Telephone:   972-206-2885

Website:      www.azleway.com

Azleway Children's Services, is part of Azleway, Inc., a Christian based non-profit agency with over 25 years experience.  Azleway Children's Services Metroplex division serves children classified as in need of therapeutic and basic care services.  In addition, Azleway operates a number of other facilities including Azleway Boy’s Ranch, Big Sandy, and Pine Mountain.  These facilities represent a continuum of care so that children may be treated within the Agency in a more or less restrictive environment as needed. 

Azleway Children's Services serves families throughout the Metroplex and through a branch office in Corsicana, TX.  Families are provided with case management services, in-home therapy sessions, on–site psychiatric consultations, a food bank for foster parents, and clothing assistance for foster children.

The Bair Foundation

Address:        4425 West Airport Freeway Suite 400, Irving, Texas 75062

Telephone:    972-957-0030

Website:        www.bair.org

E-mail:           ljones@bair.org

The Bair Foundation has remained true to the vision of its founder, Bill Bair since 1967.  We are a non-profit Christian Foster care agency. The Bair Foundation is dedicated to placing children between the ages of 0 to 18 years of age with therapeutic needs. We currently serve all of the DFW area. We recognize that each child is a special gift from God, therefore our mission is to place children and teens in homes of loving, Christian foster parents.

The Bair Foundation Therapeutic Foster Parents are technically trained families who provide specialized care to children with exceptional needs. Our foster parents are required to have on-going training in areas that will prepare them to effectively minister, and care for the children in their homes. Provided resources  for our foster parents include 24-hour support from an on-call professional, mentoring programs, case management services, and respite, just to name a few. At the Bair Foundation we believe that every person with us is valued.

Buckner Adoption and Maternity Services -

A division of Buckner Children and Family Services

Address:          5200 S. Buckner Blvd., Dallas, TX 75227
Telephone:      214-319-3426
Website:          www.buckneradoption.org

Buckner Adoption and Maternity serves the state of Texas in facilitating CPS adoptions. Families are not required to participate in fostering a child before adopting through Buckner Adoption. Buckner has been in operation since 1877, and has been practicing adoption since 1884. A faith-based non-profit agency, Buckner has a professional Christian staff with expertise and experience in adoption. At the heart of their ministry is the child's best interest, with an emphasis on adoption education. Individual attention from Buckner staff and Adoptive Parent support groups help foster a healthy transition for each child.  Buckner's ministry also includes infant domestic adoption and working with women experiencing an unplanned pregnancy. To find out more about Buckner, please visit www.buckneradoption.org or contact us at domesticadoption@buckner.org

Buckner Children & Family Services

Address:     5200 S. Buckner Blvd., Dallas, TX   75227
Telephone:  214-321-4530
Website:      www.buckner.org

Buckner serves the Metroplex through services such as residential group care, family advocacy, crisis intervention, and non-residential outreach.  Buckner Foster Care is one department of Buckner children and Family Services, which has been dedicated to the healing and restoration of families since 1879.  In the delivery of all services, Buckner adheres to Christian principles, which are ministered with professional competence.  Children 0-18 years of age receive basic and therapeutic services according to their individual needs.

Child Protective Services

Address:       1200 E. Copeland Rd., Suite 310, Arlington, TX 76011
Telephone:  800-233-3405  
Website:      www.dfps.state.tx.us

Child Protective Services, CPS, is mandated by state and federal law to provide services to protect children under the age of 18 from physical abuse and neglect by a person responsible for the child's care, custody or welfare. As a part of this mandate, CPS trains, licenses and supports foster and adopt homes to partner in the protection of children.  Our foster care program serves children with basic needs ages 0-17. Licensed foster and adopt families are an integral part of our team helping to fulfill our mission - Children FIRST: safe and secure.

Covenant Kids, Inc.

Address:     P.O. Box 173038, Arlington, TX   76003-3038
Telephone:  817-516-9100
Website:     www.covenantkids.org

Covenant Kids is an exciting Christian agency that provides foster care and adoptions for at-risk children ages 0 - 17 in need of basic and therapeutic care.  As a new and growing agency, we focus on providing one-on-one support for our families and children through regular contact by our experienced clinical staff and on-going prayer support.  We use a treatment team approach to meeting children's needs and utilize the first-hand knowledge of foster and adoptive parents to assist in determining treatment goals.

To Covenant Kids, providing care for abused and neglected children is a Ministry opportunity.  We seek out Christian homes that will provide a stable and nurturing environment in which children can learn and grow. 

"For in you the fatherless find compassion," Hosea 14:3.  

