Alabama resources for: Foster, kinship or adoption

Help with foster, kinship or adoption in Alabama, from the DRR Resource Navigator. Statewide programs first, then local resources by county.

Statewide programs (any Alabama county)

• United Way 2-1-1 — Phone: 2-1-1 — Free, 24/7 referral line. Finds the smaller church and community funds near their address that open up week to week. Also 1-888-421-1266, or text a ZIP code to 898-211. — Who qualifies: Anyone — Website: https://www.211connectsalabama.org
• Alabama Network of Children's Advocacy Centers (ANCAC) — Phone: (334) 819-7021 — Statewide network of 40+ child advocacy centers; can tell callers which CAC serves their county. — Who qualifies: Families, DHR, advocates needing local CAC — Website: https://www.alabamacacs.org/member-centers/member-locations.html — Email: questions@alabamacacs.org
• The WellHouse - Home for trafficked minor girls — Phone: (800) 991-0948 — Residential restorative home for girls under 18 who are survivors of sex trafficking, plus adult women's program; 24/7 intake. — Who qualifies: Female trafficking survivors; separate home for girls under 18 — Website: https://the-wellhouse.org/ — Email: info@the-wellhouse.org
• AFAPA Regional Coordinators — Phone: (888) 545-2372 — Regional coordinators of the Alabama Foster and Adoptive Parent Association connect foster/kinship parents to local associations, training and advocacy. — Who qualifies: Foster, adoptive and kinship parents — Address: 1091 County Road 1659, Cullman, AL 35058 — Website: https://afapa.org/ — Email: afapa@afapa.org
• Alabama DHR - Families 4 Alabama's Kids (Foster Care & Adoption Inquiry Line) — Phone: (866) 425-5437 — State line to become a foster or adoptive parent: inquiry form, 30-hour preparation course, home approval; foster homes get a monthly board payment (FY2024 rates: $527.57 age 0-2, $543.43 age 3-5, $556.84 age 6-12, $571.48 age 13-21) plus up to 7 respite days/yr. — Who qualifies: Adults 19+ with a safe home meeting Alabama Minimum Standards; all adults pass background checks — Address: 50 N. Ripley St., Montgomery, AL 36130 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/foster-care/ — Email: Families4ALKids@dhr.alabama.gov
• Alabama DHR - Kinship Guardianship (KinGAP) — Phone: (334) 242-9500 — Permanency option where a relative who has fostered a child becomes the court-awarded kinship guardian; ask county DHR about ongoing guardianship assistance and Medicaid. — Who qualifies: Relatives fully approved as foster parents who have had the child 6+ consecutive months, when reunification/adoption are not appropriate; youth 14+ consulted — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/foster-care/kinship-guardianship/
• Alabama DHR - Independent Living Program (Chafee) — Phone: (334) 242-9500 — Independent living services for foster youth age 14+ in every county: life skills, transition planning, ILP funding, aftercare for youth 18-20 who left care and return to request services, D.R.E.A.M. youth council. — Who qualifies: Youth 14+ in DHR care; youth 18-20 who were in foster care on/after their 18th birthday — Address: 50 N. Ripley St., Montgomery, AL 36130 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/foster-care/independent-living-program/ — Email: ILP@dhr.alabama.gov
• Alabama Education and Training Voucher (ETV) — Phone: See website — Up to $5,000/year (first-come, unmet need) toward college or vocational program costs, up to 5 years until age 26; reapply yearly after FAFSA. — Who qualifies: Youth in foster care custody on 18th birthday, or adopted/kinship guardianship finalized at 16+; enrolled in an accredited program — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Alabamas-Educational-Assistance-Programs.pdf
• Fostering Hope Scholarship (Alabama foster youth tuition program) — Phone: See website — Covers tuition and required fees at Alabama public community/technical colleges and universities for certificate or degree programs (Alabama's foster youth tuition benefit). — Who qualifies: Youth in foster care custody at high school graduation/GED, or adopted/kinship guardianship from foster care at 14+; under $30,000 net assets — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Alabamas-Educational-Assistance-Programs.pdf
• Alabama DHR - Foster Youth to Independence (FYI) Housing Vouchers — Phone: (334) 242-9500 — Time-limited (up to 3 years) Housing Choice Voucher for youth leaving foster care who are homeless or at risk, referred by DHR to the local housing authority. — Who qualifies: Youth 18 to under 25 who left foster care at 16+ (or will within 90 days) and are homeless or at risk — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Foster-Youth-to-Independence-Program-Fast-Facts.pdf — Email: ILP@dhr.alabama.gov
• Alabama Medicaid for Former Foster Youth (to age 26) — Phone: See website — Free full Medicaid from 18 through 25 for youth who aged out of Alabama foster care, regardless of income, job or school. — Who qualifies: Was in Alabama foster care and aged out in Alabama; under 26; sign up before leaving care (by 18-19) — Website: https://medicaid.alabama.gov/content/Apply
• ILconnect (Alabama Independent Living Resource Site) — Phone: (205) 943-5345 — DHR / Children's Aid Society site and staff for foster youth and alumni: post-care support, ILP funding info, vital documents, career, education, housing and life-skills resources. — Who qualifies: Current and former Alabama foster youth, caregivers and social workers — Address: 2141 14th Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35205 — Website: http://www.ilconnect.org/ — Email: ilconnect@childrensaid.org
• Alabama DHR Office of Licensing (child placing agencies & residential facilities) — Phone: (334) 242-1650 — Licenses child-placing agencies, foster homes standards, group homes and shelters; call to verify an agency's license or raise a concern. — Who qualifies: Anyone checking a child-placing agency or children's home — Address: 50 N. Ripley St., Montgomery, AL 36130 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/?p=1118
• Alabama Kinship Navigator — Phone: (844) 425-2546 — One-stop information and referral for grandparents and other relatives raising children, inside or outside foster care: benefits, legal options, support groups, education. — Who qualifies: Grandparents, relatives and fictive kin raising children — Website: https://navigator.alabama.gov/
• Alabama Foster and Adoptive Parent Association (AFAPA) — Phone: (888) 545-2372 — Statewide association for foster, adoptive and kinship parents: training, annual conference, advocacy, handbook, links to local county foster parent associations. — Who qualifies: Foster, adoptive and kinship families — Address: 1091 County Road 1659, Cullman, AL 35058 — Website: http://www.afapa.org — Email: buddy@afapa.org
• Alabama Pre/Post Adoption Connections (APAC) - Children's Aid Society — Phone: (866) 803-2722 — Free statewide pre- and post-adoption/permanency support: training, support groups, case management, crisis help, camps, referrals for adoptive, kinship-guardian and foster families (offices in Birmingham, Huntsville, Montgomery, Mobile). — Who qualifies: Adoptive, guardianship and foster families in Alabama — Website: https://childrensaidorg.presencehost.net/apac/ — Email: info@childrensaid.org
• Children's Aid Society of Alabama — Phone: (205) 251-7148 — Foster care/therapeutic foster care, adoption support, Independent Living for older foster youth, Project Independence housing for young homeless mothers, EPIC parenting classes, summer camps. — Who qualifies: Foster youth, adoptive/foster families, young parents — Address: 2141 14th Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35205 — Website: https://childrensaid.org — Email: info@childrensaid.org
• Heart Gallery Alabama — Phone: 205-445-1293 — Photo-listing of Alabama foster children waiting for adoption; S.O.A.R. mentoring (with Big Brothers Big Sisters) for teens at risk of aging out; birthday/holiday support. — Who qualifies: Prospective adoptive families; teens in foster care — Address: 3100 Independence Drive, Suite 200, Birmingham, AL 35209 — Website: https://www.heartgalleryalabama.com/ — Email: info@heartgalleryalabama.com
• Alabama CASA Network — Phone: 334-203-1415 — State association of local CASA programs; refers volunteers and families to the local program, or explains options in counties without one. — Who qualifies: Anyone seeking a CASA advocate or to volunteer — Address: PO Box 2524, Opelika, AL 36803 — Website: https://alabamacasa.org/ — Email: info@alabamacasa.org
• Alabama Cooperative Extension System - Grandparents/Relatives Raising Children — Phone: (334) 201-2847 — Extension family and child development programs for grandparents and relatives raising minor children (caregiver summits, parenting education); contact your county Extension office. — Who qualifies: Grandparents and relatives raising children — Website: https://www.aces.edu/ — Email: ddr0007@aces.edu
• Lifeline Children's Services (Alabama headquarters) — Phone: (205) 967-0811 — Christian child-placing agency: foster care licensing/training, domestic and international adoption, Families Count/Harbor Families support for at-risk families, counseling for adoptive and foster families. — Who qualifies: Prospective foster/adoptive families; birth parents; adoptive/foster families needing counseling — Address: 100 Missionary Ridge, Birmingham, AL 35242 — Website: https://lifelinechild.org/
• Embrace Alabama Kids (United Methodist Children's Home) - Montgomery office — Phone: 800-239-3575 — Foster care licensing/support, family preservation, Independent Living (to 21), Higher Education housing for youth from care, Support for Success (ETV/Fostering Hope help), Babies First home for young mothers in care, Headland Boys Home. — Who qualifies: Children/teens in DHR care; foster families; young adults from foster care — Address: 923 S. Perry St., Montgomery, AL 36104 — Website: https://letsembracekids.org/alabama/
• Big Oak Ranch — Phone: (205) 467-6226 — Christian children's homes (Boys' Ranch, Girls' Ranch) with houseparent couples, foster family communities, Westbrook Christian School. — Who qualifies: Children who have faced abuse, neglect or family crisis (call for intake criteria) — Address: 6000 Shelley Dr, Springville, AL 35146 — Website: https://www.bigoak.org/
• Presbyterian Home for Children — Phone: 256-362-2114 — Talladega campus: Moderate Care home for teen girls referred by DHR, Transition to Adult Living (women 19-24), Secure Dwellings housing for homeless children with female caregivers, Family Bridges reunification, therapeutic foster care. — Who qualifies: Teen girls in DHR care; young women 19-24; homeless mothers/female caregivers with children 0-17 — Address: 905 Ashland Hwy, Talladega, AL 35160 — Website: https://www.phfc.org/
• King's Home — Phone: (205) 678-8331 — Long-term Christian youth homes for abused youth 12-21 and housing with services for women and mothers with children escaping abuse or homelessness. — Who qualifies: Abused youth ages 12-21; women/mothers with children fleeing DV or homelessness — Address: 221 Kings Home Dr., Chelsea, AL 35043 — Website: https://www.kingshome.com/ — Email: info@kingshome.com
• Alabama Sheriffs' Youth Ranches — Phone: (334) 213-2071 — Christian family-style ranch homes for at-risk teens: Baldwin County Boys Ranch, St. Clair County Boys Ranch, FAME Colbert County Girls Ranch, Tallapoosa Girls Ranch; school help, college program, independent-living skills. — Who qualifies: At-risk children and youth in crisis, including foster youth — Address: 2680 Bell Rd, Montgomery, AL 36117
• Lee County Youth Development Center — Phone: (334) 749-2996 — Residential care, therapeutic foster care homes, transitional living home and independent living apartments for youth; Project Uplift mentoring. — Who qualifies: Youth in DHR/DYS care and at-risk youth (statewide referrals) — Address: 1101 Spring Dr, Opelika, AL 36801 — Website: https://www.lcydc.org/
• Seraaj Family Homes — Phone: 334-271-2402 — Therapeutic and specialized foster care statewide and DHR Intensive In-Home Services for reunification. — Who qualifies: Children with emotional/behavioral needs in DHR care; foster parent applicants — Address: 410 Cotton Gin Road, Montgomery, AL 36117 — Website: https://seraajfh.com/services/

Autauga County, Alabama — Foster care

• Butterfly Bridge Children's Advocacy Center — Phone: (205) 755-4205 — Children's advocacy center: free forensic interviews, counseling, family advocacy and multidisciplinary team (DHR, police, DA) coordination for abused children. — Who qualifies: Children who are alleged victims of sexual or severe physical abuse and their non-offending caregivers; usually referred by DHR or law enforcement — Website: http://www.butterflybridgecac.org — Email: bellison@butterflybridgecac.org
• Christian Services for Children in Alabama — Phone: (334) 875-0608 — Faith-based therapeutic foster care, family preservation and community-based support; recruits and trains foster parents. — Who qualifies: Children referred by DHR; prospective foster parents — Website: https://www.cscalabama.org/
• Lifeline Children's Services - Wetumpka satellite office — Phone: (205) 967-0811 — Licensed child-placing agency: foster care, adoption, church foster ministry support, aging-out teen support. — Who qualifies: Prospective foster/adoptive families; foster youth — Address: 113 East Bridge Street, Suite A, Wetumpka, AL 36092 — Website: https://lifelinechild.org/foster-care/
• Autauga County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (334) 358-5000 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Autauga County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 203 North Court Street, Prattville, AL 36067 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/
• CASA of Autauga and Chilton Counties — Phone: (334) 610-5962 — Trained volunteer advocates appointed by juvenile court to speak for the best interests of abused/neglected children in foster care; families/attorneys can ask the judge for a CASA. — Who qualifies: Children in dependency (foster care) cases in juvenile court in the counties served — Address: 696 Silver Hills Dr, Prattville, AL 36066 — Website: http://www.casa-autaugachilton.org
• Central Alabama Aging Consortium (CAAC) - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 334-240-4666 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 400 Cotton Gin Road, Montgomery, AL 36117 — Website: https://www.centralalabamaaging.org
• Family Guidance Center of Alabama - Senior Child Caregiver Program — Phone: 334-270-4100 — Support, education and support groups for seniors raising grandchildren or other relative children. — Who qualifies: Caregivers 55+ raising relative children in Montgomery, Elmore and Autauga counties — Address: 2358 Fairlane Drive, Montgomery, AL 36116 — Website: https://www.familyguidancecenter.org/
• Alabama Baptist Children's Homes & Family Ministries - Montgomery — Phone: 334-430-7569 — Christian foster care agency (and campus foster care), homes for single moms, College Care for youth from care, Pathways Counseling; supplements state board payments. — Who qualifies: Children in foster care; foster families (active church involvement required); single mothers; college-age youth from care — Website: https://www.alabamachild.org/campus-locations — Email: info@alabamachild.org
• AGAPE of Central Alabama - Montgomery (main office) — Phone: 334-272-9466 — Christian foster care and adoption agency plus pregnancy counseling. — Who qualifies: Foster/adoptive applicants; expectant parents — Address: 3800 Vaughn Road, Montgomery, AL 36106 — Website: https://www.agapeforchildren.org/ — Email: info@agapeforchildren.org
• Catholic Social Services (Archdiocese of Mobile) - Adoption & Foster Care — Phone: (251) 434-1550 — Adoption, infant foster care and pregnancy counseling. — Who qualifies: Expectant parents; adoptive/foster families in south Alabama — Address: 188 S. Florida Street, Mobile, AL 36606 — Website: https://catholicsocialservices.org/adoption-infant-foster-care
• SAFY of Alabama - Montgomery — Phone: 334-270-3181 — Therapeutic foster care, transitional living program for older youth, Intensive In-Home Services for DHR families. — Who qualifies: Children/youth with trauma or behavioral needs in DHR care; foster parent applicants — Address: 9532 Wynlakes Place, Montgomery, AL 36117 — Website: https://safy.org/alabama
• Alabama MENTOR (Sevita) - Montgomery — Phone: 334-280-3330 — Therapeutic foster care (birth-21) with therapy, case management, autism supports; Teens in Transition living program; recruits/trains foster parents ('Mentors'). — Who qualifies: Children with trauma, autism or behavioral health needs; foster parent applicants 25+ with spare bedroom — Address: 500 Interstate Park Drive #509, Montgomery, AL 36109 — Website: https://sevitahealth.com/our-services/families/alabama-mentor/
• Raleigh's Place — Phone: See website — Christ-centered foster care ministry: Partner Homes support for foster/adoptive/kinship families, Katie's Kloset (free clothing, shoes, furniture to foster families), Camp 1:27 free summer camp, Workmanship Initiative (housing, jobs, transport, mentoring for youth aging out). — Who qualifies: Foster, kinship and adoptive families and youth aging out in central Alabama — Address: 346 County Road 1028, Clanton, AL 35046 — Website: http://www.raleighsplace.org — Email: office@raleighsplace.org

Baldwin County, Alabama — Foster care

• Catholic Social Services (Archdiocese of Mobile) - Adoption & Foster Care — Phone: (251) 434-1550 — Adoption, infant foster care and pregnancy counseling. — Who qualifies: Expectant parents; adoptive/foster families in south Alabama — Address: 188 S. Florida Street, Mobile, AL 36606 — Website: https://catholicsocialservices.org/adoption-infant-foster-care
• CARE House - Baldwin County Child Advocacy Center — Phone: (251) 989-2555 — Children's advocacy center: free forensic interviews, counseling, family advocacy and multidisciplinary team (DHR, police, DA) coordination for abused children. — Who qualifies: Children who are alleged victims of sexual or severe physical abuse and their non-offending caregivers; usually referred by DHR or law enforcement — Address: 16397 County Road 73, Summerdale, AL 36580 — Website: https://www.baldwincountycac.org — Email: admin@baldwincountycac.org
• Wilmer Hall Children's Home — Phone: 251-342-4931 — Faith-based children's home (since 1864): residential care, transitional living for homeless young adults, transitional housing for young mothers and children, tutoring, food pantry delivery. — Who qualifies: Children and young adults in need from poverty, abuse, neglect or homelessness; young mothers — Address: 3811 Old Shell Road, Mobile, AL 36608 — Website: https://www.wilmerhall.org/ — Email: minge@wilmerhall.org
• Lifeline Children's Services - Daphne satellite office — Phone: (205) 967-0811 — Licensed child-placing agency: foster care, adoption, church foster ministry support, aging-out teen support. — Who qualifies: Prospective foster/adoptive families; foster youth — Address: 28851 Main Street Suite B-C, Daphne, AL 36526 — Website: https://lifelinechild.org/foster-care/
• Foster Kids Matter — Phone: See website — Hope Bags for children entering foster care: clothing, pajamas, undergarments, shoes, hygiene items, blankets. — Who qualifies: Children entering foster care in Baldwin County — Address: Foley, AL — Website: https://business.southbaldwinchamber.com/list/member/foster-kids-matter-82191
• Baldwin County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (251) 945-2400 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Baldwin County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 22259 Palmer Street, Robertsdale, AL 36567 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/
• South Alabama Regional Planning Commission Area Agency on Aging - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 251-433-6541 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 110 Beaureguard St., Suite 207, Mobile, AL 36602 — Website: https://www.sarpc.org
• Alabama Baptist Children's Homes & Family Ministries - Mobile — Phone: 251-639-1022 — Christian foster care agency (and campus foster care), homes for single moms, College Care for youth from care, Pathways Counseling; supplements state board payments. — Who qualifies: Children in foster care; foster families (active church involvement required); single mothers; college-age youth from care — Website: https://www.alabamachild.org/campus-locations — Email: info@alabamachild.org
• Bethany Christian Services - Alabama (Spanish Fort) — Phone: 251-621-5440 — Foster care and adoption services. — Who qualifies: Foster/adoptive families; birth parents — Address: 7100 Spanish Fort Blvd, Spanish Fort, AL 36577 — Website: https://bethany.org/
• Children of the World (adoption agency) — Phone: 251-990-3550 — International/domestic adoption agency. — Who qualifies: Adoptive families — Address: 19940 State Highway 181, Suite C-4, Fairhope, AL 36532 — Email: teresa@childrenoftheworld.com
• Adoption Home Study Services — Phone: 251-626-9011 — Adoption home studies. — Who qualifies: Adoptive families — Address: 1203 U.S. Highway 9 (as listed), Daphne, AL 36526 — Email: pboyd1203@gmail.com
• SAFY of Alabama - Mobile — Phone: 251-487-0058 — Therapeutic foster care, transitional living program for older youth, Intensive In-Home Services for DHR families. — Who qualifies: Children/youth with trauma or behavioral needs in DHR care; foster parent applicants — Address: 1327 Spring Hill Avenue, Mobile, AL 36604 — Website: https://safy.org/alabama
• Alabama MENTOR (Sevita) - Mobile — Phone: 251-478-5243 — Therapeutic foster care (birth-21) with therapy, case management, autism supports; Teens in Transition living program; recruits/trains foster parents ('Mentors'). — Who qualifies: Children with trauma, autism or behavioral health needs; foster parent applicants 25+ with spare bedroom — Address: 3103 Airport Boulevard, Suite 620, Mobile, AL 36606 — Website: https://sevitahealth.com/our-services/families/alabama-mentor/

Barbour County, Alabama — Foster care

• Catholic Social Services (Archdiocese of Mobile) - Adoption & Foster Care — Phone: (251) 434-1550 — Adoption, infant foster care and pregnancy counseling. — Who qualifies: Expectant parents; adoptive/foster families in south Alabama — Address: 188 S. Florida Street, Mobile, AL 36606 — Website: https://catholicsocialservices.org/adoption-infant-foster-care
• SAFY of Alabama - Montgomery — Phone: 334-270-3181 — Therapeutic foster care, transitional living program for older youth, Intensive In-Home Services for DHR families. — Who qualifies: Children/youth with trauma or behavioral needs in DHR care; foster parent applicants — Address: 9532 Wynlakes Place, Montgomery, AL 36117 — Website: https://safy.org/alabama
• Pike Regional Child Advocacy Center — Phone: (334) 670-0487 — Children's advocacy center: free forensic interviews, counseling, family advocacy and multidisciplinary team (DHR, police, DA) coordination for abused children. — Who qualifies: Children who are alleged victims of sexual or severe physical abuse and their non-offending caregivers; usually referred by DHR or law enforcement — Address: 118 W. Orange Street, Troy, AL 36081 — Website: https://www.pikeregionalcac.com — Email: prcac@pikeregional-cac.com
• City Hope (formerly Fostering Hope Wiregrass) — Phone: See website — Free foster closet at Dogwood Court, Dothan: clothes, shoes, diapers, toiletries, cribs, frozen meals, birthday closet; monthly restock shopping; parent nights and training hours. — Who qualifies: Licensed foster families in the Wiregrass — Address: Dogwood Court, Dothan, AL — Website: https://cityhopewiregrass.com/
• Barbour County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (334) 771-0009 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Barbour County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 276 Hwy. 239 South, Clayton, AL 36016 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/
• SARCOA (Southern Alabama Regional Council on Aging) - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 334-793-6843 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 1075 S. Brannon Stand Road, Dothan, AL 36305 — Website: https://www.sarcoa.org
• AGAPE of Central Alabama - Wiregrass office — Phone: 334-393-1990 — Christian foster care and adoption agency plus pregnancy counseling. — Who qualifies: Foster/adoptive applicants; expectant parents — Address: P.O. Box 74, Troy, AL 36081 — Website: https://www.agapeforchildren.org/ — Email: info@agapeforchildren.org
• Alabama MENTOR (Sevita) - Troy — Phone: See website — Therapeutic foster care (birth-21) with therapy, case management, autism supports; Teens in Transition living program; recruits/trains foster parents ('Mentors'). — Who qualifies: Children with trauma, autism or behavioral health needs; foster parent applicants 25+ with spare bedroom — Address: 1114A South Brundidge Street, Troy, AL 36081 — Website: https://sevitahealth.com/our-services/families/alabama-mentor/
• Camellia Therapeutic Foster Agency — Phone: 334-448-2999 — Therapeutic foster care. — Who qualifies: Children in DHR care with therapeutic needs; foster applicants — Address: 407 South Seale Road, Phenix City, AL 36868

