Assisting Families With Fostering and Adopting Children

Families Especial works with the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) to find forever homes for children whose parental rights have been terminated because of abuse and/or neglect.

Families Especial accommodates families wanting to foster and then adopt as well as those families that desire to adopt children already legally free.  Adoption is a legal, permanent, and lifelong commitment to a child. It is a way to grow your family while also giving a child who previously experienced a traumatic beginning to life a sense of belonging, security, and a family to call their own

Children:

• • Infancy through 18 years of age
  • May have special medical, physical, or emotional needs
  • May belong to any ethnicity or race
  • May be a part of a sibling group who need to be placed together

Benefits:

If a child meets eligible criteria, the adoptive family may be eligible for paid Adoption Assistance. For the purposes of Adoption Assistance, the criteria for “Special Needs” meets the following criteria:
The child is in the care of DFPS, has not turned 18 years old and meets one of the following conditions:

• • The child is at least 6 years old
  • The child is part of a minority ethnic group and is at least 2 years old
  • The child is part of a sibling group that is being adopted together or is being adopted to join siblings that have previously been adopted
  • The child has a physically, mentally, or emotionally handicapping condition as verified in writing by a physician
  • The child qualifies to receive SSI benefits for disability