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Who We Are: Much has changed over the last 138 years, but the Gladney Center for Adoption’s mission has remained the same. We create bright futures through adoption. Based in Fort Worth, Texas—with regional offices in other parts of the state and country—we facilitate domestic infant, international, and Texas foster care adoptions, while also providing a group home and adoption advocacy for teen girls in foster care and post adoption counseling services for child and adult adoptees, birth parents, and adoptive parents. Gladney is so much more than an adoption agency. We are a pioneer and leading voice for adoption advocacy. We extend our resources to offer international humanitarian aid, post adoption support, and ongoing education and public support in Texas, the United States, and abroad.
Who We Serve: From supporting an expectant mother during an unplanned pregnancy to caring for teen girls in foster care and guiding prospective adoptive parents, our work touches the lives of people from all backgrounds, experiences, and beliefs. Through our programs, we serve:
Children and teenagers in Texas foster care and in orphanages abroad who are in need of adoptive families
Expectant mothers
Prospective adoptive families
High school students, teachers, and administrators
Doctors, nurses, counselors, and social workers
Interns and volunteers
Adoption advocates in communities near and far
How We Serve: We will not rest until all children in need know the love and stability of a forever family. To support this singular mission, Gladney has evolved and added services, as needs have changed from generation to generation. Gladney impacts the lives of women, children, and families through these programs: Education, Outreach, & Advocacy: Transform the public’s perspectives about adoption and share the needs of waiting children.
AdoptED
Heart Gallery of North Texas
Adoptions from Texas Foster Care
Gladney Home: Provide foster care and adoption advocacy for girls between 11-17 in a group home setting on Gladney’s Fort Worth campus.
Expectant Mother Services: Offer options counseling, and when a woman chooses adoption for her child, provide a dedicated caseworker, housing assistance, medical assistance, and financial and legal support.
Domestic Infant Adoptions
Medically Fragile Infant Adoptions
Transitional Care: Volunteer Gladney foster families provide temporary housing and on-on-one care for infants between delivery and placement with their adoptive families.
Older Child Adoptions
International Adoptions
Post Adoption Services: Offer continuing education, resources, guidance, and a supportive network for adoptees, adoptive families, and birth parents
Counseling Services
Gladney University
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Gladney’s mission of creating bright futures through adoption is based on a belief that every child deserves a loving and caring family, and every means every. Every child includes a healthy baby, a medically fragile infant, or a toddler being placed for adoption by their birth mother. Every child includes a child who has experienced loss, abuse, or neglect and is waiting in state foster care or an international orphanage. Every child needs a place to call home and people to call family … forever.
By helping end the wait for children in foster care, together, we will impact their lives and our community as a whole. We will help these children heal from their past traumas, bond with their new families, learn to trust and be loved, and just be kids. Rather than being focused on surviving, they will have the opportunity to thrive.
We believe every child deserves a loving and caring family. As part of this belief as an organization, we must make sure we are being culturally respectful and inclusive in our words, actions, and mindset. This includes creating a diverse environment and a culture of inclusion that represents and supports our clients both inside and outside of Gladney.
Organization name
Gladney Center for Adoption
Causes
Youth & Children
Operating Budget
$10,000,000 or more
Counties Served
Grayson, Wise, Tarrant, Somervell, Rockwall, Parker, Palo Pinto, Navarro, Montague, Kaufman, Johnson, Hunt, Hood, Fannin, Erath, Ellis, Denton, Dallas, Cooke, Collin
BIPOC Serving
Other, Hispanic or Latinx, Asian/Pacific Islander, Black or African American
BIPOC Leadership
Neither/None
Address
6300 John Ryan Drive