Bibb County, Alabama — Foster care

• Raleigh's Place — Phone: See website — Christ-centered foster care ministry: Partner Homes support for foster/adoptive/kinship families, Katie's Kloset (free clothing, shoes, furniture to foster families), Camp 1:27 free summer camp, Workmanship Initiative (housing, jobs, transport, mentoring for youth aging out). — Who qualifies: Foster, kinship and adoptive families and youth aging out in central Alabama — Address: 346 County Road 1028, Clanton, AL 35046 — Website: http://www.raleighsplace.org — Email: office@raleighsplace.org
• Be the Village — Phone: See website — Foster care support nonprofit (founded 2019). — Who qualifies: Foster families in Bibb County area — Address: 2003 Bear Creek Rd, Brent, AL 35034 — Website: https://causeiq.com/organizations/be-the-village,842647464
• Bibb County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (205) 926-2900 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Bibb County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 84 Library Street, Centreville, AL 35042 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/
• West Alabama Regional Commission Area Agency on Aging - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 205-333-2990 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 4200 Highway 69 North Suite 1, Northport, AL 35476 — Website: https://www.westalabamaaging.org
• Alabama Baptist Children's Homes & Family Ministries - Tuscaloosa — Phone: 205-831-8178 — Christian foster care agency (and campus foster care), homes for single moms, College Care for youth from care, Pathways Counseling; supplements state board payments. — Who qualifies: Children in foster care; foster families (active church involvement required); single mothers; college-age youth from care — Website: https://www.alabamachild.org/campus-locations — Email: info@alabamachild.org
• AGAPE of Central Alabama - Tuscaloosa office — Phone: 205-733-9755 — Christian foster care and adoption agency plus pregnancy counseling. — Who qualifies: Foster/adoptive applicants; expectant parents — Address: 1200 Julia Tutwiler Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL 35404 — Website: https://www.agapeforchildren.org/ — Email: info@agapeforchildren.org
• Tuscaloosa Angels — Phone: See website — Love Box (church/community groups wrap around a foster family with meals, supplies and support) and Dare to Dream mentoring for foster youth; Northport family hub. — Who qualifies: Foster families and youth in foster care in West Alabama — Address: 218 Main Avenue, Northport, AL 35476 — Website: https://www.tuscaloosaangels.org/
• Second Shift — Phone: (205) 201-0464 — Transition plans for youth aging out of foster care: housing assistance, life skills, jobs, transportation, education, ID documents, mentoring. — Who qualifies: Youth 18-25 aging out of or at risk from foster care — Address: 101 Aviators View Drive, Suite B, Alabaster, AL 35007 — Website: https://secondshiftalabama.org

Blount County, Alabama — Foster care

• Blount County Children's Center — Phone: (205) 274-7226 — Children's advocacy center: free forensic interviews, counseling, family advocacy and multidisciplinary team (DHR, police, DA) coordination for abused children. — Who qualifies: Children who are alleged victims of sexual or severe physical abuse and their non-offending caregivers; usually referred by DHR or law enforcement — Address: 106 First Ave West, Oneonta, AL 35121
• Alabama Clinical Schools - Therapeutic Foster Care — Phone: (205) 224-4400 — Therapeutic foster care and specialized treatment foster care, plus residential psychiatric treatment and on-site school; 24/7 clinician on call. — Who qualifies: Children in Alabama DHR custody with behavioral/mental health needs; residential: adolescent males 12-18 — Address: 1101 East Park Drive, Birmingham, AL 35235 — Website: https://www.alabamaclinicalschools.com/
• Royal Family KIDS Camp - Hope Community Church (Gardendale) — Phone: 205-913-2594 — Free one-week summer camp for children in foster care (July). — Who qualifies: Foster children ages 6-11 — Website: https://form.jotform.com/240612956054152
• Blount County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (205) 274-5200 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Blount County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 55 DHR Lane, Oneonta, AL 35121 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/
• Middle Alabama Area Agency on Aging (M4A) - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 205-670-5770 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 209 Cloverdale Circle, Alabaster, AL 35007 — Website: https://www.m4a.org
• Alabama Baptist Children's Homes & Family Ministries - Birmingham — Phone: 205-982-1112 — Christian foster care agency (and campus foster care), homes for single moms, College Care for youth from care, Pathways Counseling; supplements state board payments. — Who qualifies: Children in foster care; foster families (active church involvement required); single mothers; college-age youth from care — Address: 2681 Rocky Ridge Lane, Birmingham, AL 35216 — Website: https://www.alabamachild.org/campus-locations — Email: info@alabamachild.org
• AGAPE of Central Alabama - Birmingham office — Phone: 205-733-9755 — Christian foster care and adoption agency plus pregnancy counseling. — Who qualifies: Foster/adoptive applicants; expectant parents — Address: P.O. Box 36533, Birmingham, AL 35236 — Website: https://www.agapeforchildren.org/ — Email: info@agapeforchildren.org
• Family Adoption Services, Inc. — Phone: (205) 414-6003 — Private adoption agency and adoptive parent support group. — Who qualifies: Adoptive families; birth parents — Address: 4 Office Park Cir, Suite 116, Birmingham, AL 35223 — Website: https://www.familyadoptionservices.com/
• A Angel Adoptions — Phone: (205) 621-0316 — Private adoption agency. — Who qualifies: Adoptive families; birth parents — Address: 911 Creekside Court, Suite A, Helena, AL 35080 — Email: angeladoptions@msn.com
• SAFY of Alabama - Birmingham — Phone: 205-945-7483 — Therapeutic foster care, transitional living program for older youth, Intensive In-Home Services for DHR families. — Who qualifies: Children/youth with trauma or behavioral needs in DHR care; foster parent applicants — Address: 15 Southlake Lane, Suite 200, Hoover, AL 35244 — Website: https://safy.org/alabama
• Alabama MENTOR (Sevita) - Birmingham — Phone: 205-945-7030 — Therapeutic foster care (birth-21) with therapy, case management, autism supports; Teens in Transition living program; recruits/trains foster parents ('Mentors'). — Who qualifies: Children with trauma, autism or behavioral health needs; foster parent applicants 25+ with spare bedroom — Address: 529 Beacon Parkway W, Suite 212, Birmingham, AL 35209 — Website: https://sevitahealth.com/our-services/families/alabama-mentor/

Bullock County, Alabama — Foster care

• AGAPE of Central Alabama - Montgomery (main office) — Phone: 334-272-9466 — Christian foster care and adoption agency plus pregnancy counseling. — Who qualifies: Foster/adoptive applicants; expectant parents — Address: 3800 Vaughn Road, Montgomery, AL 36106 — Website: https://www.agapeforchildren.org/ — Email: info@agapeforchildren.org
• Catholic Social Services (Archdiocese of Mobile) - Adoption & Foster Care — Phone: (251) 434-1550 — Adoption, infant foster care and pregnancy counseling. — Who qualifies: Expectant parents; adoptive/foster families in south Alabama — Address: 188 S. Florida Street, Mobile, AL 36606 — Website: https://catholicsocialservices.org/adoption-infant-foster-care
• SAFY of Alabama - Montgomery — Phone: 334-270-3181 — Therapeutic foster care, transitional living program for older youth, Intensive In-Home Services for DHR families. — Who qualifies: Children/youth with trauma or behavioral needs in DHR care; foster parent applicants — Address: 9532 Wynlakes Place, Montgomery, AL 36117 — Website: https://safy.org/alabama
• Pike Regional Child Advocacy Center — Phone: (334) 670-0487 — Children's advocacy center: free forensic interviews, counseling, family advocacy and multidisciplinary team (DHR, police, DA) coordination for abused children. — Who qualifies: Children who are alleged victims of sexual or severe physical abuse and their non-offending caregivers; usually referred by DHR or law enforcement — Address: 118 W. Orange Street, Troy, AL 36081 — Website: https://www.pikeregionalcac.com — Email: prcac@pikeregional-cac.com
• AGAPE of Central Alabama - Wiregrass office — Phone: 334-393-1990 — Christian foster care and adoption agency plus pregnancy counseling. — Who qualifies: Foster/adoptive applicants; expectant parents — Address: P.O. Box 74, Troy, AL 36081 — Website: https://www.agapeforchildren.org/ — Email: info@agapeforchildren.org
• Alabama MENTOR (Sevita) - Troy — Phone: See website — Therapeutic foster care (birth-21) with therapy, case management, autism supports; Teens in Transition living program; recruits/trains foster parents ('Mentors'). — Who qualifies: Children with trauma, autism or behavioral health needs; foster parent applicants 25+ with spare bedroom — Address: 1114A South Brundidge Street, Troy, AL 36081 — Website: https://sevitahealth.com/our-services/families/alabama-mentor/
• Camellia Therapeutic Foster Agency — Phone: 334-448-2999 — Therapeutic foster care. — Who qualifies: Children in DHR care with therapeutic needs; foster applicants — Address: 407 South Seale Road, Phenix City, AL 36868
• Bullock County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (334) 738-6400 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Bullock County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 687 March Street, Union Springs, AL 36089 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/
• South Central Alabama Development Commission Area Agency on Aging - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 334-244-6903 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 5900 Carmichael Place, Montgomery, AL 36117 — Website: https://www.scadc.net

Butler County, Alabama — Foster care

• Catholic Social Services (Archdiocese of Mobile) - Adoption & Foster Care — Phone: (251) 434-1550 — Adoption, infant foster care and pregnancy counseling. — Who qualifies: Expectant parents; adoptive/foster families in south Alabama — Address: 188 S. Florida Street, Mobile, AL 36606 — Website: https://catholicsocialservices.org/adoption-infant-foster-care
• South Central Alabama Development Commission Area Agency on Aging - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 334-244-6903 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 5900 Carmichael Place, Montgomery, AL 36117 — Website: https://www.scadc.net
• Butler County Children's Advocacy Center - Safe Harbor — Phone: (334) 382-8584 — Children's advocacy center: free forensic interviews, counseling, family advocacy and multidisciplinary team (DHR, police, DA) coordination for abused children. — Who qualifies: Children who are alleged victims of sexual or severe physical abuse and their non-offending caregivers; usually referred by DHR or law enforcement — Website: https://www.butlercountycac.org
• Trinity's Closet (Butler County) — Phone: See website — Free foster closet: diapers to cookware for foster parents, social workers and birth families. — Who qualifies: Foster families, DHR workers and birth families in Butler County — Website: https://www.waka.com/?p=3392212
• Butler County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (334) 382-4400 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Butler County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 182 West Adams Street, Greenville, AL 36037 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/

Calhoun County, Alabama — Foster care

• SAFY of Alabama - Birmingham — Phone: 205-945-7483 — Therapeutic foster care, transitional living program for older youth, Intensive In-Home Services for DHR families. — Who qualifies: Children/youth with trauma or behavioral needs in DHR care; foster parent applicants — Address: 15 Southlake Lane, Suite 200, Hoover, AL 35244 — Website: https://safy.org/alabama
• Calhoun/Cleburne Children's Center — Phone: (256) 238-0902 — Children's advocacy center: free forensic interviews, counseling, family advocacy and multidisciplinary team (DHR, police, DA) coordination for abused children. — Who qualifies: Children who are alleged victims of sexual or severe physical abuse and their non-offending caregivers; usually referred by DHR or law enforcement — Address: 2100 Leighton Ave, Anniston, AL 36207 — Website: http://www.cchildrenscenter.org
• Covenant Services, Inc. (Anniston) — Phone: See website — Family reunification support for children in state custody/foster care: parenting and money-management training, mentoring and tutoring for foster kids, transport to court/visits, help with rent, groceries and clothing. — Who qualifies: Families separated by DHR custody, relative placement or foster care — Website: https://www.charitynavigator.org/ein/631230962
• Lifeline Children's Services - Gadsden satellite office — Phone: (205) 967-0811 — Licensed child-placing agency: foster care, adoption, church foster ministry support, aging-out teen support. — Who qualifies: Prospective foster/adoptive families; foster youth — Address: 1024 Forrest Avenue, Gadsden, AL 35901 — Website: https://lifelinechild.org/foster-care/
• Catholic Family Services - Anniston satellite — Phone: 256-237-3011 — Licensed child-placing agency satellite: adoption and family services. — Who qualifies: Families in NE Alabama — Website: https://www.cfsbhm.org/
• Calhoun County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (256) 240-2021 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Calhoun County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 415 West 11th St., Anniston, AL 36202 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/
• CASA of the Cheaha Region — Phone: 334-610-6559 — Trained volunteer advocates appointed by juvenile court to speak for the best interests of abused/neglected children in foster care; families/attorneys can ask the judge for a CASA. — Who qualifies: Children in dependency (foster care) cases in juvenile court in the counties served — Address: PO Box 7421, Oxford, AL 36203 — Website: http://www.cheahacasa.org
• East Alabama Area Agency on Aging (EARPDC) - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 256-237-6741 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 1130 Quintard Avenue, Suite 300, Anniston, AL 36201 — Website: https://www.eastalabamaaging.org
• Alabama Baptist Children's Homes & Family Ministries - Oxford — Phone: 256-831-4081 — Christian foster care agency (and campus foster care), homes for single moms, College Care for youth from care, Pathways Counseling; supplements state board payments. — Who qualifies: Children in foster care; foster families (active church involvement required); single mothers; college-age youth from care — Website: https://www.alabamachild.org/campus-locations — Email: info@alabamachild.org

Chambers County, Alabama — Foster care

• Catholic Social Services (Archdiocese of Mobile) - Adoption & Foster Care — Phone: (251) 434-1550 — Adoption, infant foster care and pregnancy counseling. — Who qualifies: Expectant parents; adoptive/foster families in south Alabama — Address: 188 S. Florida Street, Mobile, AL 36606 — Website: https://catholicsocialservices.org/adoption-infant-foster-care
• SAFY of Alabama - Montgomery — Phone: 334-270-3181 — Therapeutic foster care, transitional living program for older youth, Intensive In-Home Services for DHR families. — Who qualifies: Children/youth with trauma or behavioral needs in DHR care; foster parent applicants — Address: 9532 Wynlakes Place, Montgomery, AL 36117 — Website: https://safy.org/alabama
• Camellia Therapeutic Foster Agency — Phone: 334-448-2999 — Therapeutic foster care. — Who qualifies: Children in DHR care with therapeutic needs; foster applicants — Address: 407 South Seale Road, Phenix City, AL 36868
• East Alabama Area Agency on Aging (EARPDC) - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 256-237-6741 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 1130 Quintard Avenue, Suite 300, Anniston, AL 36201 — Website: https://www.eastalabamaaging.org
• Tri-County Children's Advocacy Center — Phone: (334) 885-1607 — Children's advocacy center: free forensic interviews, counseling, family advocacy and multidisciplinary team (DHR, police, DA) coordination for abused children. — Who qualifies: Children who are alleged victims of sexual or severe physical abuse and their non-offending caregivers; usually referred by DHR or law enforcement — Address: 287 N. Tallassee Street, Dadeville, AL 36853 — Website: http://www.tri-co-cac.org
• Chambers County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (334) 867-6004 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Chambers County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 410 9th Ave. SW, LaFayette, AL 36862 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/
• Alabama Baptist Children's Homes & Family Ministries - Auburn — Phone: 334-746-5024 — Christian foster care agency (and campus foster care), homes for single moms, College Care for youth from care, Pathways Counseling; supplements state board payments. — Who qualifies: Children in foster care; foster families (active church involvement required); single mothers; college-age youth from care — Website: https://www.alabamachild.org/campus-locations — Email: info@alabamachild.org
• Alabama MENTOR (Sevita) - Opelika/Auburn — Phone: 334-705-8877 — Therapeutic foster care (birth-21) with therapy, case management, autism supports; Teens in Transition living program; recruits/trains foster parents ('Mentors'). — Who qualifies: Children with trauma, autism or behavioral health needs; foster parent applicants 25+ with spare bedroom — Address: 30 Samford Avenue, Suite 30B, Opelika, AL 36801 — Website: https://sevitahealth.com/our-services/families/alabama-mentor/
• BigHouse Foundation — Phone: 334-363-2634 — Clothes Closet, New-to-Care bags, food boxes, Santa's Workshop, back-to-school, Kids' Night Out, moms' meetups and camps for foster families. — Who qualifies: Licensed foster families and families who adopted from foster care in Lee, Chambers, Macon, Tallapoosa, Russell, Elmore and Coosa counties — Address: 1400 Grand National Parkway, Opelika, AL — Website: https://www.ourbighouse.org/ — Email: bighouse@ourbighouse.org

Cherokee County, Alabama — Foster care

• Lifeline Children's Services - Gadsden satellite office — Phone: (205) 967-0811 — Licensed child-placing agency: foster care, adoption, church foster ministry support, aging-out teen support. — Who qualifies: Prospective foster/adoptive families; foster youth — Address: 1024 Forrest Avenue, Gadsden, AL 35901 — Website: https://lifelinechild.org/foster-care/
• East Alabama Area Agency on Aging (EARPDC) - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 256-237-6741 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 1130 Quintard Avenue, Suite 300, Anniston, AL 36201 — Website: https://www.eastalabamaaging.org
• Children's Advocacy Center of Cherokee County — Phone: (256) 927-2111 — Children's advocacy center: free forensic interviews, counseling, family advocacy and multidisciplinary team (DHR, police, DA) coordination for abused children. — Who qualifies: Children who are alleged victims of sexual or severe physical abuse and their non-offending caregivers; usually referred by DHR or law enforcement — Address: 411 North River Street, Centre, AL 35960 — Website: https://www.cherokeecountycac.org — Email: ccarvercac@tds.net
• Cherokee County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (256) 926-0004 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Cherokee County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 202 Dean Buttram Sr. Avenue, Centre, AL 35960 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/

Chilton County, Alabama — Foster care

• Butterfly Bridge Children's Advocacy Center — Phone: (205) 755-4205 — Children's advocacy center: free forensic interviews, counseling, family advocacy and multidisciplinary team (DHR, police, DA) coordination for abused children. — Who qualifies: Children who are alleged victims of sexual or severe physical abuse and their non-offending caregivers; usually referred by DHR or law enforcement — Website: http://www.butterflybridgecac.org — Email: bellison@butterflybridgecac.org
• CASA of Autauga and Chilton Counties — Phone: (334) 610-5962 — Trained volunteer advocates appointed by juvenile court to speak for the best interests of abused/neglected children in foster care; families/attorneys can ask the judge for a CASA. — Who qualifies: Children in dependency (foster care) cases in juvenile court in the counties served — Address: 696 Silver Hills Dr, Prattville, AL 36066 — Website: http://www.casa-autaugachilton.org
• AGAPE of Central Alabama - Montgomery (main office) — Phone: 334-272-9466 — Christian foster care and adoption agency plus pregnancy counseling. — Who qualifies: Foster/adoptive applicants; expectant parents — Address: 3800 Vaughn Road, Montgomery, AL 36106 — Website: https://www.agapeforchildren.org/ — Email: info@agapeforchildren.org
• Raleigh's Place — Phone: See website — Christ-centered foster care ministry: Partner Homes support for foster/adoptive/kinship families, Katie's Kloset (free clothing, shoes, furniture to foster families), Camp 1:27 free summer camp, Workmanship Initiative (housing, jobs, transport, mentoring for youth aging out). — Who qualifies: Foster, kinship and adoptive families and youth aging out in central Alabama — Address: 346 County Road 1028, Clanton, AL 35046 — Website: http://www.raleighsplace.org — Email: office@raleighsplace.org
• Second Shift — Phone: (205) 201-0464 — Transition plans for youth aging out of foster care: housing assistance, life skills, jobs, transportation, education, ID documents, mentoring. — Who qualifies: Youth 18-25 aging out of or at risk from foster care — Address: 101 Aviators View Drive, Suite B, Alabaster, AL 35007 — Website: https://secondshiftalabama.org
• Middle Alabama Area Agency on Aging (M4A) - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 205-670-5770 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 209 Cloverdale Circle, Alabaster, AL 35007 — Website: https://www.m4a.org
• Chilton County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (205) 258-4900 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Chilton County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 324 Health Center Drive, Clanton, AL 35045 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/

Choctaw County, Alabama — Foster care

• Catholic Social Services (Archdiocese of Mobile) - Adoption & Foster Care — Phone: (251) 434-1550 — Adoption, infant foster care and pregnancy counseling. — Who qualifies: Expectant parents; adoptive/foster families in south Alabama — Address: 188 S. Florida Street, Mobile, AL 36606 — Website: https://catholicsocialservices.org/adoption-infant-foster-care
• Regional Child Advocacy Center (Grove Hill) — Phone: (251) 275-2804 — Children's advocacy center: free forensic interviews, counseling, family advocacy and multidisciplinary team (DHR, police, DA) coordination for abused children. — Who qualifies: Children who are alleged victims of sexual or severe physical abuse and their non-offending caregivers; usually referred by DHR or law enforcement — Address: 127 West Cobb St, Grove Hill, AL 36451 — Website: https://www.regionalcac.org
• Choctaw County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (205) 255-5114 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Choctaw County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 1003 South Mulberry Avenue, Butler, AL 36904 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/
• Alabama-Tombigbee Regional Commission Area Agency on Aging - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 334-682-5206 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 107 Broad St., Camden, AL 36726 — Website: https://www.atrcaging.com

Clarke County, Alabama — Foster care

• Catholic Social Services (Archdiocese of Mobile) - Adoption & Foster Care — Phone: (251) 434-1550 — Adoption, infant foster care and pregnancy counseling. — Who qualifies: Expectant parents; adoptive/foster families in south Alabama — Address: 188 S. Florida Street, Mobile, AL 36606 — Website: https://catholicsocialservices.org/adoption-infant-foster-care
• Bethany Christian Services - Alabama (Spanish Fort) — Phone: 251-621-5440 — Foster care and adoption services. — Who qualifies: Foster/adoptive families; birth parents — Address: 7100 Spanish Fort Blvd, Spanish Fort, AL 36577 — Website: https://bethany.org/
• SAFY of Alabama - Mobile — Phone: 251-487-0058 — Therapeutic foster care, transitional living program for older youth, Intensive In-Home Services for DHR families. — Who qualifies: Children/youth with trauma or behavioral needs in DHR care; foster parent applicants — Address: 1327 Spring Hill Avenue, Mobile, AL 36604 — Website: https://safy.org/alabama
• Regional Child Advocacy Center (Grove Hill) — Phone: (251) 275-2804 — Children's advocacy center: free forensic interviews, counseling, family advocacy and multidisciplinary team (DHR, police, DA) coordination for abused children. — Who qualifies: Children who are alleged victims of sexual or severe physical abuse and their non-offending caregivers; usually referred by DHR or law enforcement — Address: 127 West Cobb St, Grove Hill, AL 36451 — Website: https://www.regionalcac.org
• Alabama-Tombigbee Regional Commission Area Agency on Aging - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 334-682-5206 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 107 Broad St., Camden, AL 36726 — Website: https://www.atrcaging.com
• Clarke County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (251) 275-7001 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Clarke County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 22609 Hwy 84, Grove Hill, AL 36451 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/

