Connecticut Adoption Services

The mission of Connecticut Adoption Services is to create, strengthen and support families through the adoption/permanent placement of children in safe and loving homes. Connecticut Adoption Services (CAS) works to increase the number of successful adoptions within Connecticut, especially the adoption of children who have special placement needs. On average, we provide services to 150 families each year. We assist with the placement of approximately 40 children per year (30 private adoptions and 10 foster care adoptions). Connecticut Adoption Services was fully licensed as an adoption agency in 1994. We have been matching families and adoptive children successfully now for many years. In the beginning, the agency worked primarily with the Department of Children and Families (DCF) to find families for foster children. Connecticut Adoption Services continues to be the only agency in Eastern Connecticut dealing with minority and special needs adoptions. We have however, expanded our services to provide assistance with all types of adoptions on a state-wide level. We have one full-time and 12 part-time case workers on staff.