1. The Bair Foundation

 2. Christian Family Care Agency

 3. Christian Heritage Children's Homes

 4. Evangelical Child & Family Agency

 5. Friends of Russian Orphans

 6. Gateway Woods

 7. A Helping Hand Adoption Agency

8. His House Children's Home

9. Hope For Tomorrow

10. LifeSong for Orphans

11. Love Basket, Inc.

12. Loving Shepherd Internatinal

13. MBCH Children and Family Ministries

14. Spirit of Faith Adoptions

15. Sunrise Children's Services

16. White's Residential and Family Services,
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The Bair Foundation
Address: New Wilmington, PA
Phone: (724)946-8711
E-Mail: [email protected]
Web Site: www.bair.org
Contact Person: Susan Miklos

Christian Family Care Agency
Address: 3603, N. Seventh Ave., Phoenix, Arizona
Phone: (602) 234-1935
Fax: (602) 234-0022
E-Mail: [email protected]
Web Site: www.CFCARE.org
Contact Person: Mark Upton, CEO
Serving children and families through Counseling, Foster Care, Crisis Pregnancy, and Adoption programs. Since its founding in 1982, CFCA has ministered to thousands of children and families in crisis, salvaging damaged relationships and creating new hope for children and families. CFCA is a private, non-profit social service agency with offices in Phoenix and Tucson.
Year Established: 1982
Licensed/Accredited: Council on Accreditation.
Funding Sources: Fees; Donations, Events; Grants; Thrift stores; Contracts.
Denominational Ch: Inter-denominational.
Services Offered : Foster care; Therapeutic foster care; Pregnancy counselling; Adoption; Play therapy; Attachment and bonding therapy; Home for teen moms and babies (children).
Special Expertise/R : All of the above.

Christian Heritage Children's Homes
Address: P.O. Box 245, Walton, Nebraska 68461
Phone: (402) 421-5437
Fax: (402) 421-5438
E-Mail: [email protected]
Web Site: www.chchildrenshomes.org
Contact Person: Gregg Nicklas
CHCH is multi-service agency providing residential treatment for boys and girls ranging in age from 12 to 18. In addition, the agency provides Independent Living services for older teens and also foster care services. CHCH is licensed by the state of Nebraska and has locations in Lincoln, Kearney, Hickman, and Omaha.
Year Established: 1980
Licensed/Accredited: Nebraska Health and Human Services System
Funding Sources: Contracts and Contributions; Contributions
from individuals, organizations, foundations and congregations; contracts with the Nebraska Health and Human Services System for
Residential Services; foster, respite and Emergency Shelter Homes and Independent Living Services.
Services Offered: Six group homes for ages 12-18; three for males and three for females all with awake overnight staff; agency-based foster care; emergency foster homes, respite foster care for children from infants through 18; independent living services for ages 17-20.
We intend to add counseling services within the next 12 months and are also interested in adding adoption services in the future.
Special Expertise/R: Faith and Fundraising: The Lord has raised us from a vision to a ministry. He has blessed our growth from no staff, no services and no assets in 1980 to a ministry of 82 co-laboring staff members , serving 160 children a day with programs being offered across the State of Nebraska in Omaha, Norfolk, Lincoln, Hickman, Walton, Kearney, Grand Island and Scottsbluff. In 1980 our annual budget was $60,000, this year it exceeds $4,000,000. We began with no assets.

Evangelical Child & Family Agency
Address: 1530 N. Main St., Wheaton, IL 60187
Phone:
Fax: (630) 653-6490
E-Mail: [email protected]
Web Site: www.evancfa.org
Contact Person: Ken Withrow
A Christian based, accredited, non-profit social service agency, licensed in Illinois and Wisconsin. We provide comprehensive pregnancy support services to women facing unplanned pregnancies. The Agency has a domestic and international adoption program. ECFA provides a continuum of foster care services. We also serve individuals, married couples, and families with biblically based counseling and therapeutic services.
Year Established: 1950
Licensed/Accredited: Illinois Dept.of Children and Family Services; Wisconsin Dept.of Health and Family Services; Council on Accreditation for Children and Family Services.
Funding Sources: Illinois Dept.of Children and Family Services (contracts); private donations; program service fees' United Way; special events; resale stores; auxillary activities.
Denominational Ch: Evangelical, Non-denominational
Services Offered : Pregnancy support services, Domestic and international adoption, Family foster care, Individual and family counseling, Family preservation services, Latino services.
Special Expertise/R : Play therapy, Services in spanish.