Clay County, Alabama — Foster care

• East Alabama Area Agency on Aging (EARPDC) - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 256-237-6741 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 1130 Quintard Avenue, Suite 300, Anniston, AL 36201 — Website: https://www.eastalabamaaging.org
• Tri-County Children's Advocacy Center — Phone: (334) 885-1607 — Children's advocacy center: free forensic interviews, counseling, family advocacy and multidisciplinary team (DHR, police, DA) coordination for abused children. — Who qualifies: Children who are alleged victims of sexual or severe physical abuse and their non-offending caregivers; usually referred by DHR or law enforcement — Address: 287 N. Tallassee Street, Dadeville, AL 36853 — Website: http://www.tri-co-cac.org
• Alabama MENTOR (Sevita) - Opelika/Auburn — Phone: 334-705-8877 — Therapeutic foster care (birth-21) with therapy, case management, autism supports; Teens in Transition living program; recruits/trains foster parents ('Mentors'). — Who qualifies: Children with trauma, autism or behavioral health needs; foster parent applicants 25+ with spare bedroom — Address: 30 Samford Avenue, Suite 30B, Opelika, AL 36801 — Website: https://sevitahealth.com/our-services/families/alabama-mentor/
• Clay County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (256) 396-6800 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Clay County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 86930 Highway 9, Lineville, AL 36266 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/

Cleburne County, Alabama — Foster care

• Calhoun/Cleburne Children's Center — Phone: (256) 238-0902 — Children's advocacy center: free forensic interviews, counseling, family advocacy and multidisciplinary team (DHR, police, DA) coordination for abused children. — Who qualifies: Children who are alleged victims of sexual or severe physical abuse and their non-offending caregivers; usually referred by DHR or law enforcement — Address: 2100 Leighton Ave, Anniston, AL 36207 — Website: http://www.cchildrenscenter.org
• Catholic Family Services - Anniston satellite — Phone: 256-237-3011 — Licensed child-placing agency satellite: adoption and family services. — Who qualifies: Families in NE Alabama — Website: https://www.cfsbhm.org/
• East Alabama Area Agency on Aging (EARPDC) - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 256-237-6741 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 1130 Quintard Avenue, Suite 300, Anniston, AL 36201 — Website: https://www.eastalabamaaging.org
• Alabama Baptist Children's Homes & Family Ministries - Oxford — Phone: 256-831-4081 — Christian foster care agency (and campus foster care), homes for single moms, College Care for youth from care, Pathways Counseling; supplements state board payments. — Who qualifies: Children in foster care; foster families (active church involvement required); single mothers; college-age youth from care — Website: https://www.alabamachild.org/campus-locations — Email: info@alabamachild.org
• Cleburne County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (256) 805-8610 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Cleburne County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 732 Oxford Street, Heflin, AL 36264 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/

Coffee County, Alabama — Foster care

• Catholic Social Services (Archdiocese of Mobile) - Adoption & Foster Care — Phone: (251) 434-1550 — Adoption, infant foster care and pregnancy counseling. — Who qualifies: Expectant parents; adoptive/foster families in south Alabama — Address: 188 S. Florida Street, Mobile, AL 36606 — Website: https://catholicsocialservices.org/adoption-infant-foster-care
• SAFY of Alabama - Montgomery — Phone: 334-270-3181 — Therapeutic foster care, transitional living program for older youth, Intensive In-Home Services for DHR families. — Who qualifies: Children/youth with trauma or behavioral needs in DHR care; foster parent applicants — Address: 9532 Wynlakes Place, Montgomery, AL 36117 — Website: https://safy.org/alabama
• Pike Regional Child Advocacy Center — Phone: (334) 670-0487 — Children's advocacy center: free forensic interviews, counseling, family advocacy and multidisciplinary team (DHR, police, DA) coordination for abused children. — Who qualifies: Children who are alleged victims of sexual or severe physical abuse and their non-offending caregivers; usually referred by DHR or law enforcement — Address: 118 W. Orange Street, Troy, AL 36081 — Website: https://www.pikeregionalcac.com — Email: prcac@pikeregional-cac.com
• City Hope (formerly Fostering Hope Wiregrass) — Phone: See website — Free foster closet at Dogwood Court, Dothan: clothes, shoes, diapers, toiletries, cribs, frozen meals, birthday closet; monthly restock shopping; parent nights and training hours. — Who qualifies: Licensed foster families in the Wiregrass — Address: Dogwood Court, Dothan, AL — Website: https://cityhopewiregrass.com/
• SARCOA (Southern Alabama Regional Council on Aging) - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 334-793-6843 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 1075 S. Brannon Stand Road, Dothan, AL 36305 — Website: https://www.sarcoa.org
• AGAPE of Central Alabama - Wiregrass office — Phone: 334-393-1990 — Christian foster care and adoption agency plus pregnancy counseling. — Who qualifies: Foster/adoptive applicants; expectant parents — Address: P.O. Box 74, Troy, AL 36081 — Website: https://www.agapeforchildren.org/ — Email: info@agapeforchildren.org
• Alabama MENTOR (Sevita) - Troy — Phone: See website — Therapeutic foster care (birth-21) with therapy, case management, autism supports; Teens in Transition living program; recruits/trains foster parents ('Mentors'). — Who qualifies: Children with trauma, autism or behavioral health needs; foster parent applicants 25+ with spare bedroom — Address: 1114A South Brundidge Street, Troy, AL 36081 — Website: https://sevitahealth.com/our-services/families/alabama-mentor/
• Fostering Angels (Elba) — Phone: See website — Free foster boutique: clothing, toiletries, school supplies, some furniture, suitcases, birthday cake kits; emergency placement requests by phone/Facebook; also helps grandparents raising grandkids. Open Tue, Thu, Sat. — Who qualifies: Foster and kinship families in Southeast Alabama — Website: https://www.wtvy.com/2024/08/08/fostering-angels-gives-back-wiregrass/
• Coffee County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (334) 348-2000 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Coffee County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 3881 Salem Road, Enterprise, AL 36330 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/
• Alabama Baptist Children's Homes & Family Ministries - Dothan — Phone: 334-677-7856 — Christian foster care agency (and campus foster care), homes for single moms, College Care for youth from care, Pathways Counseling; supplements state board payments. — Who qualifies: Children in foster care; foster families (active church involvement required); single mothers; college-age youth from care — Website: https://www.alabamachild.org/campus-locations — Email: info@alabamachild.org

Colbert County, Alabama — Foster care

• Cramer Children's Advocacy Center — Phone: (256) 760-1140 — Children's advocacy center: free forensic interviews, counseling, family advocacy and multidisciplinary team (DHR, police, DA) coordination for abused children. — Who qualifies: Children who are alleged victims of sexual or severe physical abuse and their non-offending caregivers; usually referred by DHR or law enforcement — Address: 404 W Tennessee St, Florence, AL 35630 — Website: https://www.cramerchildrenscenter.com
• Health Connect America - Alabama — Phone: (615) 567-6726 — Therapeutic foster care, intensive in-home, outpatient mental health, autism and substance use services. — Who qualifies: Children/youth with behavioral health needs, incl. DHR therapeutic foster care; Medicaid — Website: https://www.healthconnectamerica.com/services/alabama-services/
• Colbert County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (256) 314-4900 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Colbert County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 3105 George Wallace Blvd, Tuscumbia, AL 35674 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/
• Shoals CASA — Phone: (256) 765-0041 — Trained volunteer advocates appointed by juvenile court to speak for the best interests of abused/neglected children in foster care; families/attorneys can ask the judge for a CASA. — Who qualifies: Children in dependency (foster care) cases in juvenile court in the counties served — Address: 102 Jackson Ct, Sheffield, AL 35660 — Website: http://www.shoalscasa.org
• NACOLG Area Agency on Aging - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 256-389-0500 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 103 Student Drive, Muscle Shoals, AL 35661 — Website: https://www.nacolg.org
• AGAPE of North Alabama — Phone: (256) 859-4481 — Christian foster care, adoption, and services for expectant mothers. — Who qualifies: Foster/adoptive applicants; expectant mothers in north Alabama — Address: P.O. Box 127, Madison, AL 35758 — Website: https://www.agapecares.org/ — Email: danny@agapecares.org
• Kids to Love Foundation — Phone: 256.880.3455 — Child-placing agency (foster and private adoption), Davidson Farms girls' cottage community (ages 10-19), KTECH job training and scholarships for foster youth, emergency assistance, Christmas and back-to-school help. — Who qualifies: Children/youth in foster care and foster families in north Alabama — Address: 140 Castle Drive, Madison, AL 35758 — Website: https://kidstolove.org/ — Email: info@kidstolove.org
• North Alabama Christian Children's Home — Phone: See website — Licensed 24/7 family-style residential home with houseparents for up to 22 children. — Who qualifies: Abused, abandoned or neglected children — Address: 6372 County Road 63, Florence, AL 35634 — Website: https://graceslist.org/?p=10416
• SAFY of Alabama - Huntsville — Phone: 256-489-0170 — Therapeutic foster care, transitional living program for older youth, Intensive In-Home Services for DHR families. — Who qualifies: Children/youth with trauma or behavioral needs in DHR care; foster parent applicants — Address: 4900 University Square, Suite 30, Huntsville, AL 35816 — Website: https://safy.org/alabama
• Alabama MENTOR (Sevita) - Florence — Phone: 256-767-3022 — Therapeutic foster care (birth-21) with therapy, case management, autism supports; Teens in Transition living program; recruits/trains foster parents ('Mentors'). — Who qualifies: Children with trauma, autism or behavioral health needs; foster parent applicants 25+ with spare bedroom — Address: 110 South Poplar Street, Florence, AL 35630 — Website: https://sevitahealth.com/our-services/families/alabama-mentor/

Conecuh County, Alabama — Foster care

• Catholic Social Services (Archdiocese of Mobile) - Adoption & Foster Care — Phone: (251) 434-1550 — Adoption, infant foster care and pregnancy counseling. — Who qualifies: Expectant parents; adoptive/foster families in south Alabama — Address: 188 S. Florida Street, Mobile, AL 36606 — Website: https://catholicsocialservices.org/adoption-infant-foster-care
• Alabama-Tombigbee Regional Commission Area Agency on Aging - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 334-682-5206 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 107 Broad St., Camden, AL 36726 — Website: https://www.atrcaging.com
• Conecuh County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (251) 578-3900 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Conecuh County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 856 Liberty Hill Drive, Evergreen, AL 36401 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/

Coosa County, Alabama — Foster care

• Raleigh's Place — Phone: See website — Christ-centered foster care ministry: Partner Homes support for foster/adoptive/kinship families, Katie's Kloset (free clothing, shoes, furniture to foster families), Camp 1:27 free summer camp, Workmanship Initiative (housing, jobs, transport, mentoring for youth aging out). — Who qualifies: Foster, kinship and adoptive families and youth aging out in central Alabama — Address: 346 County Road 1028, Clanton, AL 35046 — Website: http://www.raleighsplace.org — Email: office@raleighsplace.org
• East Alabama Area Agency on Aging (EARPDC) - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 256-237-6741 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 1130 Quintard Avenue, Suite 300, Anniston, AL 36201 — Website: https://www.eastalabamaaging.org
• Tri-County Children's Advocacy Center — Phone: (334) 885-1607 — Children's advocacy center: free forensic interviews, counseling, family advocacy and multidisciplinary team (DHR, police, DA) coordination for abused children. — Who qualifies: Children who are alleged victims of sexual or severe physical abuse and their non-offending caregivers; usually referred by DHR or law enforcement — Address: 287 N. Tallassee Street, Dadeville, AL 36853 — Website: http://www.tri-co-cac.org
• Alabama MENTOR (Sevita) - Opelika/Auburn — Phone: 334-705-8877 — Therapeutic foster care (birth-21) with therapy, case management, autism supports; Teens in Transition living program; recruits/trains foster parents ('Mentors'). — Who qualifies: Children with trauma, autism or behavioral health needs; foster parent applicants 25+ with spare bedroom — Address: 30 Samford Avenue, Suite 30B, Opelika, AL 36801 — Website: https://sevitahealth.com/our-services/families/alabama-mentor/
• BigHouse Foundation — Phone: 334-363-2634 — Clothes Closet, New-to-Care bags, food boxes, Santa's Workshop, back-to-school, Kids' Night Out, moms' meetups and camps for foster families. — Who qualifies: Licensed foster families and families who adopted from foster care in Lee, Chambers, Macon, Tallapoosa, Russell, Elmore and Coosa counties — Address: 1400 Grand National Parkway, Opelika, AL — Website: https://www.ourbighouse.org/ — Email: bighouse@ourbighouse.org
• Coosa County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (256) 377-9009 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Coosa County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 300 South Jackson, Rockford, AL 35136 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/

Covington County, Alabama — Foster care

• Catholic Social Services (Archdiocese of Mobile) - Adoption & Foster Care — Phone: (251) 434-1550 — Adoption, infant foster care and pregnancy counseling. — Who qualifies: Expectant parents; adoptive/foster families in south Alabama — Address: 188 S. Florida Street, Mobile, AL 36606 — Website: https://catholicsocialservices.org/adoption-infant-foster-care
• City Hope (formerly Fostering Hope Wiregrass) — Phone: See website — Free foster closet at Dogwood Court, Dothan: clothes, shoes, diapers, toiletries, cribs, frozen meals, birthday closet; monthly restock shopping; parent nights and training hours. — Who qualifies: Licensed foster families in the Wiregrass — Address: Dogwood Court, Dothan, AL — Website: https://cityhopewiregrass.com/
• SARCOA (Southern Alabama Regional Council on Aging) - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 334-793-6843 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 1075 S. Brannon Stand Road, Dothan, AL 36305 — Website: https://www.sarcoa.org
• Fostering Angels (Elba) — Phone: See website — Free foster boutique: clothing, toiletries, school supplies, some furniture, suitcases, birthday cake kits; emergency placement requests by phone/Facebook; also helps grandparents raising grandkids. Open Tue, Thu, Sat. — Who qualifies: Foster and kinship families in Southeast Alabama — Website: https://www.wtvy.com/2024/08/08/fostering-angels-gives-back-wiregrass/
• Covington County Child Advocacy Center — Phone: (334) 222-1881 — Children's advocacy center: free forensic interviews, counseling, family advocacy and multidisciplinary team (DHR, police, DA) coordination for abused children. — Who qualifies: Children who are alleged victims of sexual or severe physical abuse and their non-offending caregivers; usually referred by DHR or law enforcement — Address: 122 6th Ave, Andalusia, AL 36420 — Website: https://covingtoncountycac.org — Email: covctychildadvocacycenter@gmail.com
• Angel's Attic - Central Church of Christ (Andalusia) — Phone: See website — Foster clothing closet: about a week of clothes for children placed on short notice, newborn-18; drop-off Tue-Thu 9-noon at church. — Who qualifies: Foster families in Covington County — Website: https://www.andalusiastarnews.com/?p=267773
• Covington County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (334) 427-7900 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Covington County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 1515 Martin Luther King Jr Expressway, Andalusia, AL 36420 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/

Crenshaw County, Alabama — Foster care

• Catholic Social Services (Archdiocese of Mobile) - Adoption & Foster Care — Phone: (251) 434-1550 — Adoption, infant foster care and pregnancy counseling. — Who qualifies: Expectant parents; adoptive/foster families in south Alabama — Address: 188 S. Florida Street, Mobile, AL 36606 — Website: https://catholicsocialservices.org/adoption-infant-foster-care
• SAFY of Alabama - Montgomery — Phone: 334-270-3181 — Therapeutic foster care, transitional living program for older youth, Intensive In-Home Services for DHR families. — Who qualifies: Children/youth with trauma or behavioral needs in DHR care; foster parent applicants — Address: 9532 Wynlakes Place, Montgomery, AL 36117 — Website: https://safy.org/alabama
• AGAPE of Central Alabama - Wiregrass office — Phone: 334-393-1990 — Christian foster care and adoption agency plus pregnancy counseling. — Who qualifies: Foster/adoptive applicants; expectant parents — Address: P.O. Box 74, Troy, AL 36081 — Website: https://www.agapeforchildren.org/ — Email: info@agapeforchildren.org
• Alabama MENTOR (Sevita) - Troy — Phone: See website — Therapeutic foster care (birth-21) with therapy, case management, autism supports; Teens in Transition living program; recruits/trains foster parents ('Mentors'). — Who qualifies: Children with trauma, autism or behavioral health needs; foster parent applicants 25+ with spare bedroom — Address: 1114A South Brundidge Street, Troy, AL 36081 — Website: https://sevitahealth.com/our-services/families/alabama-mentor/
• South Central Alabama Development Commission Area Agency on Aging - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 334-244-6903 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 5900 Carmichael Place, Montgomery, AL 36117 — Website: https://www.scadc.net
• Fostering Angels (Elba) — Phone: See website — Free foster boutique: clothing, toiletries, school supplies, some furniture, suitcases, birthday cake kits; emergency placement requests by phone/Facebook; also helps grandparents raising grandkids. Open Tue, Thu, Sat. — Who qualifies: Foster and kinship families in Southeast Alabama — Website: https://www.wtvy.com/2024/08/08/fostering-angels-gives-back-wiregrass/
• Crenshaw County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (334) 335-7000 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Crenshaw County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 25 Hospital Drive, Luverne, AL 36049 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/

Cullman County, Alabama — Foster care

• AGAPE of North Alabama — Phone: (256) 859-4481 — Christian foster care, adoption, and services for expectant mothers. — Who qualifies: Foster/adoptive applicants; expectant mothers in north Alabama — Address: P.O. Box 127, Madison, AL 35758 — Website: https://www.agapecares.org/ — Email: danny@agapecares.org
• Kids to Love Foundation — Phone: 256.880.3455 — Child-placing agency (foster and private adoption), Davidson Farms girls' cottage community (ages 10-19), KTECH job training and scholarships for foster youth, emergency assistance, Christmas and back-to-school help. — Who qualifies: Children/youth in foster care and foster families in north Alabama — Address: 140 Castle Drive, Madison, AL 35758 — Website: https://kidstolove.org/ — Email: info@kidstolove.org
• SAFY of Alabama - Huntsville — Phone: 256-489-0170 — Therapeutic foster care, transitional living program for older youth, Intensive In-Home Services for DHR families. — Who qualifies: Children/youth with trauma or behavioral needs in DHR care; foster parent applicants — Address: 4900 University Square, Suite 30, Huntsville, AL 35816 — Website: https://safy.org/alabama
• Brooks' Place Child Advocacy Center of Cullman — Phone: (256) 739-2243 — Children's advocacy center: free forensic interviews, counseling, family advocacy and multidisciplinary team (DHR, police, DA) coordination for abused children. — Who qualifies: Children who are alleged victims of sexual or severe physical abuse and their non-offending caregivers; usually referred by DHR or law enforcement — Address: 1003 4th Avenue NE, Cullman, AL 35055 — Website: https://www.cullmancac.com
• Cullman County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (256) 737-5300 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Cullman County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 1220 St. Joseph Street NW, Cullman, AL 35055 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/
• Cullman County CASA — Phone: (256) 739-1111 — Trained volunteer advocates appointed by juvenile court to speak for the best interests of abused/neglected children in foster care; families/attorneys can ask the judge for a CASA. — Who qualifies: Children in dependency (foster care) cases in juvenile court in the counties served — Address: 402 Arnold St NE Ste W1, Cullman, AL 35055 — Website: http://www.cullmancaringforkids.com
• NARCOG Area Agency on Aging - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 256-355-4515 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 216 Jackson St SE, Decatur, AL 35601 — Website: https://www.narcog.org
• Alabama Baptist Children's Homes & Family Ministries - Decatur — Phone: 256-355-6893 — Christian foster care agency (and campus foster care), homes for single moms, College Care for youth from care, Pathways Counseling; supplements state board payments. — Who qualifies: Children in foster care; foster families (active church involvement required); single mothers; college-age youth from care — Website: https://www.alabamachild.org/campus-locations — Email: info@alabamachild.org
• North Alabama Foster Closet (Fostering Connections) — Phone: 256-836-4714 — Free clothing, shoes, hygiene items, toys, books, baby gear and some furniture for foster, adoptive and kinship families (request form); Fostering Identity hair/hygiene care and family community events. — Who qualifies: Current foster, adoptive and kinship families in north Alabama — Address: 5510 AL-53, Harvest, AL 35749 — Website: https://www.fostering-connections.org/ — Email: info@fostering-connections.org

Dale County, Alabama — Foster care

• Catholic Social Services (Archdiocese of Mobile) - Adoption & Foster Care — Phone: (251) 434-1550 — Adoption, infant foster care and pregnancy counseling. — Who qualifies: Expectant parents; adoptive/foster families in south Alabama — Address: 188 S. Florida Street, Mobile, AL 36606 — Website: https://catholicsocialservices.org/adoption-infant-foster-care
• City Hope (formerly Fostering Hope Wiregrass) — Phone: See website — Free foster closet at Dogwood Court, Dothan: clothes, shoes, diapers, toiletries, cribs, frozen meals, birthday closet; monthly restock shopping; parent nights and training hours. — Who qualifies: Licensed foster families in the Wiregrass — Address: Dogwood Court, Dothan, AL — Website: https://cityhopewiregrass.com/
• SARCOA (Southern Alabama Regional Council on Aging) - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 334-793-6843 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 1075 S. Brannon Stand Road, Dothan, AL 36305 — Website: https://www.sarcoa.org
• AGAPE of Central Alabama - Wiregrass office — Phone: 334-393-1990 — Christian foster care and adoption agency plus pregnancy counseling. — Who qualifies: Foster/adoptive applicants; expectant parents — Address: P.O. Box 74, Troy, AL 36081 — Website: https://www.agapeforchildren.org/ — Email: info@agapeforchildren.org
• Fostering Angels (Elba) — Phone: See website — Free foster boutique: clothing, toiletries, school supplies, some furniture, suitcases, birthday cake kits; emergency placement requests by phone/Facebook; also helps grandparents raising grandkids. Open Tue, Thu, Sat. — Who qualifies: Foster and kinship families in Southeast Alabama — Website: https://www.wtvy.com/2024/08/08/fostering-angels-gives-back-wiregrass/
• Alabama Baptist Children's Homes & Family Ministries - Dothan — Phone: 334-677-7856 — Christian foster care agency (and campus foster care), homes for single moms, College Care for youth from care, Pathways Counseling; supplements state board payments. — Who qualifies: Children in foster care; foster families (active church involvement required); single mothers; college-age youth from care — Website: https://www.alabamachild.org/campus-locations — Email: info@alabamachild.org
• Mary Julia Lee Chrysalis Home for Girls — Phone: See website — Residential foster home for girls recovering from trauma. — Who qualifies: Girls placed through DHR — Address: 100 Westside Dr, Dothan, AL 36303 — Website: https://www.wtvy.com/2026/03/05/chrysalis-home-girls-renamed-honor-founder-mary-julia-lee/
• Dale County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (334) 445-4900 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Dale County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 513 Carroll Avenue, Ozark, AL 36360 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/

