DFPS offers many resources for people who want to adopt, parents who have already adopted, and people who have been adopted. Many of these can be found on the Texas Adoption Resource Exchange (TARE), including many children waiting to find their "forever family."

Search our database of thousands of children available for adoption using the criteria below.

Jan 23, 2025 · AdoptUSKids is a national project that supports child welfare systems and connects children in foster care with families. Read more.

Located in Dallas, Texas, we help families through the adoption process across the entire state of Texas, offering compassionate support to both adoptive families and birth parents.

Hope Cottage is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization that provides adoption, foster care, education and parenting support services to families in Dallas & Fort Worth.

Our recommendations for online adoption resources — from government sites to attorney directories — selected by the editors of Adoptive Families magazine.

View online profiles of Texas families approved and ready to adopt with Adoption Advocates.

Use our state adoption and foster care information pages to find local parent support groups and other resources in your state. Parents who have fostered and adopted share their motivations, doubts, and lessons learned in this AdoptUSKids video.

View American Adoptions' list of adoptive families who each have an adoption profile and video profile to help you choose the best family for your child.

The Texas Adoption Resource Exchange (TARE) website contains photographs, profiles and videos on children waiting for adoption, how to become a foster care or adoptive family, parent video testimonials, successful family and youth stories, myths, barriers, joys and challenges of foster care and adoption, adoption assistance resources and ...