Friends of Russian Orphans
Address: 7557 Wind River Dr., Sylvania,
Ohio 43560
Phone: (419)841-6971
Fax: 419-843-5350
E-Mail: [email protected]
Web Site: www.fororphans.org
Contact Person: Lisa A. Wurster, CEO
The organisation performs charity for Russian Orphanages.
Year Established: 2000
Licensed/Accredited: N/A
Funding Sources: Charitable donations
Denominational Ch: Non-denominational
Services Offered : Practical and spiritual assistance to Russian orphanages.
Special Expertise/R : Lisa Wurster is a corporate attorney in Toledo and her sister, Teresa Grigsby FORO's co-founder, is a practicing attorney with a mid-sized law firm in Toledo

Gateway Woods
Address: P.O. Box 151, Leo, IN 46765
Phone: (260)627-2159
Fax: (260) 627-3601
E-Mail: [email protected]
Web Site: www.gatewaywoods.org
Contact Person: Jeff Schumacher
Year Established: 1974
Licensed/Accredited: Licensed by the State of Indiana for Residential Care and Child Placing (Foster Care and Adoption); Accredited by Indiana Board of Education for School Program; Accredited by National Association of Christian Schools.
Funding Sources: 50% public dollars and 50% donations.
Denominational Ch: Apostolic Christian Church of America
Services Offered : Residential Care (with married houseparent model); Foster Care; Adoption; Home based; School (5th-12th, GED Day reatment); Biblical counseling seminar ministry (in Illinois).
Special Expertise/R : Family Focused Residential Treatment Program;
program evaluation.

A Helping Hand Adoption Agency
Address: 1510 Newtown Pike, Suite 146,
Lexington, KY  40511
Phone: (859) 263-9964
E-Mail: [email protected]            [email protected]
Web Site: www.worldadoptions.org
Contact Person: Anthony D. Brewer
A Helping Hand Adoption Agency provides international adoption opportunities for families.  In addition, the agency provides outreach services for Christian schools and children’s homes.
Year Established: 1995
Licensed/Accredited: State of Kentucky
Funding Sources: Fee based, contributions for outreach services
Denominational Ch: Interdenomiational
Services Offered : International Adoption and Outreach to Christian schools and children’s homes

His House Children's Home
Address: Opa-Locka, Florida
Phone: (305)480-0085
E-Mail: [email protected]
Web Site: www.hhch.org
Contact Person: Jean Caceres-Gonzales

Hope For Tomorrow
Address: 1305, Early Blvd., Early, Texas 76802
Phone: (325) 646-4673
Fax: (325) 646-4380
Email: [email protected]
Web Site: www.hope-for-tomorrow.com
Contact Person: Allen Piper, CEO
Hope for Tomorrow believes that strong Christian values make a positive and long lasting difference in the life of a child. Our goal is to assist children with their emotional growth and to bring them to a loving relationship with Jesus Christ. We have solid foster homes, who strive to keep Christ first and bring each child that is placed in their home to a one-on-one relationship with the Lord. Our organization truly brings peace and joy to all that we are called to do. HFT also provides assessment services and is a licensed Children Assessment Center serving the entire state of Texas.
Year Established: 1993
Licensed/Accredited: State of Texas.
Funding Sources: Texas Department of Child and Family Services; Juvenile Probation Department; Private Placements; Private Insurance; Donations and charities.
Services Offered : Therapeutic Foster care for Children ages 0-17; Therapeutic Foster Group Homes; Counselling; Adoption Services.

Sunrise Children's Services
Address: Triad East, Suite 200, 10200 Linn Station, Louisville, Kentucky
Phone: (502) 245-2101
Fax: (502) 245-0110
E-Mail: [email protected]
Web Site: www.kbhc.org
Contact Person: Dr. William K. Smithwick, President/CEO
Provides care and hope for hurting families and children through Christ-centered ministries. Established in 1869, KBHC reaches children, families and individuals through an array of services including eight residential facilities, child placement programs and outpatient counseling. The agency serves more than 3,300 children and families each year.
Year Established: 1869
Licensed/Accredited: Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
Funding Sources: Program revenues 70.1%, Endowment Income .8%, Gifts 13.2%,Bequests 12.6%, Miscellaneous 1.5%, Co-operative program of the Kentucky Baptist Convention 1.7%
Denominational Ch: Kentucky Baptist Convention
Services Offered : Residential Treatment (7 facilities); Therapeutic foster care (6 regions); Alternatives to detention (1 facility); International and domestic adoptions; Pregnancy counseling; Out-patient counseling (6 sites).
Special Expertise/R : Third party payments for out-patient counseling. Clinicians desktop for all client files, provide our own training academy for new hires and ongoing training.