Dallas County, Alabama — Foster care

• Christian Services for Children in Alabama — Phone: (334) 875-0608 — Faith-based therapeutic foster care, family preservation and community-based support; recruits and trains foster parents. — Who qualifies: Children referred by DHR; prospective foster parents — Website: https://www.cscalabama.org/
• Raleigh's Place — Phone: See website — Christ-centered foster care ministry: Partner Homes support for foster/adoptive/kinship families, Katie's Kloset (free clothing, shoes, furniture to foster families), Camp 1:27 free summer camp, Workmanship Initiative (housing, jobs, transport, mentoring for youth aging out). — Who qualifies: Foster, kinship and adoptive families and youth aging out in central Alabama — Address: 346 County Road 1028, Clanton, AL 35046 — Website: http://www.raleighsplace.org — Email: office@raleighsplace.org
• Alabama-Tombigbee Regional Commission Area Agency on Aging - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 334-682-5206 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 107 Broad St., Camden, AL 36726 — Website: https://www.atrcaging.com
• Central Alabama Regional Child Advocacy Center — Phone: (334) 875-0890 — Children's advocacy center: free forensic interviews, counseling, family advocacy and multidisciplinary team (DHR, police, DA) coordination for abused children. — Who qualifies: Children who are alleged victims of sexual or severe physical abuse and their non-offending caregivers; usually referred by DHR or law enforcement
• Dallas County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (334) 876-4100 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Dallas County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 200 Samuel O. Moseley Drive, Selma, AL 36702 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/
• Dallas County Family Resource Center - CASA — Phone: See website — Trained volunteer advocates appointed by juvenile court to speak for the best interests of abused/neglected children in foster care; families/attorneys can ask the judge for a CASA. — Who qualifies: Children in dependency (foster care) cases in juvenile court in the counties served — Address: 22 Church Street, Selma, AL 36701 — Website: https://www.selmadallasfamily.com/

DeKalb County, Alabama — Foster care

• Lifeline Children's Services - Gadsden satellite office — Phone: (205) 967-0811 — Licensed child-placing agency: foster care, adoption, church foster ministry support, aging-out teen support. — Who qualifies: Prospective foster/adoptive families; foster youth — Address: 1024 Forrest Avenue, Gadsden, AL 35901 — Website: https://lifelinechild.org/foster-care/
• Health Connect America - Alabama — Phone: (615) 567-6726 — Therapeutic foster care, intensive in-home, outpatient mental health, autism and substance use services. — Who qualifies: Children/youth with behavioral health needs, incl. DHR therapeutic foster care; Medicaid — Website: https://www.healthconnectamerica.com/services/alabama-services/
• AGAPE of North Alabama — Phone: (256) 859-4481 — Christian foster care, adoption, and services for expectant mothers. — Who qualifies: Foster/adoptive applicants; expectant mothers in north Alabama — Address: P.O. Box 127, Madison, AL 35758 — Website: https://www.agapecares.org/ — Email: danny@agapecares.org
• Kids to Love Foundation — Phone: 256.880.3455 — Child-placing agency (foster and private adoption), Davidson Farms girls' cottage community (ages 10-19), KTECH job training and scholarships for foster youth, emergency assistance, Christmas and back-to-school help. — Who qualifies: Children/youth in foster care and foster families in north Alabama — Address: 140 Castle Drive, Madison, AL 35758 — Website: https://kidstolove.org/ — Email: info@kidstolove.org
• SAFY of Alabama - Huntsville — Phone: 256-489-0170 — Therapeutic foster care, transitional living program for older youth, Intensive In-Home Services for DHR families. — Who qualifies: Children/youth with trauma or behavioral needs in DHR care; foster parent applicants — Address: 4900 University Square, Suite 30, Huntsville, AL 35816 — Website: https://safy.org/alabama
• DeKalb County Children's Advocacy Center — Phone: (256) 997-9700 — Children's advocacy center: free forensic interviews, counseling, family advocacy and multidisciplinary team (DHR, police, DA) coordination for abused children. — Who qualifies: Children who are alleged victims of sexual or severe physical abuse and their non-offending caregivers; usually referred by DHR or law enforcement — Address: 104 Alabama Avenue NW, Fort Payne, AL 35967 — Website: https://dekalbcac.org/
• CASA of North Sand Mountain — Phone: 205-478-8389 — Trained volunteer Court Appointed Special Advocates for abused/neglected children in juvenile court. — Who qualifies: Children in DHR custody/dependency cases in Jackson and DeKalb counties; volunteers 21+ — Address: 356 Carlyle Rd, Rainsville, AL 35986 — Website: https://alabamacasa.org/programs/
• Gathering Hope Foster Closet — Phone: See website — Foster closet in Fyffe providing clothing and shoes for foster children. — Who qualifies: Foster families in DeKalb County — Website: https://www.gudsy.org/nonprofits/gathering-hope-foster-closet-fyffe-al
• DeKalb County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (256) 784-4026 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of DeKalb County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 2301 Briarwood Ave South, Fort Payne, AL 35967 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/
• TARCOG Area Agency on Aging - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 256-830-0818 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 5075 Research Dr. NW, Huntsville, AL 35805 — Website: https://www.tarcog.us

Elmore County, Alabama — Foster care

• Butterfly Bridge Children's Advocacy Center — Phone: (205) 755-4205 — Children's advocacy center: free forensic interviews, counseling, family advocacy and multidisciplinary team (DHR, police, DA) coordination for abused children. — Who qualifies: Children who are alleged victims of sexual or severe physical abuse and their non-offending caregivers; usually referred by DHR or law enforcement — Website: http://www.butterflybridgecac.org — Email: bellison@butterflybridgecac.org
• Lifeline Children's Services - Wetumpka satellite office — Phone: (205) 967-0811 — Licensed child-placing agency: foster care, adoption, church foster ministry support, aging-out teen support. — Who qualifies: Prospective foster/adoptive families; foster youth — Address: 113 East Bridge Street, Suite A, Wetumpka, AL 36092 — Website: https://lifelinechild.org/foster-care/
• Central Alabama Aging Consortium (CAAC) - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 334-240-4666 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 400 Cotton Gin Road, Montgomery, AL 36117 — Website: https://www.centralalabamaaging.org
• Family Guidance Center of Alabama - Senior Child Caregiver Program — Phone: 334-270-4100 — Support, education and support groups for seniors raising grandchildren or other relative children. — Who qualifies: Caregivers 55+ raising relative children in Montgomery, Elmore and Autauga counties — Address: 2358 Fairlane Drive, Montgomery, AL 36116 — Website: https://www.familyguidancecenter.org/
• Alabama Baptist Children's Homes & Family Ministries - Montgomery — Phone: 334-430-7569 — Christian foster care agency (and campus foster care), homes for single moms, College Care for youth from care, Pathways Counseling; supplements state board payments. — Who qualifies: Children in foster care; foster families (active church involvement required); single mothers; college-age youth from care — Website: https://www.alabamachild.org/campus-locations — Email: info@alabamachild.org
• AGAPE of Central Alabama - Montgomery (main office) — Phone: 334-272-9466 — Christian foster care and adoption agency plus pregnancy counseling. — Who qualifies: Foster/adoptive applicants; expectant parents — Address: 3800 Vaughn Road, Montgomery, AL 36106 — Website: https://www.agapeforchildren.org/ — Email: info@agapeforchildren.org
• Catholic Social Services (Archdiocese of Mobile) - Adoption & Foster Care — Phone: (251) 434-1550 — Adoption, infant foster care and pregnancy counseling. — Who qualifies: Expectant parents; adoptive/foster families in south Alabama — Address: 188 S. Florida Street, Mobile, AL 36606 — Website: https://catholicsocialservices.org/adoption-infant-foster-care
• SAFY of Alabama - Montgomery — Phone: 334-270-3181 — Therapeutic foster care, transitional living program for older youth, Intensive In-Home Services for DHR families. — Who qualifies: Children/youth with trauma or behavioral needs in DHR care; foster parent applicants — Address: 9532 Wynlakes Place, Montgomery, AL 36117 — Website: https://safy.org/alabama
• Alabama MENTOR (Sevita) - Montgomery — Phone: 334-280-3330 — Therapeutic foster care (birth-21) with therapy, case management, autism supports; Teens in Transition living program; recruits/trains foster parents ('Mentors'). — Who qualifies: Children with trauma, autism or behavioral health needs; foster parent applicants 25+ with spare bedroom — Address: 500 Interstate Park Drive #509, Montgomery, AL 36109 — Website: https://sevitahealth.com/our-services/families/alabama-mentor/
• Raleigh's Place — Phone: See website — Christ-centered foster care ministry: Partner Homes support for foster/adoptive/kinship families, Katie's Kloset (free clothing, shoes, furniture to foster families), Camp 1:27 free summer camp, Workmanship Initiative (housing, jobs, transport, mentoring for youth aging out). — Who qualifies: Foster, kinship and adoptive families and youth aging out in central Alabama — Address: 346 County Road 1028, Clanton, AL 35046 — Website: http://www.raleighsplace.org — Email: office@raleighsplace.org
• BigHouse Foundation — Phone: 334-363-2634 — Clothes Closet, New-to-Care bags, food boxes, Santa's Workshop, back-to-school, Kids' Night Out, moms' meetups and camps for foster families. — Who qualifies: Licensed foster families and families who adopted from foster care in Lee, Chambers, Macon, Tallapoosa, Russell, Elmore and Coosa counties — Address: 1400 Grand National Parkway, Opelika, AL — Website: https://www.ourbighouse.org/ — Email: bighouse@ourbighouse.org
• Elmore County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (334) 514-3200 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Elmore County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 8961 U.S. Highway 231, Wetumpka, AL 36092 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/
• CASA of the River Region — Phone: 334-329-8584 — Trained volunteer advocates appointed by juvenile court to speak for the best interests of abused/neglected children in foster care; families/attorneys can ask the judge for a CASA. — Who qualifies: Children in dependency (foster care) cases in juvenile court in the counties served — Address: 1111 Air Base Blvd, Montgomery, AL 36108 — Website: http://casaoftheriverregion.org

Escambia County, Alabama — Foster care

• Catholic Social Services (Archdiocese of Mobile) - Adoption & Foster Care — Phone: (251) 434-1550 — Adoption, infant foster care and pregnancy counseling. — Who qualifies: Expectant parents; adoptive/foster families in south Alabama — Address: 188 S. Florida Street, Mobile, AL 36606 — Website: https://catholicsocialservices.org/adoption-infant-foster-care
• South Alabama Regional Planning Commission Area Agency on Aging - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 251-433-6541 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 110 Beaureguard St., Suite 207, Mobile, AL 36602 — Website: https://www.sarpc.org
• Bethany Christian Services - Alabama (Spanish Fort) — Phone: 251-621-5440 — Foster care and adoption services. — Who qualifies: Foster/adoptive families; birth parents — Address: 7100 Spanish Fort Blvd, Spanish Fort, AL 36577 — Website: https://bethany.org/
• SAFY of Alabama - Mobile — Phone: 251-487-0058 — Therapeutic foster care, transitional living program for older youth, Intensive In-Home Services for DHR families. — Who qualifies: Children/youth with trauma or behavioral needs in DHR care; foster parent applicants — Address: 1327 Spring Hill Avenue, Mobile, AL 36604 — Website: https://safy.org/alabama
• Escambia County Regional Child Advocacy Center — Phone: (251) 809-2906 — Children's advocacy center: free forensic interviews, counseling, family advocacy and multidisciplinary team (DHR, police, DA) coordination for abused children. — Who qualifies: Children who are alleged victims of sexual or severe physical abuse and their non-offending caregivers; usually referred by DHR or law enforcement — Address: 400 Evergreen Avenue, Brewton, AL 36427 — Website: http://www.escambiacac.org — Email: escambiaalcac@gmail.com
• Escambia County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (251) 809-2000 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Escambia County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 326 Evergreen Avenue, Brewton, AL 36426 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/

Etowah County, Alabama — Foster care

• Lifeline Children's Services - Gadsden satellite office — Phone: (205) 967-0811 — Licensed child-placing agency: foster care, adoption, church foster ministry support, aging-out teen support. — Who qualifies: Prospective foster/adoptive families; foster youth — Address: 1024 Forrest Avenue, Gadsden, AL 35901 — Website: https://lifelinechild.org/foster-care/
• Catholic Family Services - Anniston satellite — Phone: 256-237-3011 — Licensed child-placing agency satellite: adoption and family services. — Who qualifies: Families in NE Alabama — Website: https://www.cfsbhm.org/
• East Alabama Area Agency on Aging (EARPDC) - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 256-237-6741 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 1130 Quintard Avenue, Suite 300, Anniston, AL 36201 — Website: https://www.eastalabamaaging.org
• Alabama Baptist Children's Homes & Family Ministries - Oxford — Phone: 256-831-4081 — Christian foster care agency (and campus foster care), homes for single moms, College Care for youth from care, Pathways Counseling; supplements state board payments. — Who qualifies: Children in foster care; foster families (active church involvement required); single mothers; college-age youth from care — Website: https://www.alabamachild.org/campus-locations — Email: info@alabamachild.org
• James M. Barrie Center for Children — Phone: (256) 543-1319 — Children's advocacy center: free forensic interviews, counseling, family advocacy and multidisciplinary team (DHR, police, DA) coordination for abused children. — Who qualifies: Children who are alleged victims of sexual or severe physical abuse and their non-offending caregivers; usually referred by DHR or law enforcement — Address: 605 S. 4th Street, Gadsden, AL 35901 — Website: https://barriecenter.org — Email: patricia@barriecenter.org
• Etowah County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (256) 622-8300 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Etowah County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 210 Hoke Street, Gadsden, AL 35903 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/

Fayette County, Alabama — Foster care

• West Alabama Regional Commission Area Agency on Aging - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 205-333-2990 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 4200 Highway 69 North Suite 1, Northport, AL 35476 — Website: https://www.westalabamaaging.org
• Alabama Baptist Children's Homes & Family Ministries - Tuscaloosa — Phone: 205-831-8178 — Christian foster care agency (and campus foster care), homes for single moms, College Care for youth from care, Pathways Counseling; supplements state board payments. — Who qualifies: Children in foster care; foster families (active church involvement required); single mothers; college-age youth from care — Website: https://www.alabamachild.org/campus-locations — Email: info@alabamachild.org
• AGAPE of Central Alabama - Tuscaloosa office — Phone: 205-733-9755 — Christian foster care and adoption agency plus pregnancy counseling. — Who qualifies: Foster/adoptive applicants; expectant parents — Address: 1200 Julia Tutwiler Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL 35404 — Website: https://www.agapeforchildren.org/ — Email: info@agapeforchildren.org
• Tuscaloosa Angels — Phone: See website — Love Box (church/community groups wrap around a foster family with meals, supplies and support) and Dare to Dream mentoring for foster youth; Northport family hub. — Who qualifies: Foster families and youth in foster care in West Alabama — Address: 218 Main Avenue, Northport, AL 35476 — Website: https://www.tuscaloosaangels.org/
• Fayette County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (659) 270-6717 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Fayette County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 410 16th Street NE, Fayette, AL 35555 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/

Franklin County, Alabama — Foster care

• Cramer Children's Advocacy Center — Phone: (256) 760-1140 — Children's advocacy center: free forensic interviews, counseling, family advocacy and multidisciplinary team (DHR, police, DA) coordination for abused children. — Who qualifies: Children who are alleged victims of sexual or severe physical abuse and their non-offending caregivers; usually referred by DHR or law enforcement — Address: 404 W Tennessee St, Florence, AL 35630 — Website: https://www.cramerchildrenscenter.com
• Health Connect America - Alabama — Phone: (615) 567-6726 — Therapeutic foster care, intensive in-home, outpatient mental health, autism and substance use services. — Who qualifies: Children/youth with behavioral health needs, incl. DHR therapeutic foster care; Medicaid — Website: https://www.healthconnectamerica.com/services/alabama-services/
• NACOLG Area Agency on Aging - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 256-389-0500 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 103 Student Drive, Muscle Shoals, AL 35661 — Website: https://www.nacolg.org
• North Alabama Christian Children's Home — Phone: See website — Licensed 24/7 family-style residential home with houseparents for up to 22 children. — Who qualifies: Abused, abandoned or neglected children — Address: 6372 County Road 63, Florence, AL 35634 — Website: https://graceslist.org/?p=10416
• SAFY of Alabama - Huntsville — Phone: 256-489-0170 — Therapeutic foster care, transitional living program for older youth, Intensive In-Home Services for DHR families. — Who qualifies: Children/youth with trauma or behavioral needs in DHR care; foster parent applicants — Address: 4900 University Square, Suite 30, Huntsville, AL 35816 — Website: https://safy.org/alabama
• Alabama MENTOR (Sevita) - Florence — Phone: 256-767-3022 — Therapeutic foster care (birth-21) with therapy, case management, autism supports; Teens in Transition living program; recruits/trains foster parents ('Mentors'). — Who qualifies: Children with trauma, autism or behavioral health needs; foster parent applicants 25+ with spare bedroom — Address: 110 South Poplar Street, Florence, AL 35630 — Website: https://sevitahealth.com/our-services/families/alabama-mentor/
• Lara's Love Care Closet — Phone: See website — Clothing and essentials for foster children and families in need, delivered in person; located at North Highlands Church of Christ. — Who qualifies: Foster children and families in need in Franklin County — Website: https://www.franklincountytimes.com/2025/08/06/laras-love-fills-gap-children-need
• Franklin County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (256) 853-8603 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Franklin County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 737 Highway 48, Russellville, AL 35653 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/

Geneva County, Alabama — Foster care

• Catholic Social Services (Archdiocese of Mobile) - Adoption & Foster Care — Phone: (251) 434-1550 — Adoption, infant foster care and pregnancy counseling. — Who qualifies: Expectant parents; adoptive/foster families in south Alabama — Address: 188 S. Florida Street, Mobile, AL 36606 — Website: https://catholicsocialservices.org/adoption-infant-foster-care
• City Hope (formerly Fostering Hope Wiregrass) — Phone: See website — Free foster closet at Dogwood Court, Dothan: clothes, shoes, diapers, toiletries, cribs, frozen meals, birthday closet; monthly restock shopping; parent nights and training hours. — Who qualifies: Licensed foster families in the Wiregrass — Address: Dogwood Court, Dothan, AL — Website: https://cityhopewiregrass.com/
• SARCOA (Southern Alabama Regional Council on Aging) - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 334-793-6843 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 1075 S. Brannon Stand Road, Dothan, AL 36305 — Website: https://www.sarcoa.org
• AGAPE of Central Alabama - Wiregrass office — Phone: 334-393-1990 — Christian foster care and adoption agency plus pregnancy counseling. — Who qualifies: Foster/adoptive applicants; expectant parents — Address: P.O. Box 74, Troy, AL 36081 — Website: https://www.agapeforchildren.org/ — Email: info@agapeforchildren.org
• Fostering Angels (Elba) — Phone: See website — Free foster boutique: clothing, toiletries, school supplies, some furniture, suitcases, birthday cake kits; emergency placement requests by phone/Facebook; also helps grandparents raising grandkids. Open Tue, Thu, Sat. — Who qualifies: Foster and kinship families in Southeast Alabama — Website: https://www.wtvy.com/2024/08/08/fostering-angels-gives-back-wiregrass/
• Alabama Baptist Children's Homes & Family Ministries - Dothan — Phone: 334-677-7856 — Christian foster care agency (and campus foster care), homes for single moms, College Care for youth from care, Pathways Counseling; supplements state board payments. — Who qualifies: Children in foster care; foster families (active church involvement required); single mothers; college-age youth from care — Website: https://www.alabamachild.org/campus-locations — Email: info@alabamachild.org
• Mary Julia Lee Chrysalis Home for Girls — Phone: See website — Residential foster home for girls recovering from trauma. — Who qualifies: Girls placed through DHR — Address: 100 Westside Dr, Dothan, AL 36303 — Website: https://www.wtvy.com/2026/03/05/chrysalis-home-girls-renamed-honor-founder-mary-julia-lee/
• Geneva County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (334) 684-5801 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Geneva County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 1831 West Magnolia Ave., Geneva, AL 36340 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/

Greene County, Alabama — Foster care

• West Alabama Regional Commission Area Agency on Aging - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 205-333-2990 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 4200 Highway 69 North Suite 1, Northport, AL 35476 — Website: https://www.westalabamaaging.org
• Alabama Baptist Children's Homes & Family Ministries - Tuscaloosa — Phone: 205-831-8178 — Christian foster care agency (and campus foster care), homes for single moms, College Care for youth from care, Pathways Counseling; supplements state board payments. — Who qualifies: Children in foster care; foster families (active church involvement required); single mothers; college-age youth from care — Website: https://www.alabamachild.org/campus-locations — Email: info@alabamachild.org
• AGAPE of Central Alabama - Tuscaloosa office — Phone: 205-733-9755 — Christian foster care and adoption agency plus pregnancy counseling. — Who qualifies: Foster/adoptive applicants; expectant parents — Address: 1200 Julia Tutwiler Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL 35404 — Website: https://www.agapeforchildren.org/ — Email: info@agapeforchildren.org
• Tuscaloosa Angels — Phone: See website — Love Box (church/community groups wrap around a foster family with meals, supplies and support) and Dare to Dream mentoring for foster youth; Northport family hub. — Who qualifies: Foster families and youth in foster care in West Alabama — Address: 218 Main Avenue, Northport, AL 35476 — Website: https://www.tuscaloosaangels.org/
• Blackbelt Regional Child Advocacy Center — Phone: (334) 654-5098 — Children's advocacy center: free forensic interviews, counseling, family advocacy and multidisciplinary team (DHR, police, DA) coordination for abused children. — Who qualifies: Children who are alleged victims of sexual or severe physical abuse and their non-offending caregivers; usually referred by DHR or law enforcement — Address: 208 North Strawberry Ave, Demopolis, AL 36732 — Website: https://www.blackbeltcac.org
• Greene County Foster and Adoptive Parents Association — Phone: See website — Local foster/adoptive parent support association. — Who qualifies: Foster and adoptive families in Greene County — Website: https://www.causeiq.com/directory/foster-care-systems-list/tuscaloosa-al-metro
• Greene County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (205) 372-5000 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Greene County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 36 Park Street, Eutaw, AL 35462 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/