Dallas Metrocare - Treatment of Foster Care

Address:       1353 N. Westmoreland, Bldg. A, Dallas, TX  75211
Telephone:   214-333-7020
Website:       www.dallasmetrocare.com

(click on "Services" and scroll down to "Treatment Foster Care")

Treatment Foster Care (TFC) is the most intensive program within the Child and Adolescent Services division of Dallas Metrocare Services. TFC provides therapeutic foster care to children referred by Child Protective Services, the Dallas County Juvenile Department, and other mental health providers. In TFC foster homes, children can actively work on their behavioral and emotional problems while supported by a specialized treatment team. As members of the treatment team, TFC foster parents provide structure, nurture, discipline, guidance, consistency, and predictability for the children. TFC children and their families receive counseling, rehabilitation, service coordination/case management, and appropriate referral services.

The Gladney Center For Adoption
 

Address:         6300 John Ryan Dr., Fort Worth, TX 76132
Telephone:     817-922-6000 / toll free 866-517-0360
Website:         www.gladney.org

The Gladney Center for Adoption is an international leader in adoption services, having placed more than 26,000 children in forever homes. A genuine commitment to client service makes Gladney an exceptional adoption agency. The Gladney Center for Adoption is partnering with the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services to find homes for children who are placed in their care. We are looking for families who will open their hearts to children who are waiting on permanent, loving homes. No matter what the circumstance every child deserves a family who can provide the care, love and patience necessary to raise a child who has special needs. Gladney will assist in pre-adoption preparation, the Home-Study process, placement services and post-placement services. For families who receive placement of a child in the conservatorsip of DFPS, there are no agency fees.

Hope Cottage Pregnancy and Adoption Center

Address:        4209 McKinney Avenue  Dallas, TX  75205
Telephone:     214) 526-8721 or (800) 944-4460

Website:        www.hopecottage.org

Hope Cottage Pregnancy and Adoption Center is and 87-year-old, non-sectarian, non-profit, United Way affiliated pregnancy and adoption center. Our mission is to nurture and build families through education, counseling, adoption services and mentoring.  Hope Cottage has partnered with the Texas Department of Family and Protective services to find homes for children who are placed in its care. Our experienced staff can provide individuals and families with the necessary pre- adoption training and preparation, home study, adoption services and after placement support necessary to create a permanent loving home for these children.  For families who receive placement of a child in the conservatorship of DFPS, there are no agency fees.

Since 1918, Hope Cottage has helped more than 26,000 pregnant women plan the best possible futures for themselves and their children and has built more than 6,000 families through adoption. As the needs of the community have changed, so have the services of Hope Cottage.  Today the scope of services include non-directive, non-coercive pregnancy counseling, a young mother mentoring program, an adoption awareness program in school, basic needs assistance for birth families, and domestic and international adoption services of the highest quality.

Lena Pope Home, Inc.

Address:    3131 Sanguinet, Ft. Worth, TX   76107
Telephone: 817-255-2628
Website:    www.lenapopehome.org

Established in 1930, Lena Pope Home is a not-for-profit organization that offers an effective, comprehensive array of services to meet the behavioral health care needs of more than 9,000 children, youth and their families each year.  The agency offers a comprehensive range of programs in four main areas: family preservation services, therapeutic foster care, adoption services and school-based services. We recruit from Tarrant, Dallas, Johnson, Parker, Hood, & Denton counties.

The therapeutic foster care program provides extensive support and services to youth as well as foster parents.  Some of the resources provided to the foster parents include extensive training and development, 24 hour support, a mentoring program which matches newer foster parents with tenured foster parents and resources to meet a child’ special needs.  The foster parent is an important member of the Treatment Team at Lena Pope Home and participates in the development and implementation of the child’s therapeutic treatment.

Letot Center, a program of the Dallas County Juvenile Department

Address:     10505 Denton Drive, Dallas, TX   75220
Telephone:  214-352-8134

The Juvenile Department works with youth, ages 10-16, referred by the police or judges in Dallas County for Conduct Indicating Need of Supervision or Delinquent Conduct.  The Letot Center is a co-educational short-term residential facility that provides emergency shelter care, foster care and non-residential counseling services to Dallas County runaway children and their families.  Letot is the central service delivery system for runaway youth in Dallas County operating on a 24-hour basis.

 

Lutheran Social Services of the South, Inc.

Address:       3001 LBJ Freeway, Ste. 107, Dallas, TX   75234                    

Telephone:    800-622-6697
Website:       www.lsss.org 

Lutheran Social Services (LSS) is a Statewide, non profit organization who provides adoption, foster care, and post adoption services.   We provide services for all families in the Region 3 area.   LSS Foster and Adopt programs were developed by foster and adoptive parents in order to provide the best support services for our families and children we serve.   LSS FOSTER CARE program provides care for children of all ages and ALL service levels including Basic care children.  We also provide care for children with Specialized and Moderate Levels with Therapeutic, Primary Medical, and/or Habilitative needs.   LSS ADOPTION programs include:  Domestic, International, as well as adoption of children in foster care.  LSS provides tremendous support to our families which include:  extensive trainings; two staff for each family; 24 hour support; representation on a state and national level; and a supportive respite program.  We are accredited by the Council on Accreditation.  We believe in finding homes for God’s children.   

Pathways Youth & Family Services, Inc.

