residential living in Ft. Worth, Texas (Can live on-campus in Ft. worth, or can choose to live in apartment in Oklahoma)
- Adoptive services in clients hometown
- Adoption and pregnancy option counseling
- Adoption planning (including medical arrangements, legal assistance, and reviewing profiles of adoptive families)
- Fort Worth location provides education and some career training, counseling, and medical care
- Housing
- Transportation
- Individual, group, and peer counseling
- Support groups
- Birthing classes
- Continuing education
- Career planning
- Parenting classes
- Foreign adoption
ONE CHURCH ONE CHILD
405-424-0225, 1-800-865-0225 3129 N. Martin Luther King Ave, OKC, OK 73111www.ococok.org
- Provides organized method of reaching out to the African-American community through churches and community organizations to increase the awareness of the need for prospective adoptive and foster parents
- Open to anyone who is interested