Hale County, Alabama — Foster care

• West Alabama Regional Commission Area Agency on Aging - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 205-333-2990 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 4200 Highway 69 North Suite 1, Northport, AL 35476 — Website: https://www.westalabamaaging.org
• Alabama Baptist Children's Homes & Family Ministries - Tuscaloosa — Phone: 205-831-8178 — Christian foster care agency (and campus foster care), homes for single moms, College Care for youth from care, Pathways Counseling; supplements state board payments. — Who qualifies: Children in foster care; foster families (active church involvement required); single mothers; college-age youth from care — Website: https://www.alabamachild.org/campus-locations — Email: info@alabamachild.org
• AGAPE of Central Alabama - Tuscaloosa office — Phone: 205-733-9755 — Christian foster care and adoption agency plus pregnancy counseling. — Who qualifies: Foster/adoptive applicants; expectant parents — Address: 1200 Julia Tutwiler Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL 35404 — Website: https://www.agapeforchildren.org/ — Email: info@agapeforchildren.org
• Tuscaloosa Angels — Phone: See website — Love Box (church/community groups wrap around a foster family with meals, supplies and support) and Dare to Dream mentoring for foster youth; Northport family hub. — Who qualifies: Foster families and youth in foster care in West Alabama — Address: 218 Main Avenue, Northport, AL 35476 — Website: https://www.tuscaloosaangels.org/
• Hale County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (334) 624-2583 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Hale County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 906 Wheelan Street, Greensboro, AL 36744 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/

Henry County, Alabama — Foster care

• Catholic Social Services (Archdiocese of Mobile) - Adoption & Foster Care — Phone: (251) 434-1550 — Adoption, infant foster care and pregnancy counseling. — Who qualifies: Expectant parents; adoptive/foster families in south Alabama — Address: 188 S. Florida Street, Mobile, AL 36606 — Website: https://catholicsocialservices.org/adoption-infant-foster-care
• City Hope (formerly Fostering Hope Wiregrass) — Phone: See website — Free foster closet at Dogwood Court, Dothan: clothes, shoes, diapers, toiletries, cribs, frozen meals, birthday closet; monthly restock shopping; parent nights and training hours. — Who qualifies: Licensed foster families in the Wiregrass — Address: Dogwood Court, Dothan, AL — Website: https://cityhopewiregrass.com/
• SARCOA (Southern Alabama Regional Council on Aging) - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 334-793-6843 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 1075 S. Brannon Stand Road, Dothan, AL 36305 — Website: https://www.sarcoa.org
• AGAPE of Central Alabama - Wiregrass office — Phone: 334-393-1990 — Christian foster care and adoption agency plus pregnancy counseling. — Who qualifies: Foster/adoptive applicants; expectant parents — Address: P.O. Box 74, Troy, AL 36081 — Website: https://www.agapeforchildren.org/ — Email: info@agapeforchildren.org
• Alabama Baptist Children's Homes & Family Ministries - Dothan — Phone: 334-677-7856 — Christian foster care agency (and campus foster care), homes for single moms, College Care for youth from care, Pathways Counseling; supplements state board payments. — Who qualifies: Children in foster care; foster families (active church involvement required); single mothers; college-age youth from care — Website: https://www.alabamachild.org/campus-locations — Email: info@alabamachild.org
• Mary Julia Lee Chrysalis Home for Girls — Phone: See website — Residential foster home for girls recovering from trauma. — Who qualifies: Girls placed through DHR — Address: 100 Westside Dr, Dothan, AL 36303 — Website: https://www.wtvy.com/2026/03/05/chrysalis-home-girls-renamed-honor-founder-mary-julia-lee/
• Henry County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (334) 589-4002 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Henry County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 507 Kirkland Street, Abbeville, AL 36310 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/
• CASA of the Wiregrass Region — Phone: (334) 610-5450 — Trained volunteer advocates appointed by juvenile court to speak for the best interests of abused/neglected children in foster care; families/attorneys can ask the judge for a CASA. — Who qualifies: Children in dependency (foster care) cases in juvenile court in the counties served — Address: 545 W. Main St Suite 100, Dothan, AL 36301 — Website: http://wiregrasscasa.org

Houston County, Alabama — Foster care

• Catholic Social Services (Archdiocese of Mobile) - Adoption & Foster Care — Phone: (251) 434-1550 — Adoption, infant foster care and pregnancy counseling. — Who qualifies: Expectant parents; adoptive/foster families in south Alabama — Address: 188 S. Florida Street, Mobile, AL 36606 — Website: https://catholicsocialservices.org/adoption-infant-foster-care
• City Hope (formerly Fostering Hope Wiregrass) — Phone: See website — Free foster closet at Dogwood Court, Dothan: clothes, shoes, diapers, toiletries, cribs, frozen meals, birthday closet; monthly restock shopping; parent nights and training hours. — Who qualifies: Licensed foster families in the Wiregrass — Address: Dogwood Court, Dothan, AL — Website: https://cityhopewiregrass.com/
• SARCOA (Southern Alabama Regional Council on Aging) - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 334-793-6843 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 1075 S. Brannon Stand Road, Dothan, AL 36305 — Website: https://www.sarcoa.org
• AGAPE of Central Alabama - Wiregrass office — Phone: 334-393-1990 — Christian foster care and adoption agency plus pregnancy counseling. — Who qualifies: Foster/adoptive applicants; expectant parents — Address: P.O. Box 74, Troy, AL 36081 — Website: https://www.agapeforchildren.org/ — Email: info@agapeforchildren.org
• Alabama Baptist Children's Homes & Family Ministries - Dothan — Phone: 334-677-7856 — Christian foster care agency (and campus foster care), homes for single moms, College Care for youth from care, Pathways Counseling; supplements state board payments. — Who qualifies: Children in foster care; foster families (active church involvement required); single mothers; college-age youth from care — Website: https://www.alabamachild.org/campus-locations — Email: info@alabamachild.org
• Mary Julia Lee Chrysalis Home for Girls — Phone: See website — Residential foster home for girls recovering from trauma. — Who qualifies: Girls placed through DHR — Address: 100 Westside Dr, Dothan, AL 36303 — Website: https://www.wtvy.com/2026/03/05/chrysalis-home-girls-renamed-honor-founder-mary-julia-lee/
• CASA of the Wiregrass Region — Phone: (334) 610-5450 — Trained volunteer advocates appointed by juvenile court to speak for the best interests of abused/neglected children in foster care; families/attorneys can ask the judge for a CASA. — Who qualifies: Children in dependency (foster care) cases in juvenile court in the counties served — Address: 545 W. Main St Suite 100, Dothan, AL 36301 — Website: http://wiregrasscasa.org
• Southeast Alabama Child Advocacy Center — Phone: (334) 671-1779 — Children's advocacy center: free forensic interviews, counseling, family advocacy and multidisciplinary team (DHR, police, DA) coordination for abused children. — Who qualifies: Children who are alleged victims of sexual or severe physical abuse and their non-offending caregivers; usually referred by DHR or law enforcement — Address: 110 Harmony Lane, Dothan, AL 36303 — Website: https://www.southeastcac.org
• Houston County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (334) 677-0400 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Houston County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 1605 Ross Clark Circle, Dothan, AL 36301 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/

Jackson County, Alabama — Foster care

• AGAPE of North Alabama — Phone: (256) 859-4481 — Christian foster care, adoption, and services for expectant mothers. — Who qualifies: Foster/adoptive applicants; expectant mothers in north Alabama — Address: P.O. Box 127, Madison, AL 35758 — Website: https://www.agapecares.org/ — Email: danny@agapecares.org
• Kids to Love Foundation — Phone: 256.880.3455 — Child-placing agency (foster and private adoption), Davidson Farms girls' cottage community (ages 10-19), KTECH job training and scholarships for foster youth, emergency assistance, Christmas and back-to-school help. — Who qualifies: Children/youth in foster care and foster families in north Alabama — Address: 140 Castle Drive, Madison, AL 35758 — Website: https://kidstolove.org/ — Email: info@kidstolove.org
• SAFY of Alabama - Huntsville — Phone: 256-489-0170 — Therapeutic foster care, transitional living program for older youth, Intensive In-Home Services for DHR families. — Who qualifies: Children/youth with trauma or behavioral needs in DHR care; foster parent applicants — Address: 4900 University Square, Suite 30, Huntsville, AL 35816 — Website: https://safy.org/alabama
• North Alabama Foster Closet (Fostering Connections) — Phone: 256-836-4714 — Free clothing, shoes, hygiene items, toys, books, baby gear and some furniture for foster, adoptive and kinship families (request form); Fostering Identity hair/hygiene care and family community events. — Who qualifies: Current foster, adoptive and kinship families in north Alabama — Address: 5510 AL-53, Harvest, AL 35749 — Website: https://www.fostering-connections.org/ — Email: info@fostering-connections.org
• CASA of North Sand Mountain — Phone: 205-478-8389 — Trained volunteer Court Appointed Special Advocates for abused/neglected children in juvenile court. — Who qualifies: Children in DHR custody/dependency cases in Jackson and DeKalb counties; volunteers 21+ — Address: 356 Carlyle Rd, Rainsville, AL 35986 — Website: https://alabamacasa.org/programs/
• TARCOG Area Agency on Aging - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 256-830-0818 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 5075 Research Dr. NW, Huntsville, AL 35805 — Website: https://www.tarcog.us
• Jackson County Children's Advocacy Center — Phone: See website — Children's advocacy center: free forensic interviews, counseling, family advocacy and multidisciplinary team (DHR, police, DA) coordination for abused children. — Who qualifies: Children who are alleged victims of sexual or severe physical abuse and their non-offending caregivers; usually referred by DHR or law enforcement — Website: http://www.jacksoncac.com
• Lifeline Children's Services - Huntsville satellite office — Phone: (205) 967-0811 — Licensed child-placing agency: foster care, adoption, church foster ministry support, aging-out teen support. — Who qualifies: Prospective foster/adoptive families; foster youth — Address: 2300 Memorial Parkway SW, Huntsville, AL 35801 — Website: https://lifelinechild.org/foster-care/
• Jackson County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (256) 575-6000 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Jackson County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 305 Bingham Street, Scottsboro, AL 35768 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/
• Alabama Baptist Children's Homes & Family Ministries - Huntsville — Phone: 251-234-3414 — Christian foster care agency (and campus foster care), homes for single moms, College Care for youth from care, Pathways Counseling; supplements state board payments. — Who qualifies: Children in foster care; foster families (active church involvement required); single mothers; college-age youth from care — Website: https://www.alabamachild.org/campus-locations — Email: info@alabamachild.org
• Alabama MENTOR (Sevita) - Huntsville — Phone: 256-964-6287 — Therapeutic foster care (birth-21) with therapy, case management, autism supports; Teens in Transition living program; recruits/trains foster parents ('Mentors'). — Who qualifies: Children with trauma, autism or behavioral health needs; foster parent applicants 25+ with spare bedroom — Address: 4217 9th Avenue, Suite 17, Huntsville, AL 35805 — Website: https://sevitahealth.com/our-services/families/alabama-mentor/

Jefferson County, Alabama — Foster care

• Second Shift — Phone: (205) 201-0464 — Transition plans for youth aging out of foster care: housing assistance, life skills, jobs, transportation, education, ID documents, mentoring. — Who qualifies: Youth 18-25 aging out of or at risk from foster care — Address: 101 Aviators View Drive, Suite B, Alabaster, AL 35007 — Website: https://secondshiftalabama.org
• Alabama Clinical Schools - Therapeutic Foster Care — Phone: (205) 224-4400 — Therapeutic foster care and specialized treatment foster care, plus residential psychiatric treatment and on-site school; 24/7 clinician on call. — Who qualifies: Children in Alabama DHR custody with behavioral/mental health needs; residential: adolescent males 12-18 — Address: 1101 East Park Drive, Birmingham, AL 35235 — Website: https://www.alabamaclinicalschools.com/
• Royal Family KIDS Camp - Hope Community Church (Gardendale) — Phone: 205-913-2594 — Free one-week summer camp for children in foster care (July). — Who qualifies: Foster children ages 6-11 — Website: https://form.jotform.com/240612956054152
• Alabama Baptist Children's Homes & Family Ministries - Birmingham — Phone: 205-982-1112 — Christian foster care agency (and campus foster care), homes for single moms, College Care for youth from care, Pathways Counseling; supplements state board payments. — Who qualifies: Children in foster care; foster families (active church involvement required); single mothers; college-age youth from care — Address: 2681 Rocky Ridge Lane, Birmingham, AL 35216 — Website: https://www.alabamachild.org/campus-locations — Email: info@alabamachild.org
• AGAPE of Central Alabama - Birmingham office — Phone: 205-733-9755 — Christian foster care and adoption agency plus pregnancy counseling. — Who qualifies: Foster/adoptive applicants; expectant parents — Address: P.O. Box 36533, Birmingham, AL 35236 — Website: https://www.agapeforchildren.org/ — Email: info@agapeforchildren.org
• Family Adoption Services, Inc. — Phone: (205) 414-6003 — Private adoption agency and adoptive parent support group. — Who qualifies: Adoptive families; birth parents — Address: 4 Office Park Cir, Suite 116, Birmingham, AL 35223 — Website: https://www.familyadoptionservices.com/
• A Angel Adoptions — Phone: (205) 621-0316 — Private adoption agency. — Who qualifies: Adoptive families; birth parents — Address: 911 Creekside Court, Suite A, Helena, AL 35080 — Email: angeladoptions@msn.com
• SAFY of Alabama - Birmingham — Phone: 205-945-7483 — Therapeutic foster care, transitional living program for older youth, Intensive In-Home Services for DHR families. — Who qualifies: Children/youth with trauma or behavioral needs in DHR care; foster parent applicants — Address: 15 Southlake Lane, Suite 200, Hoover, AL 35244 — Website: https://safy.org/alabama
• Alabama MENTOR (Sevita) - Birmingham — Phone: 205-945-7030 — Therapeutic foster care (birth-21) with therapy, case management, autism supports; Teens in Transition living program; recruits/trains foster parents ('Mentors'). — Who qualifies: Children with trauma, autism or behavioral health needs; foster parent applicants 25+ with spare bedroom — Address: 529 Beacon Parkway W, Suite 212, Birmingham, AL 35209 — Website: https://sevitahealth.com/our-services/families/alabama-mentor/
• Health Connect America - Alabama — Phone: (615) 567-6726 — Therapeutic foster care, intensive in-home, outpatient mental health, autism and substance use services. — Who qualifies: Children/youth with behavioral health needs, incl. DHR therapeutic foster care; Medicaid — Website: https://www.healthconnectamerica.com/services/alabama-services/
• Prescott House - Jefferson County Children's Advocacy Center — Phone: (205) 930-3622 — Children's advocacy center: free forensic interviews, counseling, family advocacy and multidisciplinary team (DHR, police, DA) coordination for abused children. — Who qualifies: Children who are alleged victims of sexual or severe physical abuse and their non-offending caregivers; usually referred by DHR or law enforcement — Address: 1730 14th Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35205 — Website: https://www.prescotthouse.org
• Gateway (Birmingham) — Phone: See website — Long-running Birmingham nonprofit for children and families; listed by DHR among therapeutic foster care providers. — Who qualifies: Children in DHR care; families in crisis — Website: https://www.gatewayfamily.org/
• Jefferson County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (205) 423-4900 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Jefferson County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 2001 12th Avenue North, Birmingham, AL 35234 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/
• CASA of Jefferson County — Phone: (205) 478-7313 — Trained volunteer advocates appointed by juvenile court to speak for the best interests of abused/neglected children in foster care; families/attorneys can ask the judge for a CASA. — Who qualifies: Children in dependency (foster care) cases in juvenile court in the counties served — Address: 120 2nd Ct N, Birmingham, AL 35204 — Website: http://www.casaofjeffersoncounty.org
• United Way Area Agency on Aging of Jefferson County - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 205-458-3330 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 3600 8th Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35232 — Website: https://www.uwaaa.org
• The Nest Foundation — Phone: See website — Collects and provides beds/mattresses, bedding, furniture, housewares, clothing, luggage, baby gear and diapers for Jefferson County foster families and child welfare. — Who qualifies: Foster families working with Jefferson County DHR — Address: 5444 7th Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35212 — Website: https://highlands.serveday.com/projects/foster-care-support-with-the-nest-foundation

Lamar County, Alabama — Foster care

• West Alabama Regional Commission Area Agency on Aging - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 205-333-2990 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 4200 Highway 69 North Suite 1, Northport, AL 35476 — Website: https://www.westalabamaaging.org
• Tuscaloosa Angels — Phone: See website — Love Box (church/community groups wrap around a foster family with meals, supplies and support) and Dare to Dream mentoring for foster youth; Northport family hub. — Who qualifies: Foster families and youth in foster care in West Alabama — Address: 218 Main Avenue, Northport, AL 35476 — Website: https://www.tuscaloosaangels.org/
• West Alabama Children's Advocacy Center — Phone: (205) 695-8100 — Children's advocacy center: free forensic interviews, counseling, family advocacy and multidisciplinary team (DHR, police, DA) coordination for abused children. — Who qualifies: Children who are alleged victims of sexual or severe physical abuse and their non-offending caregivers; usually referred by DHR or law enforcement — Address: 280 Stadium Circle, Vernon, AL 35592 — Website: http://www.wacac.net
• Lamar County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (205) 695-5000 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Lamar County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 250 Springfield Road, Vernon, AL 35592 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/

Lauderdale County, Alabama — Foster care

• Cramer Children's Advocacy Center — Phone: (256) 760-1140 — Children's advocacy center: free forensic interviews, counseling, family advocacy and multidisciplinary team (DHR, police, DA) coordination for abused children. — Who qualifies: Children who are alleged victims of sexual or severe physical abuse and their non-offending caregivers; usually referred by DHR or law enforcement — Address: 404 W Tennessee St, Florence, AL 35630 — Website: https://www.cramerchildrenscenter.com
• Health Connect America - Alabama — Phone: (615) 567-6726 — Therapeutic foster care, intensive in-home, outpatient mental health, autism and substance use services. — Who qualifies: Children/youth with behavioral health needs, incl. DHR therapeutic foster care; Medicaid — Website: https://www.healthconnectamerica.com/services/alabama-services/
• Shoals CASA — Phone: (256) 765-0041 — Trained volunteer advocates appointed by juvenile court to speak for the best interests of abused/neglected children in foster care; families/attorneys can ask the judge for a CASA. — Who qualifies: Children in dependency (foster care) cases in juvenile court in the counties served — Address: 102 Jackson Ct, Sheffield, AL 35660 — Website: http://www.shoalscasa.org
• NACOLG Area Agency on Aging - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 256-389-0500 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 103 Student Drive, Muscle Shoals, AL 35661 — Website: https://www.nacolg.org
• AGAPE of North Alabama — Phone: (256) 859-4481 — Christian foster care, adoption, and services for expectant mothers. — Who qualifies: Foster/adoptive applicants; expectant mothers in north Alabama — Address: P.O. Box 127, Madison, AL 35758 — Website: https://www.agapecares.org/ — Email: danny@agapecares.org
• Kids to Love Foundation — Phone: 256.880.3455 — Child-placing agency (foster and private adoption), Davidson Farms girls' cottage community (ages 10-19), KTECH job training and scholarships for foster youth, emergency assistance, Christmas and back-to-school help. — Who qualifies: Children/youth in foster care and foster families in north Alabama — Address: 140 Castle Drive, Madison, AL 35758 — Website: https://kidstolove.org/ — Email: info@kidstolove.org
• North Alabama Christian Children's Home — Phone: See website — Licensed 24/7 family-style residential home with houseparents for up to 22 children. — Who qualifies: Abused, abandoned or neglected children — Address: 6372 County Road 63, Florence, AL 35634 — Website: https://graceslist.org/?p=10416
• SAFY of Alabama - Huntsville — Phone: 256-489-0170 — Therapeutic foster care, transitional living program for older youth, Intensive In-Home Services for DHR families. — Who qualifies: Children/youth with trauma or behavioral needs in DHR care; foster parent applicants — Address: 4900 University Square, Suite 30, Huntsville, AL 35816 — Website: https://safy.org/alabama
• Alabama MENTOR (Sevita) - Florence — Phone: 256-767-3022 — Therapeutic foster care (birth-21) with therapy, case management, autism supports; Teens in Transition living program; recruits/trains foster parents ('Mentors'). — Who qualifies: Children with trauma, autism or behavioral health needs; foster parent applicants 25+ with spare bedroom — Address: 110 South Poplar Street, Florence, AL 35630 — Website: https://sevitahealth.com/our-services/families/alabama-mentor/
• Lauderdale County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (256) 765-4000 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Lauderdale County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 424 Veterans Drive, Florence, AL 35630 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/

Lawrence County, Alabama — Foster care

• Cramer Children's Advocacy Center — Phone: (256) 760-1140 — Children's advocacy center: free forensic interviews, counseling, family advocacy and multidisciplinary team (DHR, police, DA) coordination for abused children. — Who qualifies: Children who are alleged victims of sexual or severe physical abuse and their non-offending caregivers; usually referred by DHR or law enforcement — Address: 404 W Tennessee St, Florence, AL 35630 — Website: https://www.cramerchildrenscenter.com
• AGAPE of North Alabama — Phone: (256) 859-4481 — Christian foster care, adoption, and services for expectant mothers. — Who qualifies: Foster/adoptive applicants; expectant mothers in north Alabama — Address: P.O. Box 127, Madison, AL 35758 — Website: https://www.agapecares.org/ — Email: danny@agapecares.org
• Kids to Love Foundation — Phone: 256.880.3455 — Child-placing agency (foster and private adoption), Davidson Farms girls' cottage community (ages 10-19), KTECH job training and scholarships for foster youth, emergency assistance, Christmas and back-to-school help. — Who qualifies: Children/youth in foster care and foster families in north Alabama — Address: 140 Castle Drive, Madison, AL 35758 — Website: https://kidstolove.org/ — Email: info@kidstolove.org
• North Alabama Christian Children's Home — Phone: See website — Licensed 24/7 family-style residential home with houseparents for up to 22 children. — Who qualifies: Abused, abandoned or neglected children — Address: 6372 County Road 63, Florence, AL 35634 — Website: https://graceslist.org/?p=10416
• SAFY of Alabama - Huntsville — Phone: 256-489-0170 — Therapeutic foster care, transitional living program for older youth, Intensive In-Home Services for DHR families. — Who qualifies: Children/youth with trauma or behavioral needs in DHR care; foster parent applicants — Address: 4900 University Square, Suite 30, Huntsville, AL 35816 — Website: https://safy.org/alabama
• NARCOG Area Agency on Aging - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 256-355-4515 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 216 Jackson St SE, Decatur, AL 35601 — Website: https://www.narcog.org
• Alabama Baptist Children's Homes & Family Ministries - Decatur — Phone: 256-355-6893 — Christian foster care agency (and campus foster care), homes for single moms, College Care for youth from care, Pathways Counseling; supplements state board payments. — Who qualifies: Children in foster care; foster families (active church involvement required); single mothers; college-age youth from care — Website: https://www.alabamachild.org/campus-locations — Email: info@alabamachild.org
• Lawrence County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (256) 905-1033 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Lawrence County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 13280 AL Highway 157, Moulton, AL 35650 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/