Address:       1864 N. Norwood Drive, Suite D, Hurst, TX 76054

Telephone:    817-391-0772

Web Page:     www.pathway.org

Pathways Youth & Family Services is a private, non-profit agency that recruits, trains, and supports families  to be foster and adoptive homes for children and adolescents who have been abused and/or neglected. Pathways was founded by foster parents and provides care for children and families in North, Central, West, and South Texas.

Foster/Adoptive families are the most important member our Professional Treatment Team that also includes Foster and Adoption Specialists, Licensed Therapists, Psychiatrists, Psychologists, and other support staff. Pathways provides families with reimbursement according to the therapeutic needs of the foster child, pre-service and ongoing training, 24 hour crisis response, in-home therapeutic services, and an opportunity to join our mission in providing not only shelter but building hope in the lives of those who need it most.

Safe Havens of Kornerstone

Address:         P.O. Box 13597, Arlington, TX   76094
Telephone:      877-8-HAVENS (877-842-8367)
Website:         www.safehavens.org

Safe Havens of Kornerstone, dba Kornerstone, is seeking people who will provide a Christian environment for children who may never have experienced the hope and healing power of God’s love. Kornerstone’s mission is to provide loving care to children and adolescents in a Christian environment.  Each Kornerstone family is like an Ark that provides a refuge, or Safe Haven for children.

Founded in 1995, Kornerstone is a Christian ministry licensed with TDFPS to provide foster care and adoption services.  The agency serves basic, therapeutic, habilitative, and medically fragile children birth to 17 years of age.  All parts of Kornerstone’s program are intended to support our foster and adoptive parents so that they will have the resources to help the children heal and rebuild their lives.  Kornerstone offers a unique and effective system for training foster/adoptive families, including monthly pre-service training for families who are seeking to be licensed as foster and/or adoptive families, and 40+ hours of training offered each year with childcare.  Several services are offered through the Internet, including training and monthly foster parent paperwork.  We are also members of a collaboration of agencies from the DFW area who assist in providing respite resources to foster and adoptive parents.

SAFY (Specialized Alternatives For Families and Youth of Texas)

Address:     201 Billings, Suite 510, Arlington, TX   76010-5401
Telephone:  817-640-4650

Website:     www.safy.org

SAFY is a non-profit therapeutic foster care and adoption organization that works with youth from both the Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services and The Texas Youth Commission. As part of our services to these youth, SAFY provides comprehensive assessments, individual/family/group counseling, educational/vocational development and training, and 24 hour a day crisis intervention and support services. SAFY requires its foster parents to complete an extensive training/educational program to equip them to best meet the needs of the youth. SAFY provides regular, on-going trainings to continue the professional development of its staff and foster parents. A Foster Parent Advisory Board and a quarterly newsletter also serve to provide information to our foster parents. SAFY utilizes multiple resources to provide youth with the skills necessary to maintain a healthy, successful lifestyle.

Texas Mentor, Alliance Adolescent and Children’s Services

Address:       711 East Lamar Blvd., Suite 101 Arlington, TX  76011

Telephone:    817-460-1332  

Fax:              817-460-1374

E-mail:          yolanda.phillips@thementornetwork.com

Address:          1780 North West Hwy., Suite 125 Garland, TX.  75041

Telephone:      972-270-0175  

Fax:               972-270-0192

E-mail:          anji.bollinger@thementornetwork.com

Texas MENTOR is dedicated to the placement of children and adolescents between the ages of 0-17 in safe, caring and therapeutic foster homes.  Helping at-risk youth through individualized community-based care and treatment, we provide DFPS with placements for children from Tarrant and Dallas counties, as well as Collin, Cooke, Denton, Ellis, Fannin, Grayson, Hood, Hunt, Johnson, Kaufman, Navarro, Parker, Rockwall, and Wise.  We also have programs located in Austin, Houston, San Antonio, and Temple.  Prospective Mentor foster families undergo an intensive selection process during which all aspects of the home and family are considered.  Prospective Mentors are then trained, and matched with clients who are best suited for the composition of their family and home.  Mentor’s homes are screened and monitored regularly to ensure quality and excellence in standards of care and supervision of children placed within their homes.    

Associated Agency Partners:

Collin County Advocacy Center

Address:      2205 Los Rios Blvd., Plano, TX 75074

Telephone:  972-633-6600

Website:     www.cacplano.org

The mission of the Collin County Children’s Advocacy Center is to take action to identify, protect and improve the lives of abused and neglected children.

One Church One Child, Inc.

Address:      2860 Evans Ave., #208, Ft. Worth, TX 76012-1505

Telephone:  866-422-3678

Email:         ococdfw@aol.com

One Church One Child is a nonprofit adoption and foster care recruitment ministry established in 1980 by Father George Clements, a Catholic Priest out of Chicago. One Church One Child works in conjunction with the Department of Family and Protective Services to recruit, train, and provide support services for families who come forward to adopt or foster the children in state care. Since 1980, more than 100,000 documented adoptions have been facilitated through OCOC nationwide.