Chatham County Partnership for Children

Working together for children and families in Chatham County, North Caroina

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Adoption/ Foster Care/ Child Support

  • Every child is deserving of a safe, welcoming, and nurturing home whether that be with their biological family or an adoptive/ foster family
  • A child’s home environment has a very big influence on their development
  • There are thousands of children waiting to be adopted into a loving home
  • In North Carolina a single person or married couple can be an adoptive family
  • You must be 18 years old to adopt and 21 years old to foster
  • You do not have to own a home or have a certain amount of income to be a foster or adoptive parent
  • You do not have to be perfect to be a perfect parent!

Chatham County Department of Social Services

919-542-2759 · 102 Camp Dr, Pittsboro, NC 27312

ask.dss@chathamcountync.gov

8:00-5:00 Monday-Friday

Services include help in finding absent parent; establishing paternity, establishing the amount of child support and how the support is paid, and making sure that support is paid on time and that the full amount is paid.

Chatham County Department of Social Services

919-542-2759 · 102 Camp Dr, Pittsboro, NC 27312

safe.grow@chathamcountync.gov

8:00-5:00 Monday-Friday

Offers information on adoption and foster care placement

Children’s Home Society of North Carolina

1-800-632-1400 604 · Meadow St, Greensboro, NC 27415

www.chsnc.org

Offers information on adoption and foster care placement, post-adoption counseling and pregnancy support services.

Another Choice

919-775-1107 · 610 West Main Street Sanford, NC 27333

704-394-1124 2340 Beatties Ford Rd. Charlotte, NC 28216

info@acfbc.org

Another Choice for Black Children is an adoption agency working statewide with families of all races. Another Choice for Black Children charges no fee.

NC Kids | NC Department of Health and Human Services

877-625-4371 · 2001 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699

nc.kids@dhhs.nc.gov

NC Kids helps prospective families navigate the initial stages of foster care and adoption, maintains a central database of available children, provides matching services, and provides foster care and adoption support services.