Lee County, Alabama — Foster care

• Catholic Social Services (Archdiocese of Mobile) - Adoption & Foster Care — Phone: (251) 434-1550 — Adoption, infant foster care and pregnancy counseling. — Who qualifies: Expectant parents; adoptive/foster families in south Alabama — Address: 188 S. Florida Street, Mobile, AL 36606 — Website: https://catholicsocialservices.org/adoption-infant-foster-care
• SAFY of Alabama - Montgomery — Phone: 334-270-3181 — Therapeutic foster care, transitional living program for older youth, Intensive In-Home Services for DHR families. — Who qualifies: Children/youth with trauma or behavioral needs in DHR care; foster parent applicants — Address: 9532 Wynlakes Place, Montgomery, AL 36117 — Website: https://safy.org/alabama
• Camellia Therapeutic Foster Agency — Phone: 334-448-2999 — Therapeutic foster care. — Who qualifies: Children in DHR care with therapeutic needs; foster applicants — Address: 407 South Seale Road, Phenix City, AL 36868
• Alabama Baptist Children's Homes & Family Ministries - Auburn — Phone: 334-746-5024 — Christian foster care agency (and campus foster care), homes for single moms, College Care for youth from care, Pathways Counseling; supplements state board payments. — Who qualifies: Children in foster care; foster families (active church involvement required); single mothers; college-age youth from care — Website: https://www.alabamachild.org/campus-locations — Email: info@alabamachild.org
• Alabama MENTOR (Sevita) - Opelika/Auburn — Phone: 334-705-8877 — Therapeutic foster care (birth-21) with therapy, case management, autism supports; Teens in Transition living program; recruits/trains foster parents ('Mentors'). — Who qualifies: Children with trauma, autism or behavioral health needs; foster parent applicants 25+ with spare bedroom — Address: 30 Samford Avenue, Suite 30B, Opelika, AL 36801 — Website: https://sevitahealth.com/our-services/families/alabama-mentor/
• BigHouse Foundation — Phone: 334-363-2634 — Clothes Closet, New-to-Care bags, food boxes, Santa's Workshop, back-to-school, Kids' Night Out, moms' meetups and camps for foster families. — Who qualifies: Licensed foster families and families who adopted from foster care in Lee, Chambers, Macon, Tallapoosa, Russell, Elmore and Coosa counties — Address: 1400 Grand National Parkway, Opelika, AL — Website: https://www.ourbighouse.org/ — Email: bighouse@ourbighouse.org
• Child Advocacy Center of East Alabama — Phone: (334) 705-0770 — Children's advocacy center: free forensic interviews, counseling, family advocacy and multidisciplinary team (DHR, police, DA) coordination for abused children. — Who qualifies: Children who are alleged victims of sexual or severe physical abuse and their non-offending caregivers; usually referred by DHR or law enforcement — Address: 1810 Corporate Dr, Opelika, AL 36801 — Website: http://www.cacea.net
• Lee County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (334) 737-7778 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Lee County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 1715 Corporate Drive, Opelika, AL 36801 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/
• Lee County CASA (Twin Cedars) — Phone: (334) 703-4066 — Trained volunteer advocates appointed by juvenile court to speak for the best interests of abused/neglected children in foster care; families/attorneys can ask the judge for a CASA. — Who qualifies: Children in dependency (foster care) cases in juvenile court in the counties served — Address: 202 N. 26th Street, Opelika, AL 36801 — Website: https://www.twincedars.org/program/lee-county-casa
• Lee-Russell Council of Governments Area Agency on Aging - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 334-749-5264 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 2207 Gateway Dr., Opelika, AL 36801

Limestone County, Alabama — Foster care

• AGAPE of North Alabama — Phone: (256) 859-4481 — Christian foster care, adoption, and services for expectant mothers. — Who qualifies: Foster/adoptive applicants; expectant mothers in north Alabama — Address: P.O. Box 127, Madison, AL 35758 — Website: https://www.agapecares.org/ — Email: danny@agapecares.org
• Kids to Love Foundation — Phone: 256.880.3455 — Child-placing agency (foster and private adoption), Davidson Farms girls' cottage community (ages 10-19), KTECH job training and scholarships for foster youth, emergency assistance, Christmas and back-to-school help. — Who qualifies: Children/youth in foster care and foster families in north Alabama — Address: 140 Castle Drive, Madison, AL 35758 — Website: https://kidstolove.org/ — Email: info@kidstolove.org
• North Alabama Christian Children's Home — Phone: See website — Licensed 24/7 family-style residential home with houseparents for up to 22 children. — Who qualifies: Abused, abandoned or neglected children — Address: 6372 County Road 63, Florence, AL 35634 — Website: https://graceslist.org/?p=10416
• SAFY of Alabama - Huntsville — Phone: 256-489-0170 — Therapeutic foster care, transitional living program for older youth, Intensive In-Home Services for DHR families. — Who qualifies: Children/youth with trauma or behavioral needs in DHR care; foster parent applicants — Address: 4900 University Square, Suite 30, Huntsville, AL 35816 — Website: https://safy.org/alabama
• Alabama Baptist Children's Homes & Family Ministries - Decatur — Phone: 256-355-6893 — Christian foster care agency (and campus foster care), homes for single moms, College Care for youth from care, Pathways Counseling; supplements state board payments. — Who qualifies: Children in foster care; foster families (active church involvement required); single mothers; college-age youth from care — Website: https://www.alabamachild.org/campus-locations — Email: info@alabamachild.org
• North Alabama Foster Closet (Fostering Connections) — Phone: 256-836-4714 — Free clothing, shoes, hygiene items, toys, books, baby gear and some furniture for foster, adoptive and kinship families (request form); Fostering Identity hair/hygiene care and family community events. — Who qualifies: Current foster, adoptive and kinship families in north Alabama — Address: 5510 AL-53, Harvest, AL 35749 — Website: https://www.fostering-connections.org/ — Email: info@fostering-connections.org
• TARCOG Area Agency on Aging - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 256-830-0818 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 5075 Research Dr. NW, Huntsville, AL 35805 — Website: https://www.tarcog.us
• Lifeline Children's Services - Huntsville satellite office — Phone: (205) 967-0811 — Licensed child-placing agency: foster care, adoption, church foster ministry support, aging-out teen support. — Who qualifies: Prospective foster/adoptive families; foster youth — Address: 2300 Memorial Parkway SW, Huntsville, AL 35801 — Website: https://lifelinechild.org/foster-care/
• Alabama Baptist Children's Homes & Family Ministries - Huntsville — Phone: 251-234-3414 — Christian foster care agency (and campus foster care), homes for single moms, College Care for youth from care, Pathways Counseling; supplements state board payments. — Who qualifies: Children in foster care; foster families (active church involvement required); single mothers; college-age youth from care — Website: https://www.alabamachild.org/campus-locations — Email: info@alabamachild.org
• Alabama MENTOR (Sevita) - Huntsville — Phone: 256-964-6287 — Therapeutic foster care (birth-21) with therapy, case management, autism supports; Teens in Transition living program; recruits/trains foster parents ('Mentors'). — Who qualifies: Children with trauma, autism or behavioral health needs; foster parent applicants 25+ with spare bedroom — Address: 4217 9th Avenue, Suite 17, Huntsville, AL 35805 — Website: https://sevitahealth.com/our-services/families/alabama-mentor/
• Limestone Child Advocacy Center (Athens-Limestone CAC) — Phone: (256) 998-5556 — Children's advocacy center: free forensic interviews, counseling, family advocacy and multidisciplinary team (DHR, police, DA) coordination for abused children. — Who qualifies: Children who are alleged victims of sexual or severe physical abuse and their non-offending caregivers; usually referred by DHR or law enforcement — Address: 104 E Washington Street, Athens, AL 35611 — Website: https://www.limestonecac.org
• Limestone County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (256) 614-0009 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Limestone County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 1007 West Market Street, Athens, AL 35612 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/
• CASA of North Alabama — Phone: (256) 822-2347 — Trained volunteer advocates appointed by juvenile court to speak for the best interests of abused/neglected children in foster care; families/attorneys can ask the judge for a CASA. — Who qualifies: Children in dependency (foster care) cases in juvenile court in the counties served — Address: PO Box 36, Decatur, AL 35602 — Website: http://www.casaofnorthalabama.org

Lowndes County, Alabama — Foster care

• Christian Services for Children in Alabama — Phone: (334) 875-0608 — Faith-based therapeutic foster care, family preservation and community-based support; recruits and trains foster parents. — Who qualifies: Children referred by DHR; prospective foster parents — Website: https://www.cscalabama.org/
• Alabama Baptist Children's Homes & Family Ministries - Montgomery — Phone: 334-430-7569 — Christian foster care agency (and campus foster care), homes for single moms, College Care for youth from care, Pathways Counseling; supplements state board payments. — Who qualifies: Children in foster care; foster families (active church involvement required); single mothers; college-age youth from care — Website: https://www.alabamachild.org/campus-locations — Email: info@alabamachild.org
• AGAPE of Central Alabama - Montgomery (main office) — Phone: 334-272-9466 — Christian foster care and adoption agency plus pregnancy counseling. — Who qualifies: Foster/adoptive applicants; expectant parents — Address: 3800 Vaughn Road, Montgomery, AL 36106 — Website: https://www.agapeforchildren.org/ — Email: info@agapeforchildren.org
• Catholic Social Services (Archdiocese of Mobile) - Adoption & Foster Care — Phone: (251) 434-1550 — Adoption, infant foster care and pregnancy counseling. — Who qualifies: Expectant parents; adoptive/foster families in south Alabama — Address: 188 S. Florida Street, Mobile, AL 36606 — Website: https://catholicsocialservices.org/adoption-infant-foster-care
• SAFY of Alabama - Montgomery — Phone: 334-270-3181 — Therapeutic foster care, transitional living program for older youth, Intensive In-Home Services for DHR families. — Who qualifies: Children/youth with trauma or behavioral needs in DHR care; foster parent applicants — Address: 9532 Wynlakes Place, Montgomery, AL 36117 — Website: https://safy.org/alabama
• Alabama MENTOR (Sevita) - Montgomery — Phone: 334-280-3330 — Therapeutic foster care (birth-21) with therapy, case management, autism supports; Teens in Transition living program; recruits/trains foster parents ('Mentors'). — Who qualifies: Children with trauma, autism or behavioral health needs; foster parent applicants 25+ with spare bedroom — Address: 500 Interstate Park Drive #509, Montgomery, AL 36109 — Website: https://sevitahealth.com/our-services/families/alabama-mentor/
• South Central Alabama Development Commission Area Agency on Aging - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 334-244-6903 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 5900 Carmichael Place, Montgomery, AL 36117 — Website: https://www.scadc.net
• Lowndes County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (334) 548-3800 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Lowndes County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 382 State Highway 97 South, Hayneville, AL 36040 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/

Macon County, Alabama — Foster care

• AGAPE of Central Alabama - Montgomery (main office) — Phone: 334-272-9466 — Christian foster care and adoption agency plus pregnancy counseling. — Who qualifies: Foster/adoptive applicants; expectant parents — Address: 3800 Vaughn Road, Montgomery, AL 36106 — Website: https://www.agapeforchildren.org/ — Email: info@agapeforchildren.org
• Catholic Social Services (Archdiocese of Mobile) - Adoption & Foster Care — Phone: (251) 434-1550 — Adoption, infant foster care and pregnancy counseling. — Who qualifies: Expectant parents; adoptive/foster families in south Alabama — Address: 188 S. Florida Street, Mobile, AL 36606 — Website: https://catholicsocialservices.org/adoption-infant-foster-care
• SAFY of Alabama - Montgomery — Phone: 334-270-3181 — Therapeutic foster care, transitional living program for older youth, Intensive In-Home Services for DHR families. — Who qualifies: Children/youth with trauma or behavioral needs in DHR care; foster parent applicants — Address: 9532 Wynlakes Place, Montgomery, AL 36117 — Website: https://safy.org/alabama
• Camellia Therapeutic Foster Agency — Phone: 334-448-2999 — Therapeutic foster care. — Who qualifies: Children in DHR care with therapeutic needs; foster applicants — Address: 407 South Seale Road, Phenix City, AL 36868
• South Central Alabama Development Commission Area Agency on Aging - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 334-244-6903 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 5900 Carmichael Place, Montgomery, AL 36117 — Website: https://www.scadc.net
• Alabama Baptist Children's Homes & Family Ministries - Auburn — Phone: 334-746-5024 — Christian foster care agency (and campus foster care), homes for single moms, College Care for youth from care, Pathways Counseling; supplements state board payments. — Who qualifies: Children in foster care; foster families (active church involvement required); single mothers; college-age youth from care — Website: https://www.alabamachild.org/campus-locations — Email: info@alabamachild.org
• Alabama MENTOR (Sevita) - Opelika/Auburn — Phone: 334-705-8877 — Therapeutic foster care (birth-21) with therapy, case management, autism supports; Teens in Transition living program; recruits/trains foster parents ('Mentors'). — Who qualifies: Children with trauma, autism or behavioral health needs; foster parent applicants 25+ with spare bedroom — Address: 30 Samford Avenue, Suite 30B, Opelika, AL 36801 — Website: https://sevitahealth.com/our-services/families/alabama-mentor/
• BigHouse Foundation — Phone: 334-363-2634 — Clothes Closet, New-to-Care bags, food boxes, Santa's Workshop, back-to-school, Kids' Night Out, moms' meetups and camps for foster families. — Who qualifies: Licensed foster families and families who adopted from foster care in Lee, Chambers, Macon, Tallapoosa, Russell, Elmore and Coosa counties — Address: 1400 Grand National Parkway, Opelika, AL — Website: https://www.ourbighouse.org/ — Email: bighouse@ourbighouse.org
• Macon County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (334) 725-7409 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Macon County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 404 North Main Street, Tuskegee, AL 36083 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/

Madison County, Alabama — Foster care

• AGAPE of North Alabama — Phone: (256) 859-4481 — Christian foster care, adoption, and services for expectant mothers. — Who qualifies: Foster/adoptive applicants; expectant mothers in north Alabama — Address: P.O. Box 127, Madison, AL 35758 — Website: https://www.agapecares.org/ — Email: danny@agapecares.org
• Kids to Love Foundation — Phone: 256.880.3455 — Child-placing agency (foster and private adoption), Davidson Farms girls' cottage community (ages 10-19), KTECH job training and scholarships for foster youth, emergency assistance, Christmas and back-to-school help. — Who qualifies: Children/youth in foster care and foster families in north Alabama — Address: 140 Castle Drive, Madison, AL 35758 — Website: https://kidstolove.org/ — Email: info@kidstolove.org
• SAFY of Alabama - Huntsville — Phone: 256-489-0170 — Therapeutic foster care, transitional living program for older youth, Intensive In-Home Services for DHR families. — Who qualifies: Children/youth with trauma or behavioral needs in DHR care; foster parent applicants — Address: 4900 University Square, Suite 30, Huntsville, AL 35816 — Website: https://safy.org/alabama
• North Alabama Foster Closet (Fostering Connections) — Phone: 256-836-4714 — Free clothing, shoes, hygiene items, toys, books, baby gear and some furniture for foster, adoptive and kinship families (request form); Fostering Identity hair/hygiene care and family community events. — Who qualifies: Current foster, adoptive and kinship families in north Alabama — Address: 5510 AL-53, Harvest, AL 35749 — Website: https://www.fostering-connections.org/ — Email: info@fostering-connections.org
• TARCOG Area Agency on Aging - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 256-830-0818 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 5075 Research Dr. NW, Huntsville, AL 35805 — Website: https://www.tarcog.us
• Lifeline Children's Services - Huntsville satellite office — Phone: (205) 967-0811 — Licensed child-placing agency: foster care, adoption, church foster ministry support, aging-out teen support. — Who qualifies: Prospective foster/adoptive families; foster youth — Address: 2300 Memorial Parkway SW, Huntsville, AL 35801 — Website: https://lifelinechild.org/foster-care/
• Alabama Baptist Children's Homes & Family Ministries - Huntsville — Phone: 251-234-3414 — Christian foster care agency (and campus foster care), homes for single moms, College Care for youth from care, Pathways Counseling; supplements state board payments. — Who qualifies: Children in foster care; foster families (active church involvement required); single mothers; college-age youth from care — Website: https://www.alabamachild.org/campus-locations — Email: info@alabamachild.org
• Alabama MENTOR (Sevita) - Huntsville — Phone: 256-964-6287 — Therapeutic foster care (birth-21) with therapy, case management, autism supports; Teens in Transition living program; recruits/trains foster parents ('Mentors'). — Who qualifies: Children with trauma, autism or behavioral health needs; foster parent applicants 25+ with spare bedroom — Address: 4217 9th Avenue, Suite 17, Huntsville, AL 35805 — Website: https://sevitahealth.com/our-services/families/alabama-mentor/
• National Children's Advocacy Center (Huntsville/Madison County services) — Phone: (256) 533-5437 — Children's advocacy center: free forensic interviews, counseling, family advocacy and multidisciplinary team (DHR, police, DA) coordination for abused children. — Who qualifies: Children who are alleged victims of sexual or severe physical abuse and their non-offending caregivers; usually referred by DHR or law enforcement — Address: 210 Pratt Avenue, Huntsville, AL 35801 — Website: https://www.nationalcac.org
• Madison County Foster & Adoptive Parent Association (MCFAPA) - The Den — Phone: See website — The Den clothing closet for children entering care, equipment and clothing exchange, monthly trainings and meetings. — Who qualifies: Foster, adoptive and kinship families in Madison County — Website: https://mcfapa.life/
• Madison County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (256) 427-6200 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Madison County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 2206 Oakwood Avenue NW, Huntsville, AL 35810 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/
• CAJA of Madison County (Court Appointed Juvenile Advocates) — Phone: (256) 532-6988 — Trained volunteer advocates appointed by juvenile court to speak for the best interests of abused/neglected children in foster care; families/attorneys can ask the judge for a CASA. — Who qualifies: Children in dependency (foster care) cases in juvenile court in the counties served — Address: 100 Northside Sq., Huntsville, AL 35801 — Website: http://www.caja4kids.org

Marengo County, Alabama — Foster care

• Christian Services for Children in Alabama — Phone: (334) 875-0608 — Faith-based therapeutic foster care, family preservation and community-based support; recruits and trains foster parents. — Who qualifies: Children referred by DHR; prospective foster parents — Website: https://www.cscalabama.org/
• Tuscaloosa Angels — Phone: See website — Love Box (church/community groups wrap around a foster family with meals, supplies and support) and Dare to Dream mentoring for foster youth; Northport family hub. — Who qualifies: Foster families and youth in foster care in West Alabama — Address: 218 Main Avenue, Northport, AL 35476 — Website: https://www.tuscaloosaangels.org/
• Alabama-Tombigbee Regional Commission Area Agency on Aging - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 334-682-5206 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 107 Broad St., Camden, AL 36726 — Website: https://www.atrcaging.com
• Blackbelt Regional Child Advocacy Center — Phone: (334) 654-5098 — Children's advocacy center: free forensic interviews, counseling, family advocacy and multidisciplinary team (DHR, police, DA) coordination for abused children. — Who qualifies: Children who are alleged victims of sexual or severe physical abuse and their non-offending caregivers; usually referred by DHR or law enforcement — Address: 208 North Strawberry Ave, Demopolis, AL 36732 — Website: https://www.blackbeltcac.org
• Marengo County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (334) 295-2000 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Marengo County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 701 South Shiloh Street, Linden, AL 36748 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/

Marion County, Alabama — Foster care

• NACOLG Area Agency on Aging - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 256-389-0500 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 103 Student Drive, Muscle Shoals, AL 35661 — Website: https://www.nacolg.org
• Addie's Place - Child Advocacy Center of Winston County — Phone: (205) 489-2178 — Children's advocacy center: free forensic interviews, counseling, family advocacy and multidisciplinary team (DHR, police, DA) coordination for abused children. — Who qualifies: Children who are alleged victims of sexual or severe physical abuse and their non-offending caregivers; usually referred by DHR or law enforcement — Address: 26789 Highway 195, Double Springs, AL 35553 — Website: https://www.addiesplace.org/home — Email: diane@addiesplace.org
• Marion County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (251) 944-1220 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Marion County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 760 Industrial Drive, Hamilton, AL 35570 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/

Marshall County, Alabama — Foster care

• AGAPE of North Alabama — Phone: (256) 859-4481 — Christian foster care, adoption, and services for expectant mothers. — Who qualifies: Foster/adoptive applicants; expectant mothers in north Alabama — Address: P.O. Box 127, Madison, AL 35758 — Website: https://www.agapecares.org/ — Email: danny@agapecares.org
• Kids to Love Foundation — Phone: 256.880.3455 — Child-placing agency (foster and private adoption), Davidson Farms girls' cottage community (ages 10-19), KTECH job training and scholarships for foster youth, emergency assistance, Christmas and back-to-school help. — Who qualifies: Children/youth in foster care and foster families in north Alabama — Address: 140 Castle Drive, Madison, AL 35758 — Website: https://kidstolove.org/ — Email: info@kidstolove.org
• SAFY of Alabama - Huntsville — Phone: 256-489-0170 — Therapeutic foster care, transitional living program for older youth, Intensive In-Home Services for DHR families. — Who qualifies: Children/youth with trauma or behavioral needs in DHR care; foster parent applicants — Address: 4900 University Square, Suite 30, Huntsville, AL 35816 — Website: https://safy.org/alabama
• TARCOG Area Agency on Aging - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 256-830-0818 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 5075 Research Dr. NW, Huntsville, AL 35805 — Website: https://www.tarcog.us
• Lifeline Children's Services - Huntsville satellite office — Phone: (205) 967-0811 — Licensed child-placing agency: foster care, adoption, church foster ministry support, aging-out teen support. — Who qualifies: Prospective foster/adoptive families; foster youth — Address: 2300 Memorial Parkway SW, Huntsville, AL 35801 — Website: https://lifelinechild.org/foster-care/
• Alabama Baptist Children's Homes & Family Ministries - Huntsville — Phone: 251-234-3414 — Christian foster care agency (and campus foster care), homes for single moms, College Care for youth from care, Pathways Counseling; supplements state board payments. — Who qualifies: Children in foster care; foster families (active church involvement required); single mothers; college-age youth from care — Website: https://www.alabamachild.org/campus-locations — Email: info@alabamachild.org
• Alabama MENTOR (Sevita) - Huntsville — Phone: 256-964-6287 — Therapeutic foster care (birth-21) with therapy, case management, autism supports; Teens in Transition living program; recruits/trains foster parents ('Mentors'). — Who qualifies: Children with trauma, autism or behavioral health needs; foster parent applicants 25+ with spare bedroom — Address: 4217 9th Avenue, Suite 17, Huntsville, AL 35805 — Website: https://sevitahealth.com/our-services/families/alabama-mentor/
• Child Advocacy Center of Marshall County — Phone: (256) 582-8492 — Children's advocacy center: free forensic interviews, counseling, family advocacy and multidisciplinary team (DHR, police, DA) coordination for abused children. — Who qualifies: Children who are alleged victims of sexual or severe physical abuse and their non-offending caregivers; usually referred by DHR or law enforcement — Website: https://www.marshallcac.org
• Marshall County Foster and Adoptive Parents Association — Phone: See website — Local foster/adoptive parent support association. — Who qualifies: Foster and adoptive families in Marshall County — Address: Boaz, AL — Website: https://navigate.gudsy.org/profiles/nonprofit/marshall-county-foster-and-adoptive-parents-association-boaz-al
• Marshall County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (256) 582-7100 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Marshall County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 180 Bluff Road, Guntersville, AL 35976 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/
• CAJA of Marshall County — Phone: (256) 878-1445 — Trained volunteer advocates appointed by juvenile court to speak for the best interests of abused/neglected children in foster care; families/attorneys can ask the judge for a CASA. — Who qualifies: Children in dependency (foster care) cases in juvenile court in the counties served — Address: 103 S Hambrick St, Albertville, AL 35950 — Website: http://www.cajaofmarshall.org

