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- What is Adoption?
- Who are the Children who need Adoptive Families?
- Why do Children need Adoption?
- What does the law say about Adoption?
- How do we prioritise enquiries?
- Can I / We apply to Adopt?
- What expectations do we have of you?
- How can I / We show you our skills?
- What happens next?
- What happens once you are approved?
- What support will you receive?
- Adoption FAQs
- Inter-Country Adoption
- Learn about Fostering!
How do we prioritise Enquiries?
At every stage in the adoption process we have to prioritise our work according to the needs of children. There are very few “straight forward” healthy white babies needing adoptive families. When applicants are only able to consider a very young child priority is given to Staffordshire residents.
The actual children waiting changes from day to day. We hold regular Profile meetings where we feature children who need families. If you would like to be invited to a meeting please discuss this with us.
There is always a shortage of families for sibling groups, older children (5 plus), children with disabilities or with developmental uncertainty and for children with other specific needs for example children from ethnic minority backgrounds.
