Assists families with adoptions or private guardianship and licenses and monitors private adoption agencies in Alberta.
Service provides:
- adoption information for families who want to provide permanency for a child in permanent care of Alberta Children and Family Services through adoption or private guardianship
- adoption information for families who want to adopt a child privately within Alberta, through a licensed adoption agency or internationally
- monitoring and licensing of private adoption agencies in Alberta
Types of permanency services include:
- government adoption and private guardianship
- private agency / private direct / step-parent adoption