Mobile County, Alabama — Foster care

• Catholic Social Services (Archdiocese of Mobile) - Adoption & Foster Care — Phone: (251) 434-1550 — Adoption, infant foster care and pregnancy counseling. — Who qualifies: Expectant parents; adoptive/foster families in south Alabama — Address: 188 S. Florida Street, Mobile, AL 36606 — Website: https://catholicsocialservices.org/adoption-infant-foster-care
• Wilmer Hall Children's Home — Phone: 251-342-4931 — Faith-based children's home (since 1864): residential care, transitional living for homeless young adults, transitional housing for young mothers and children, tutoring, food pantry delivery. — Who qualifies: Children and young adults in need from poverty, abuse, neglect or homelessness; young mothers — Address: 3811 Old Shell Road, Mobile, AL 36608 — Website: https://www.wilmerhall.org/ — Email: minge@wilmerhall.org
• Lifeline Children's Services - Daphne satellite office — Phone: (205) 967-0811 — Licensed child-placing agency: foster care, adoption, church foster ministry support, aging-out teen support. — Who qualifies: Prospective foster/adoptive families; foster youth — Address: 28851 Main Street Suite B-C, Daphne, AL 36526 — Website: https://lifelinechild.org/foster-care/
• South Alabama Regional Planning Commission Area Agency on Aging - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 251-433-6541 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 110 Beaureguard St., Suite 207, Mobile, AL 36602 — Website: https://www.sarpc.org
• Alabama Baptist Children's Homes & Family Ministries - Mobile — Phone: 251-639-1022 — Christian foster care agency (and campus foster care), homes for single moms, College Care for youth from care, Pathways Counseling; supplements state board payments. — Who qualifies: Children in foster care; foster families (active church involvement required); single mothers; college-age youth from care — Website: https://www.alabamachild.org/campus-locations — Email: info@alabamachild.org
• Bethany Christian Services - Alabama (Spanish Fort) — Phone: 251-621-5440 — Foster care and adoption services. — Who qualifies: Foster/adoptive families; birth parents — Address: 7100 Spanish Fort Blvd, Spanish Fort, AL 36577 — Website: https://bethany.org/
• Children of the World (adoption agency) — Phone: 251-990-3550 — International/domestic adoption agency. — Who qualifies: Adoptive families — Address: 19940 State Highway 181, Suite C-4, Fairhope, AL 36532 — Email: teresa@childrenoftheworld.com
• Adoption Home Study Services — Phone: 251-626-9011 — Adoption home studies. — Who qualifies: Adoptive families — Address: 1203 U.S. Highway 9 (as listed), Daphne, AL 36526 — Email: pboyd1203@gmail.com
• SAFY of Alabama - Mobile — Phone: 251-487-0058 — Therapeutic foster care, transitional living program for older youth, Intensive In-Home Services for DHR families. — Who qualifies: Children/youth with trauma or behavioral needs in DHR care; foster parent applicants — Address: 1327 Spring Hill Avenue, Mobile, AL 36604 — Website: https://safy.org/alabama
• Alabama MENTOR (Sevita) - Mobile — Phone: 251-478-5243 — Therapeutic foster care (birth-21) with therapy, case management, autism supports; Teens in Transition living program; recruits/trains foster parents ('Mentors'). — Who qualifies: Children with trauma, autism or behavioral health needs; foster parent applicants 25+ with spare bedroom — Address: 3103 Airport Boulevard, Suite 620, Mobile, AL 36606 — Website: https://sevitahealth.com/our-services/families/alabama-mentor/
• Health Connect America - Alabama — Phone: (615) 567-6726 — Therapeutic foster care, intensive in-home, outpatient mental health, autism and substance use services. — Who qualifies: Children/youth with behavioral health needs, incl. DHR therapeutic foster care; Medicaid — Website: https://www.healthconnectamerica.com/services/alabama-services/
• Child Advocacy Center of Mobile — Phone: (251) 432-1101 — Children's advocacy center: free forensic interviews, counseling, family advocacy and multidisciplinary team (DHR, police, DA) coordination for abused children. — Who qualifies: Children who are alleged victims of sexual or severe physical abuse and their non-offending caregivers; usually referred by DHR or law enforcement — Address: 1351 Spring Hill Avenue, Mobile, AL 36606 — Website: https://www.cacmobile.org — Email: ehenderson@cacmobile.org
• Mobile County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (251) 450-7000 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Mobile County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 3103 Airport Blvd, Mobile, AL 36606 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/
• CASA Mobile — Phone: (251) 586-8525 — Trained volunteer advocates appointed by juvenile court to speak for the best interests of abused/neglected children in foster care; families/attorneys can ask the judge for a CASA. — Who qualifies: Children in dependency (foster care) cases in juvenile court in the counties served — Address: 2315 Costarides St, Mobile, AL 36617 — Website: http://www.casamobile.org

Monroe County, Alabama — Foster care

• Catholic Social Services (Archdiocese of Mobile) - Adoption & Foster Care — Phone: (251) 434-1550 — Adoption, infant foster care and pregnancy counseling. — Who qualifies: Expectant parents; adoptive/foster families in south Alabama — Address: 188 S. Florida Street, Mobile, AL 36606 — Website: https://catholicsocialservices.org/adoption-infant-foster-care
• Bethany Christian Services - Alabama (Spanish Fort) — Phone: 251-621-5440 — Foster care and adoption services. — Who qualifies: Foster/adoptive families; birth parents — Address: 7100 Spanish Fort Blvd, Spanish Fort, AL 36577 — Website: https://bethany.org/
• SAFY of Alabama - Mobile — Phone: 251-487-0058 — Therapeutic foster care, transitional living program for older youth, Intensive In-Home Services for DHR families. — Who qualifies: Children/youth with trauma or behavioral needs in DHR care; foster parent applicants — Address: 1327 Spring Hill Avenue, Mobile, AL 36604 — Website: https://safy.org/alabama
• Alabama-Tombigbee Regional Commission Area Agency on Aging - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 334-682-5206 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 107 Broad St., Camden, AL 36726 — Website: https://www.atrcaging.com
• Monroe County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (251) 743-5900 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Monroe County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 25 Legion Drive, Monroeville, AL 36460 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/

Montgomery County, Alabama — Foster care

• Lifeline Children's Services - Wetumpka satellite office — Phone: (205) 967-0811 — Licensed child-placing agency: foster care, adoption, church foster ministry support, aging-out teen support. — Who qualifies: Prospective foster/adoptive families; foster youth — Address: 113 East Bridge Street, Suite A, Wetumpka, AL 36092 — Website: https://lifelinechild.org/foster-care/
• Central Alabama Aging Consortium (CAAC) - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 334-240-4666 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 400 Cotton Gin Road, Montgomery, AL 36117 — Website: https://www.centralalabamaaging.org
• Family Guidance Center of Alabama - Senior Child Caregiver Program — Phone: 334-270-4100 — Support, education and support groups for seniors raising grandchildren or other relative children. — Who qualifies: Caregivers 55+ raising relative children in Montgomery, Elmore and Autauga counties — Address: 2358 Fairlane Drive, Montgomery, AL 36116 — Website: https://www.familyguidancecenter.org/
• Alabama Baptist Children's Homes & Family Ministries - Montgomery — Phone: 334-430-7569 — Christian foster care agency (and campus foster care), homes for single moms, College Care for youth from care, Pathways Counseling; supplements state board payments. — Who qualifies: Children in foster care; foster families (active church involvement required); single mothers; college-age youth from care — Website: https://www.alabamachild.org/campus-locations — Email: info@alabamachild.org
• AGAPE of Central Alabama - Montgomery (main office) — Phone: 334-272-9466 — Christian foster care and adoption agency plus pregnancy counseling. — Who qualifies: Foster/adoptive applicants; expectant parents — Address: 3800 Vaughn Road, Montgomery, AL 36106 — Website: https://www.agapeforchildren.org/ — Email: info@agapeforchildren.org
• Catholic Social Services (Archdiocese of Mobile) - Adoption & Foster Care — Phone: (251) 434-1550 — Adoption, infant foster care and pregnancy counseling. — Who qualifies: Expectant parents; adoptive/foster families in south Alabama — Address: 188 S. Florida Street, Mobile, AL 36606 — Website: https://catholicsocialservices.org/adoption-infant-foster-care
• SAFY of Alabama - Montgomery — Phone: 334-270-3181 — Therapeutic foster care, transitional living program for older youth, Intensive In-Home Services for DHR families. — Who qualifies: Children/youth with trauma or behavioral needs in DHR care; foster parent applicants — Address: 9532 Wynlakes Place, Montgomery, AL 36117 — Website: https://safy.org/alabama
• Alabama MENTOR (Sevita) - Montgomery — Phone: 334-280-3330 — Therapeutic foster care (birth-21) with therapy, case management, autism supports; Teens in Transition living program; recruits/trains foster parents ('Mentors'). — Who qualifies: Children with trauma, autism or behavioral health needs; foster parent applicants 25+ with spare bedroom — Address: 500 Interstate Park Drive #509, Montgomery, AL 36109 — Website: https://sevitahealth.com/our-services/families/alabama-mentor/
• CASA of the River Region — Phone: 334-329-8584 — Trained volunteer advocates appointed by juvenile court to speak for the best interests of abused/neglected children in foster care; families/attorneys can ask the judge for a CASA. — Who qualifies: Children in dependency (foster care) cases in juvenile court in the counties served — Address: 1111 Air Base Blvd, Montgomery, AL 36108 — Website: http://casaoftheriverregion.org
• Child Protect Children's Advocacy Center — Phone: (334) 262-1220 — Children's advocacy center: free forensic interviews, counseling, family advocacy and multidisciplinary team (DHR, police, DA) coordination for abused children. — Who qualifies: Children who are alleged victims of sexual or severe physical abuse and their non-offending caregivers; usually referred by DHR or law enforcement — Address: 935 South Perry Street, Montgomery, AL 36104 — Website: http://www.childprotect.org — Email: info@childprotect.org
• Montgomery County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (334) 293-3100 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Montgomery County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 3030 Mobile Hwy, Montgomery, AL 36108 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/

Morgan County, Alabama — Foster care

• Health Connect America - Alabama — Phone: (615) 567-6726 — Therapeutic foster care, intensive in-home, outpatient mental health, autism and substance use services. — Who qualifies: Children/youth with behavioral health needs, incl. DHR therapeutic foster care; Medicaid — Website: https://www.healthconnectamerica.com/services/alabama-services/
• AGAPE of North Alabama — Phone: (256) 859-4481 — Christian foster care, adoption, and services for expectant mothers. — Who qualifies: Foster/adoptive applicants; expectant mothers in north Alabama — Address: P.O. Box 127, Madison, AL 35758 — Website: https://www.agapecares.org/ — Email: danny@agapecares.org
• Kids to Love Foundation — Phone: 256.880.3455 — Child-placing agency (foster and private adoption), Davidson Farms girls' cottage community (ages 10-19), KTECH job training and scholarships for foster youth, emergency assistance, Christmas and back-to-school help. — Who qualifies: Children/youth in foster care and foster families in north Alabama — Address: 140 Castle Drive, Madison, AL 35758 — Website: https://kidstolove.org/ — Email: info@kidstolove.org
• SAFY of Alabama - Huntsville — Phone: 256-489-0170 — Therapeutic foster care, transitional living program for older youth, Intensive In-Home Services for DHR families. — Who qualifies: Children/youth with trauma or behavioral needs in DHR care; foster parent applicants — Address: 4900 University Square, Suite 30, Huntsville, AL 35816 — Website: https://safy.org/alabama
• NARCOG Area Agency on Aging - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 256-355-4515 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 216 Jackson St SE, Decatur, AL 35601 — Website: https://www.narcog.org
• Alabama Baptist Children's Homes & Family Ministries - Decatur — Phone: 256-355-6893 — Christian foster care agency (and campus foster care), homes for single moms, College Care for youth from care, Pathways Counseling; supplements state board payments. — Who qualifies: Children in foster care; foster families (active church involvement required); single mothers; college-age youth from care — Website: https://www.alabamachild.org/campus-locations — Email: info@alabamachild.org
• North Alabama Foster Closet (Fostering Connections) — Phone: 256-836-4714 — Free clothing, shoes, hygiene items, toys, books, baby gear and some furniture for foster, adoptive and kinship families (request form); Fostering Identity hair/hygiene care and family community events. — Who qualifies: Current foster, adoptive and kinship families in north Alabama — Address: 5510 AL-53, Harvest, AL 35749 — Website: https://www.fostering-connections.org/ — Email: info@fostering-connections.org
• Lifeline Children's Services - Huntsville satellite office — Phone: (205) 967-0811 — Licensed child-placing agency: foster care, adoption, church foster ministry support, aging-out teen support. — Who qualifies: Prospective foster/adoptive families; foster youth — Address: 2300 Memorial Parkway SW, Huntsville, AL 35801 — Website: https://lifelinechild.org/foster-care/
• Alabama Baptist Children's Homes & Family Ministries - Huntsville — Phone: 251-234-3414 — Christian foster care agency (and campus foster care), homes for single moms, College Care for youth from care, Pathways Counseling; supplements state board payments. — Who qualifies: Children in foster care; foster families (active church involvement required); single mothers; college-age youth from care — Website: https://www.alabamachild.org/campus-locations — Email: info@alabamachild.org
• Alabama MENTOR (Sevita) - Huntsville — Phone: 256-964-6287 — Therapeutic foster care (birth-21) with therapy, case management, autism supports; Teens in Transition living program; recruits/trains foster parents ('Mentors'). — Who qualifies: Children with trauma, autism or behavioral health needs; foster parent applicants 25+ with spare bedroom — Address: 4217 9th Avenue, Suite 17, Huntsville, AL 35805 — Website: https://sevitahealth.com/our-services/families/alabama-mentor/
• CASA of North Alabama — Phone: (256) 822-2347 — Trained volunteer advocates appointed by juvenile court to speak for the best interests of abused/neglected children in foster care; families/attorneys can ask the judge for a CASA. — Who qualifies: Children in dependency (foster care) cases in juvenile court in the counties served — Address: PO Box 36, Decatur, AL 35602 — Website: http://www.casaofnorthalabama.org
• Morgan County Child Advocacy Center — Phone: (256) 355-1908 — Children's advocacy center: free forensic interviews, counseling, family advocacy and multidisciplinary team (DHR, police, DA) coordination for abused children. — Who qualifies: Children who are alleged victims of sexual or severe physical abuse and their non-offending caregivers; usually referred by DHR or law enforcement — Website: https://www.morgancac.org
• Morgan County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (256) 301-8800 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Morgan County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 507 14th Street SE, Decatur, AL 35601 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/

Perry County, Alabama — Foster care

• Christian Services for Children in Alabama — Phone: (334) 875-0608 — Faith-based therapeutic foster care, family preservation and community-based support; recruits and trains foster parents. — Who qualifies: Children referred by DHR; prospective foster parents — Website: https://www.cscalabama.org/
• Raleigh's Place — Phone: See website — Christ-centered foster care ministry: Partner Homes support for foster/adoptive/kinship families, Katie's Kloset (free clothing, shoes, furniture to foster families), Camp 1:27 free summer camp, Workmanship Initiative (housing, jobs, transport, mentoring for youth aging out). — Who qualifies: Foster, kinship and adoptive families and youth aging out in central Alabama — Address: 346 County Road 1028, Clanton, AL 35046 — Website: http://www.raleighsplace.org — Email: office@raleighsplace.org
• Alabama-Tombigbee Regional Commission Area Agency on Aging - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 334-682-5206 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 107 Broad St., Camden, AL 36726 — Website: https://www.atrcaging.com
• Perry County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (334) 683-5500 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Perry County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 9851 Hwy 5, South, Marion, AL 36756 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/

Pickens County, Alabama — Foster care

• West Alabama Regional Commission Area Agency on Aging - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 205-333-2990 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 4200 Highway 69 North Suite 1, Northport, AL 35476 — Website: https://www.westalabamaaging.org
• Alabama Baptist Children's Homes & Family Ministries - Tuscaloosa — Phone: 205-831-8178 — Christian foster care agency (and campus foster care), homes for single moms, College Care for youth from care, Pathways Counseling; supplements state board payments. — Who qualifies: Children in foster care; foster families (active church involvement required); single mothers; college-age youth from care — Website: https://www.alabamachild.org/campus-locations — Email: info@alabamachild.org
• AGAPE of Central Alabama - Tuscaloosa office — Phone: 205-733-9755 — Christian foster care and adoption agency plus pregnancy counseling. — Who qualifies: Foster/adoptive applicants; expectant parents — Address: 1200 Julia Tutwiler Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL 35404 — Website: https://www.agapeforchildren.org/ — Email: info@agapeforchildren.org
• Tuscaloosa Angels — Phone: See website — Love Box (church/community groups wrap around a foster family with meals, supplies and support) and Dare to Dream mentoring for foster youth; Northport family hub. — Who qualifies: Foster families and youth in foster care in West Alabama — Address: 218 Main Avenue, Northport, AL 35476 — Website: https://www.tuscaloosaangels.org/
• Pickens County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (659) 237-8299 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Pickens County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 401 Tuscaloosa Avenue, Carrollton, AL 35447 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/

Pike County, Alabama — Foster care

• Catholic Social Services (Archdiocese of Mobile) - Adoption & Foster Care — Phone: (251) 434-1550 — Adoption, infant foster care and pregnancy counseling. — Who qualifies: Expectant parents; adoptive/foster families in south Alabama — Address: 188 S. Florida Street, Mobile, AL 36606 — Website: https://catholicsocialservices.org/adoption-infant-foster-care
• SAFY of Alabama - Montgomery — Phone: 334-270-3181 — Therapeutic foster care, transitional living program for older youth, Intensive In-Home Services for DHR families. — Who qualifies: Children/youth with trauma or behavioral needs in DHR care; foster parent applicants — Address: 9532 Wynlakes Place, Montgomery, AL 36117 — Website: https://safy.org/alabama
• Pike Regional Child Advocacy Center — Phone: (334) 670-0487 — Children's advocacy center: free forensic interviews, counseling, family advocacy and multidisciplinary team (DHR, police, DA) coordination for abused children. — Who qualifies: Children who are alleged victims of sexual or severe physical abuse and their non-offending caregivers; usually referred by DHR or law enforcement — Address: 118 W. Orange Street, Troy, AL 36081 — Website: https://www.pikeregionalcac.com — Email: prcac@pikeregional-cac.com
• City Hope (formerly Fostering Hope Wiregrass) — Phone: See website — Free foster closet at Dogwood Court, Dothan: clothes, shoes, diapers, toiletries, cribs, frozen meals, birthday closet; monthly restock shopping; parent nights and training hours. — Who qualifies: Licensed foster families in the Wiregrass — Address: Dogwood Court, Dothan, AL — Website: https://cityhopewiregrass.com/
• AGAPE of Central Alabama - Wiregrass office — Phone: 334-393-1990 — Christian foster care and adoption agency plus pregnancy counseling. — Who qualifies: Foster/adoptive applicants; expectant parents — Address: P.O. Box 74, Troy, AL 36081 — Website: https://www.agapeforchildren.org/ — Email: info@agapeforchildren.org
• Alabama MENTOR (Sevita) - Troy — Phone: See website — Therapeutic foster care (birth-21) with therapy, case management, autism supports; Teens in Transition living program; recruits/trains foster parents ('Mentors'). — Who qualifies: Children with trauma, autism or behavioral health needs; foster parent applicants 25+ with spare bedroom — Address: 1114A South Brundidge Street, Troy, AL 36081 — Website: https://sevitahealth.com/our-services/families/alabama-mentor/
• South Central Alabama Development Commission Area Agency on Aging - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 334-244-6903 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 5900 Carmichael Place, Montgomery, AL 36117 — Website: https://www.scadc.net
• Fostering Angels (Elba) — Phone: See website — Free foster boutique: clothing, toiletries, school supplies, some furniture, suitcases, birthday cake kits; emergency placement requests by phone/Facebook; also helps grandparents raising grandkids. Open Tue, Thu, Sat. — Who qualifies: Foster and kinship families in Southeast Alabama — Website: https://www.wtvy.com/2024/08/08/fostering-angels-gives-back-wiregrass/
• Pike County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (334) 806-3007 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Pike County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 717 South Three Notch Street, Troy, AL 36081 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/

Randolph County, Alabama — Foster care

• East Alabama Area Agency on Aging (EARPDC) - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 256-237-6741 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 1130 Quintard Avenue, Suite 300, Anniston, AL 36201 — Website: https://www.eastalabamaaging.org
• Tri-County Children's Advocacy Center — Phone: (334) 885-1607 — Children's advocacy center: free forensic interviews, counseling, family advocacy and multidisciplinary team (DHR, police, DA) coordination for abused children. — Who qualifies: Children who are alleged victims of sexual or severe physical abuse and their non-offending caregivers; usually referred by DHR or law enforcement — Address: 287 N. Tallassee Street, Dadeville, AL 36853 — Website: http://www.tri-co-cac.org
• Alabama MENTOR (Sevita) - Opelika/Auburn — Phone: 334-705-8877 — Therapeutic foster care (birth-21) with therapy, case management, autism supports; Teens in Transition living program; recruits/trains foster parents ('Mentors'). — Who qualifies: Children with trauma, autism or behavioral health needs; foster parent applicants 25+ with spare bedroom — Address: 30 Samford Avenue, Suite 30B, Opelika, AL 36801 — Website: https://sevitahealth.com/our-services/families/alabama-mentor/
• Randolph County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (256) 814-5280 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Randolph County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 865 Hillcrest Avenue, Wedowee, AL 36278 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/

