The Adoption Exchange: Missouri Adoption Programs

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Information

Many children are in the custody of the Missouri foster care system and are eligible and waiting for a permanent home.

The children who wait are the survivors of abuse and neglect. They are school-aged children, brothers and sisters, children of color and those with disabilities. These children live in a series of foster and group homes. There they wait. They hope for the stability and love of an adoptive family.

Featured Child
of the Month

Meet Stephon!

Meet Stephon
Click on photo to view profile.

Finding Families

The Adoption Exchange provides a number of effective and innovative programs to connect waiting children with adoptive families.

View our Children's Gallery

Weekly Waiting Child

Each week you will receive an email featuring children recently listed or relisted in our Children's Gallery.

Your information will not be distributed to other organizations or businesses.

Missouri Heart Gallery

View the Missouri Heart Gallery.

A picture is worth a thousand words!

Missouri is among forty-two states across the nation to have an active Heart Gallery. This nationally renowned, annual exhibit, produced in partnership with the Missouri Department of Social Services Children's Division, features photographs of the children in Missouri who have been waiting the longest for an adoptive family.

The faces of the children featured in the Heart Gallery tell incredibly compelling and highly emotional stories.

Wednesday's Child

Meet Lacey!

Every Wednesday at 4 p.m. KSPR ABC 33 features a child or sibling group in need of an adoptive family.

Click here for more about Wednesday's Child.

Click here to view Lacey's Wednesday' s Child Videos.

Click on photo to view Lacey's profile.

Global Connections

A cooperative effort between The Adoption Exchange and Voice for International Development and Adoption expedites the adoption process for military families and US citizens living abroad by providing them with easy access to information, resources and placement services provided by qualified professionals.

Contact Global Connections for more information and questions.

PARTNER (Parents as Resources Through Networking & Encouraging Retention)

The PARTNER Program is a voluntary program to provide training and support to adoptive families in the St. Louis Metropolitan Area who are interested in adopting children over the age of 11. To learn more about the PARTNER Program, contact Jennifer Beavers.

For more information or to help answer questions you can always contact the
contact the Missouri Office directly at 314-291-3313 or 1-800-554-2222.