Adoption Services are provided by Tecla Jenniskens, M.S.W., a Private Adoption Practitioner, approved by the Ministry of Children and Youth Services.
The following services are available for prospective adoptive applicants:
- Pre-adoption counseling for individuals and couples wishing to pursue adoption;
- International, private domestic and child welfare adoption homestudies for both relative and non-relative adoptions;
- Liaison with adoption agencies, licensees and government bodies;
- Review and guidance with child proposals for domestic or international adoptions;
- Completion of post placement reports required by domestic and foreign governments;
- Post adoption counseling.
These services are available for prospective birth parents:
- Counseling and support for expecting parents in planning adoption;
- Post placement counseling.