LifeSong for Orphans
Address: PO Box 40, Gridley, Illinois 61744
Phone: (309)747-4515
Fax: (309)747-4647
E-Mail: [email protected]
Web Site: www.lifeintl.org
Contact Person: Andy Lehman
Provides financial assistance for indivduals and families to adopt children. In additon, provides orhan care in Ukraine through financial assistance to orphanages and staff support.
Year Established: 1995
Funding Sources: Donation based— churches and individuals
Services Offered: Orphan care in Eastern Ukraine; Adoption Financial Assistance
Special Expertise/R: Orphan Care; Mission Trips; Seminars/Speaking

Love Basket, Inc.
Address: 10306, Highway 21, Hillsboro, Missouri 63050
Phone: (314) 797-4100
Fax: (314) 789-4978
E-Mail: [email protected]
Web Site: www.lovebasket.org
Contact Person: Frank R. Block, ACSW/LCSW
Active in international and domestic adoptions since its licensure and incorporation in 1982. With offices in Missouri, Illinois, and Minnesota, Love Basket places children in all 50 states. Foreign programs in India, Romania, Haiti, and Guatemala reach destitute children, care for them, and place them with Christian families in the U.S.A.
Year Established: 1982
Funding Sources: Fees for service (2/3rd), Donations (1/3rd)
Services Offered: Birth family counselling; Adoptive family preparation and counselling; Home study services; Domestic and international adoption services; Counselling and Foster care. extensive involvement in several countries with humanitarian aid from an evangelical perspective.
Special Expertise/R: Considerable international relations and experience in multiple countries. Involvement in nations hostile to Christians and Christianity with evangelistic and humanitarian aid. Extensive knowledge of international adoption in various countries and of adoption laws in the U.S. in various states.

Loving Shepherd Internatinal
Address: PO Box 375, Bluffton, IN 46714
Phone: (260) 824-9000
Fax: (260) 824-9002
E-Mail: [email protected]
Web Site: www.loving-shepherd.org
Contact Person: Ed Schwartz, President
Year Established: 2002
Funding Sources: Private funding
Denominational Ch: Non-denominational, the background of the organization and employees is Apostolic Christian.
Services Offered: No-cost services for domestic and international adoption. Assistance provided to families in the pre-adoption, adoption and post-adoption phases.
Special Expertise/R: Developed and mantained significant contacts within the federal goverment to promote adoption awareness; encourage positive adoption legislation; develop a network of people who can be helpful to adoptive families; and to keep the adoption option as a viable alternative to abortion.

MBCH Children and Family Ministries
Address: 11300 St. Charles Rock Rd., Bridgeton, Missouri
Phone: (314) 739-6811
Fax: (314) 739-6325
E-Mail: [email protected]
Web Site: www.mbch.org
Contact Person: Russ Martin
Year Established: 2001
Licensed/Accredited: State of Missouri/Council on Accreditation
Funding Sources: Fees for service; Contributions; Distributions from endowment
Denominational Ch: Southern Baptist
Services Offered: Residential; Emergency shelter; Foster care; Adoptions (Domestic and Internationsl); Pregnancy counselling and supportive services.
Special Expertise/R: Developinga system called FAMCare, which among other things, mantains consumer files on our network providng access to all authorized personnel, no matter where they may be located.

White's Residentialand Family Services, Inc.
Address: 5233 S. 50 East, Wabash IN 46992
Phone: (260)563-1158
Fax: (260)563-8975
E-Mail: [email protected]
Web Site: www.whiteskids.org
Contact Person: A. Dee Gibson, Executive Director
Established in 1853, this program has faithfully served disadvantaged children throughout its history. As a Christ-centered Quaker organization, White's mission is to provide a continuum of residential, foster care and family services for abused, neglected and troubles children within the context of a caring and nurturing environment.
Year Established: 1850
Funding Sources: county; State; Federal; Private
Denominational Ch: Quaker
Services Offered: Residential services; therapeutic foster care; emergency shelter care; home based services; independent living; adoptions services; accredited Jr./Sr. high school on residential grounds.
Special Expertise/Resources: Therapeutic Foster Care Program development; Sexual Offender Treatment; Therapeutic Crisis Intervention.

Spirit of Faith Adoptions
Address: 3315 Centennial Rd. A-2, Sylvania, Ohio 43560
Phone: 419-843-5355 f419-843-5350
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: spiritoffaithadoptions.org
Contact Person: Phillip Wurster, CEO Program
Description: Adoption Agency
Year Established: 2006
Licensed/Accredited: Licensed by the State of Ohio
Funding Sources: Adoption fees/donations
Denominational Affiliation: non-denominational
Services Offered: adoption services
Special Expertise: practicing attorney in Ohio