Russell County, Alabama — Foster care

• Catholic Social Services (Archdiocese of Mobile) - Adoption & Foster Care — Phone: (251) 434-1550 — Adoption, infant foster care and pregnancy counseling. — Who qualifies: Expectant parents; adoptive/foster families in south Alabama — Address: 188 S. Florida Street, Mobile, AL 36606 — Website: https://catholicsocialservices.org/adoption-infant-foster-care
• SAFY of Alabama - Montgomery — Phone: 334-270-3181 — Therapeutic foster care, transitional living program for older youth, Intensive In-Home Services for DHR families. — Who qualifies: Children/youth with trauma or behavioral needs in DHR care; foster parent applicants — Address: 9532 Wynlakes Place, Montgomery, AL 36117 — Website: https://safy.org/alabama
• Camellia Therapeutic Foster Agency — Phone: 334-448-2999 — Therapeutic foster care. — Who qualifies: Children in DHR care with therapeutic needs; foster applicants — Address: 407 South Seale Road, Phenix City, AL 36868
• Alabama Baptist Children's Homes & Family Ministries - Auburn — Phone: 334-746-5024 — Christian foster care agency (and campus foster care), homes for single moms, College Care for youth from care, Pathways Counseling; supplements state board payments. — Who qualifies: Children in foster care; foster families (active church involvement required); single mothers; college-age youth from care — Website: https://www.alabamachild.org/campus-locations — Email: info@alabamachild.org
• Alabama MENTOR (Sevita) - Opelika/Auburn — Phone: 334-705-8877 — Therapeutic foster care (birth-21) with therapy, case management, autism supports; Teens in Transition living program; recruits/trains foster parents ('Mentors'). — Who qualifies: Children with trauma, autism or behavioral health needs; foster parent applicants 25+ with spare bedroom — Address: 30 Samford Avenue, Suite 30B, Opelika, AL 36801 — Website: https://sevitahealth.com/our-services/families/alabama-mentor/
• BigHouse Foundation — Phone: 334-363-2634 — Clothes Closet, New-to-Care bags, food boxes, Santa's Workshop, back-to-school, Kids' Night Out, moms' meetups and camps for foster families. — Who qualifies: Licensed foster families and families who adopted from foster care in Lee, Chambers, Macon, Tallapoosa, Russell, Elmore and Coosa counties — Address: 1400 Grand National Parkway, Opelika, AL — Website: https://www.ourbighouse.org/ — Email: bighouse@ourbighouse.org
• Lee-Russell Council of Governments Area Agency on Aging - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 334-749-5264 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 2207 Gateway Dr., Opelika, AL 36801
• Russell County Child Advocacy Center — Phone: (334) 297-4962 — Children's advocacy center: free forensic interviews, counseling, family advocacy and multidisciplinary team (DHR, police, DA) coordination for abused children. — Who qualifies: Children who are alleged victims of sexual or severe physical abuse and their non-offending caregivers; usually referred by DHR or law enforcement — Address: 1011 S. Railroad St, Phenix City, AL 36867 — Website: https://www.rccac.org
• Russell County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (334) 214-5780 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Russell County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 1901 Opelika Road, Phenix City, AL 36867 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/

Shelby County, Alabama — Foster care

• Raleigh's Place — Phone: See website — Christ-centered foster care ministry: Partner Homes support for foster/adoptive/kinship families, Katie's Kloset (free clothing, shoes, furniture to foster families), Camp 1:27 free summer camp, Workmanship Initiative (housing, jobs, transport, mentoring for youth aging out). — Who qualifies: Foster, kinship and adoptive families and youth aging out in central Alabama — Address: 346 County Road 1028, Clanton, AL 35046 — Website: http://www.raleighsplace.org — Email: office@raleighsplace.org
• Second Shift — Phone: (205) 201-0464 — Transition plans for youth aging out of foster care: housing assistance, life skills, jobs, transportation, education, ID documents, mentoring. — Who qualifies: Youth 18-25 aging out of or at risk from foster care — Address: 101 Aviators View Drive, Suite B, Alabaster, AL 35007 — Website: https://secondshiftalabama.org
• Alabama Clinical Schools - Therapeutic Foster Care — Phone: (205) 224-4400 — Therapeutic foster care and specialized treatment foster care, plus residential psychiatric treatment and on-site school; 24/7 clinician on call. — Who qualifies: Children in Alabama DHR custody with behavioral/mental health needs; residential: adolescent males 12-18 — Address: 1101 East Park Drive, Birmingham, AL 35235 — Website: https://www.alabamaclinicalschools.com/
• Royal Family KIDS Camp - Hope Community Church (Gardendale) — Phone: 205-913-2594 — Free one-week summer camp for children in foster care (July). — Who qualifies: Foster children ages 6-11 — Website: https://form.jotform.com/240612956054152
• Middle Alabama Area Agency on Aging (M4A) - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 205-670-5770 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 209 Cloverdale Circle, Alabaster, AL 35007 — Website: https://www.m4a.org
• Alabama Baptist Children's Homes & Family Ministries - Birmingham — Phone: 205-982-1112 — Christian foster care agency (and campus foster care), homes for single moms, College Care for youth from care, Pathways Counseling; supplements state board payments. — Who qualifies: Children in foster care; foster families (active church involvement required); single mothers; college-age youth from care — Address: 2681 Rocky Ridge Lane, Birmingham, AL 35216 — Website: https://www.alabamachild.org/campus-locations — Email: info@alabamachild.org
• AGAPE of Central Alabama - Birmingham office — Phone: 205-733-9755 — Christian foster care and adoption agency plus pregnancy counseling. — Who qualifies: Foster/adoptive applicants; expectant parents — Address: P.O. Box 36533, Birmingham, AL 35236 — Website: https://www.agapeforchildren.org/ — Email: info@agapeforchildren.org
• Family Adoption Services, Inc. — Phone: (205) 414-6003 — Private adoption agency and adoptive parent support group. — Who qualifies: Adoptive families; birth parents — Address: 4 Office Park Cir, Suite 116, Birmingham, AL 35223 — Website: https://www.familyadoptionservices.com/
• A Angel Adoptions — Phone: (205) 621-0316 — Private adoption agency. — Who qualifies: Adoptive families; birth parents — Address: 911 Creekside Court, Suite A, Helena, AL 35080 — Email: angeladoptions@msn.com
• SAFY of Alabama - Birmingham — Phone: 205-945-7483 — Therapeutic foster care, transitional living program for older youth, Intensive In-Home Services for DHR families. — Who qualifies: Children/youth with trauma or behavioral needs in DHR care; foster parent applicants — Address: 15 Southlake Lane, Suite 200, Hoover, AL 35244 — Website: https://safy.org/alabama
• Alabama MENTOR (Sevita) - Birmingham — Phone: 205-945-7030 — Therapeutic foster care (birth-21) with therapy, case management, autism supports; Teens in Transition living program; recruits/trains foster parents ('Mentors'). — Who qualifies: Children with trauma, autism or behavioral health needs; foster parent applicants 25+ with spare bedroom — Address: 529 Beacon Parkway W, Suite 212, Birmingham, AL 35209 — Website: https://sevitahealth.com/our-services/families/alabama-mentor/
• Owens House - Shelby County Children's Advocacy Center — Phone: (205) 669-3333 — Children's advocacy center: free forensic interviews, counseling, family advocacy and multidisciplinary team (DHR, police, DA) coordination for abused children. — Who qualifies: Children who are alleged victims of sexual or severe physical abuse and their non-offending caregivers; usually referred by DHR or law enforcement — Website: https://owenshouse.org/ — Email: info@owenshouse.org
• Shelby County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (205) 669-3000 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Shelby County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 987 Highway 70, Columbiana, AL 35051 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/
• CASA of Shelby County (Friends of the Court, Inc.) — Phone: (205) 243-8753 — Trained volunteer advocates appointed by juvenile court to speak for the best interests of abused/neglected children in foster care; families/attorneys can ask the judge for a CASA. — Who qualifies: Children in dependency (foster care) cases in juvenile court in the counties served — Address: 5184 Caldwell Mill Rd Ste 204-171, Hoover, AL 35244 — Website: http://www.casaofshelbycounty.org

St. Clair County, Alabama — Foster care

• Second Shift — Phone: (205) 201-0464 — Transition plans for youth aging out of foster care: housing assistance, life skills, jobs, transportation, education, ID documents, mentoring. — Who qualifies: Youth 18-25 aging out of or at risk from foster care — Address: 101 Aviators View Drive, Suite B, Alabaster, AL 35007 — Website: https://secondshiftalabama.org
• Alabama Clinical Schools - Therapeutic Foster Care — Phone: (205) 224-4400 — Therapeutic foster care and specialized treatment foster care, plus residential psychiatric treatment and on-site school; 24/7 clinician on call. — Who qualifies: Children in Alabama DHR custody with behavioral/mental health needs; residential: adolescent males 12-18 — Address: 1101 East Park Drive, Birmingham, AL 35235 — Website: https://www.alabamaclinicalschools.com/
• Royal Family KIDS Camp - Hope Community Church (Gardendale) — Phone: 205-913-2594 — Free one-week summer camp for children in foster care (July). — Who qualifies: Foster children ages 6-11 — Website: https://form.jotform.com/240612956054152
• Middle Alabama Area Agency on Aging (M4A) - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 205-670-5770 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 209 Cloverdale Circle, Alabaster, AL 35007 — Website: https://www.m4a.org
• Alabama Baptist Children's Homes & Family Ministries - Birmingham — Phone: 205-982-1112 — Christian foster care agency (and campus foster care), homes for single moms, College Care for youth from care, Pathways Counseling; supplements state board payments. — Who qualifies: Children in foster care; foster families (active church involvement required); single mothers; college-age youth from care — Address: 2681 Rocky Ridge Lane, Birmingham, AL 35216 — Website: https://www.alabamachild.org/campus-locations — Email: info@alabamachild.org
• AGAPE of Central Alabama - Birmingham office — Phone: 205-733-9755 — Christian foster care and adoption agency plus pregnancy counseling. — Who qualifies: Foster/adoptive applicants; expectant parents — Address: P.O. Box 36533, Birmingham, AL 35236 — Website: https://www.agapeforchildren.org/ — Email: info@agapeforchildren.org
• Family Adoption Services, Inc. — Phone: (205) 414-6003 — Private adoption agency and adoptive parent support group. — Who qualifies: Adoptive families; birth parents — Address: 4 Office Park Cir, Suite 116, Birmingham, AL 35223 — Website: https://www.familyadoptionservices.com/
• A Angel Adoptions — Phone: (205) 621-0316 — Private adoption agency. — Who qualifies: Adoptive families; birth parents — Address: 911 Creekside Court, Suite A, Helena, AL 35080 — Email: angeladoptions@msn.com
• SAFY of Alabama - Birmingham — Phone: 205-945-7483 — Therapeutic foster care, transitional living program for older youth, Intensive In-Home Services for DHR families. — Who qualifies: Children/youth with trauma or behavioral needs in DHR care; foster parent applicants — Address: 15 Southlake Lane, Suite 200, Hoover, AL 35244 — Website: https://safy.org/alabama
• Alabama MENTOR (Sevita) - Birmingham — Phone: 205-945-7030 — Therapeutic foster care (birth-21) with therapy, case management, autism supports; Teens in Transition living program; recruits/trains foster parents ('Mentors'). — Who qualifies: Children with trauma, autism or behavioral health needs; foster parent applicants 25+ with spare bedroom — Address: 529 Beacon Parkway W, Suite 212, Birmingham, AL 35209 — Website: https://sevitahealth.com/our-services/families/alabama-mentor/
• Lifeline Children's Services - Gadsden satellite office — Phone: (205) 967-0811 — Licensed child-placing agency: foster care, adoption, church foster ministry support, aging-out teen support. — Who qualifies: Prospective foster/adoptive families; foster youth — Address: 1024 Forrest Avenue, Gadsden, AL 35901 — Website: https://lifelinechild.org/foster-care/
• CASA of the Cheaha Region — Phone: 334-610-6559 — Trained volunteer advocates appointed by juvenile court to speak for the best interests of abused/neglected children in foster care; families/attorneys can ask the judge for a CASA. — Who qualifies: Children in dependency (foster care) cases in juvenile court in the counties served — Address: PO Box 7421, Oxford, AL 36203 — Website: http://www.cheahacasa.org
• St. Clair County Child Advocacy Center — Phone: (205) 338-8847 — Children's advocacy center: free forensic interviews, counseling, family advocacy and multidisciplinary team (DHR, police, DA) coordination for abused children. — Who qualifies: Children who are alleged victims of sexual or severe physical abuse and their non-offending caregivers; usually referred by DHR or law enforcement — Address: 18200 Hwy 174, Pell City, AL 35146 — Website: http://www.stclairchildren.wordpress.com/advocacy
• St. Clair County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (205) 812-2100 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of St. Clair County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 213 Fox Hollow Boulevard, Pell City, AL 35125 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/

Sumter County, Alabama — Foster care

• Tuscaloosa Angels — Phone: See website — Love Box (church/community groups wrap around a foster family with meals, supplies and support) and Dare to Dream mentoring for foster youth; Northport family hub. — Who qualifies: Foster families and youth in foster care in West Alabama — Address: 218 Main Avenue, Northport, AL 35476 — Website: https://www.tuscaloosaangels.org/
• Alabama-Tombigbee Regional Commission Area Agency on Aging - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 334-682-5206 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 107 Broad St., Camden, AL 36726 — Website: https://www.atrcaging.com
• Blackbelt Regional Child Advocacy Center — Phone: (334) 654-5098 — Children's advocacy center: free forensic interviews, counseling, family advocacy and multidisciplinary team (DHR, police, DA) coordination for abused children. — Who qualifies: Children who are alleged victims of sexual or severe physical abuse and their non-offending caregivers; usually referred by DHR or law enforcement — Address: 208 North Strawberry Ave, Demopolis, AL 36732 — Website: https://www.blackbeltcac.org
• Sumter County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (205) 654-5022 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Sumter County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 108 West Main St, Livingston, AL 35470 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/

Talladega County, Alabama — Foster care

• SAFY of Alabama - Birmingham — Phone: 205-945-7483 — Therapeutic foster care, transitional living program for older youth, Intensive In-Home Services for DHR families. — Who qualifies: Children/youth with trauma or behavioral needs in DHR care; foster parent applicants — Address: 15 Southlake Lane, Suite 200, Hoover, AL 35244 — Website: https://safy.org/alabama
• Catholic Family Services - Anniston satellite — Phone: 256-237-3011 — Licensed child-placing agency satellite: adoption and family services. — Who qualifies: Families in NE Alabama — Website: https://www.cfsbhm.org/
• CASA of the Cheaha Region — Phone: 334-610-6559 — Trained volunteer advocates appointed by juvenile court to speak for the best interests of abused/neglected children in foster care; families/attorneys can ask the judge for a CASA. — Who qualifies: Children in dependency (foster care) cases in juvenile court in the counties served — Address: PO Box 7421, Oxford, AL 36203 — Website: http://www.cheahacasa.org
• East Alabama Area Agency on Aging (EARPDC) - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 256-237-6741 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 1130 Quintard Avenue, Suite 300, Anniston, AL 36201 — Website: https://www.eastalabamaaging.org
• Alabama Baptist Children's Homes & Family Ministries - Oxford — Phone: 256-831-4081 — Christian foster care agency (and campus foster care), homes for single moms, College Care for youth from care, Pathways Counseling; supplements state board payments. — Who qualifies: Children in foster care; foster families (active church involvement required); single mothers; college-age youth from care — Website: https://www.alabamachild.org/campus-locations — Email: info@alabamachild.org
• Palmer Place - Talladega County Child Advocacy Center — Phone: (256) 315-2662 — Children's advocacy center: free forensic interviews, counseling, family advocacy and multidisciplinary team (DHR, police, DA) coordination for abused children. — Who qualifies: Children who are alleged victims of sexual or severe physical abuse and their non-offending caregivers; usually referred by DHR or law enforcement
• Talladega County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (256) 761-6600 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Talladega County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 1010 Ashland Hwy, Talladega, AL 35160 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/

Tallapoosa County, Alabama — Foster care

• Catholic Social Services (Archdiocese of Mobile) - Adoption & Foster Care — Phone: (251) 434-1550 — Adoption, infant foster care and pregnancy counseling. — Who qualifies: Expectant parents; adoptive/foster families in south Alabama — Address: 188 S. Florida Street, Mobile, AL 36606 — Website: https://catholicsocialservices.org/adoption-infant-foster-care
• SAFY of Alabama - Montgomery — Phone: 334-270-3181 — Therapeutic foster care, transitional living program for older youth, Intensive In-Home Services for DHR families. — Who qualifies: Children/youth with trauma or behavioral needs in DHR care; foster parent applicants — Address: 9532 Wynlakes Place, Montgomery, AL 36117 — Website: https://safy.org/alabama
• Camellia Therapeutic Foster Agency — Phone: 334-448-2999 — Therapeutic foster care. — Who qualifies: Children in DHR care with therapeutic needs; foster applicants — Address: 407 South Seale Road, Phenix City, AL 36868
• East Alabama Area Agency on Aging (EARPDC) - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 256-237-6741 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 1130 Quintard Avenue, Suite 300, Anniston, AL 36201 — Website: https://www.eastalabamaaging.org
• Tri-County Children's Advocacy Center — Phone: (334) 885-1607 — Children's advocacy center: free forensic interviews, counseling, family advocacy and multidisciplinary team (DHR, police, DA) coordination for abused children. — Who qualifies: Children who are alleged victims of sexual or severe physical abuse and their non-offending caregivers; usually referred by DHR or law enforcement — Address: 287 N. Tallassee Street, Dadeville, AL 36853 — Website: http://www.tri-co-cac.org
• Alabama Baptist Children's Homes & Family Ministries - Auburn — Phone: 334-746-5024 — Christian foster care agency (and campus foster care), homes for single moms, College Care for youth from care, Pathways Counseling; supplements state board payments. — Who qualifies: Children in foster care; foster families (active church involvement required); single mothers; college-age youth from care — Website: https://www.alabamachild.org/campus-locations — Email: info@alabamachild.org
• Alabama MENTOR (Sevita) - Opelika/Auburn — Phone: 334-705-8877 — Therapeutic foster care (birth-21) with therapy, case management, autism supports; Teens in Transition living program; recruits/trains foster parents ('Mentors'). — Who qualifies: Children with trauma, autism or behavioral health needs; foster parent applicants 25+ with spare bedroom — Address: 30 Samford Avenue, Suite 30B, Opelika, AL 36801 — Website: https://sevitahealth.com/our-services/families/alabama-mentor/
• BigHouse Foundation — Phone: 334-363-2634 — Clothes Closet, New-to-Care bags, food boxes, Santa's Workshop, back-to-school, Kids' Night Out, moms' meetups and camps for foster families. — Who qualifies: Licensed foster families and families who adopted from foster care in Lee, Chambers, Macon, Tallapoosa, Russell, Elmore and Coosa counties — Address: 1400 Grand National Parkway, Opelika, AL — Website: https://www.ourbighouse.org/ — Email: bighouse@ourbighouse.org
• Tallapoosa County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (256) 825-3700 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Tallapoosa County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 1279 South Tallassee Street, Dadeville, AL 36853 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/

Tuscaloosa County, Alabama — Foster care

• West Alabama Regional Commission Area Agency on Aging - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 205-333-2990 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 4200 Highway 69 North Suite 1, Northport, AL 35476 — Website: https://www.westalabamaaging.org
• Alabama Baptist Children's Homes & Family Ministries - Tuscaloosa — Phone: 205-831-8178 — Christian foster care agency (and campus foster care), homes for single moms, College Care for youth from care, Pathways Counseling; supplements state board payments. — Who qualifies: Children in foster care; foster families (active church involvement required); single mothers; college-age youth from care — Website: https://www.alabamachild.org/campus-locations — Email: info@alabamachild.org
• AGAPE of Central Alabama - Tuscaloosa office — Phone: 205-733-9755 — Christian foster care and adoption agency plus pregnancy counseling. — Who qualifies: Foster/adoptive applicants; expectant parents — Address: 1200 Julia Tutwiler Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL 35404 — Website: https://www.agapeforchildren.org/ — Email: info@agapeforchildren.org
• Tuscaloosa Angels — Phone: See website — Love Box (church/community groups wrap around a foster family with meals, supplies and support) and Dare to Dream mentoring for foster youth; Northport family hub. — Who qualifies: Foster families and youth in foster care in West Alabama — Address: 218 Main Avenue, Northport, AL 35476 — Website: https://www.tuscaloosaangels.org/
• SAFY of Alabama - Birmingham — Phone: 205-945-7483 — Therapeutic foster care, transitional living program for older youth, Intensive In-Home Services for DHR families. — Who qualifies: Children/youth with trauma or behavioral needs in DHR care; foster parent applicants — Address: 15 Southlake Lane, Suite 200, Hoover, AL 35244 — Website: https://safy.org/alabama
• Tuscaloosa Children's Center (Tuscaloosa Children's Advocacy Center) — Phone: See website — Children's advocacy center: free forensic interviews, counseling, family advocacy and multidisciplinary team (DHR, police, DA) coordination for abused children. — Who qualifies: Children who are alleged victims of sexual or severe physical abuse and their non-offending caregivers; usually referred by DHR or law enforcement — Address: 2901 7th Street, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401 — Website: http://www.tuscaloosachildrenscenter.org
• Catholic Family Services - Tuscaloosa satellite — Phone: 205-553-9045 — Licensed child-placing agency satellite: adoption and family services. — Who qualifies: Families in West Alabama — Address: 733 37th Street East, Tuscaloosa, AL 35405 — Website: https://www.cfsbhm.org/
• Tuscaloosa County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (205) 562-6100 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Tuscaloosa County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 3716 12th Avenue, East, Tuscaloosa, AL 35405 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/
• CASA of West Alabama — Phone: 205-754-2326 — Trained volunteer advocates appointed by juvenile court to speak for the best interests of abused/neglected children in foster care; families/attorneys can ask the judge for a CASA. — Who qualifies: Children in dependency (foster care) cases in juvenile court in the counties served — Address: P.O. Box 2204, Tuscaloosa, AL 35403

Walker County, Alabama — Foster care

• Tuscaloosa Angels — Phone: See website — Love Box (church/community groups wrap around a foster family with meals, supplies and support) and Dare to Dream mentoring for foster youth; Northport family hub. — Who qualifies: Foster families and youth in foster care in West Alabama — Address: 218 Main Avenue, Northport, AL 35476 — Website: https://www.tuscaloosaangels.org/
• Alabama Clinical Schools - Therapeutic Foster Care — Phone: (205) 224-4400 — Therapeutic foster care and specialized treatment foster care, plus residential psychiatric treatment and on-site school; 24/7 clinician on call. — Who qualifies: Children in Alabama DHR custody with behavioral/mental health needs; residential: adolescent males 12-18 — Address: 1101 East Park Drive, Birmingham, AL 35235 — Website: https://www.alabamaclinicalschools.com/
• Royal Family KIDS Camp - Hope Community Church (Gardendale) — Phone: 205-913-2594 — Free one-week summer camp for children in foster care (July). — Who qualifies: Foster children ages 6-11 — Website: https://form.jotform.com/240612956054152
• Middle Alabama Area Agency on Aging (M4A) - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 205-670-5770 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 209 Cloverdale Circle, Alabaster, AL 35007 — Website: https://www.m4a.org
• Alabama Baptist Children's Homes & Family Ministries - Birmingham — Phone: 205-982-1112 — Christian foster care agency (and campus foster care), homes for single moms, College Care for youth from care, Pathways Counseling; supplements state board payments. — Who qualifies: Children in foster care; foster families (active church involvement required); single mothers; college-age youth from care — Address: 2681 Rocky Ridge Lane, Birmingham, AL 35216 — Website: https://www.alabamachild.org/campus-locations — Email: info@alabamachild.org
• AGAPE of Central Alabama - Birmingham office — Phone: 205-733-9755 — Christian foster care and adoption agency plus pregnancy counseling. — Who qualifies: Foster/adoptive applicants; expectant parents — Address: P.O. Box 36533, Birmingham, AL 35236 — Website: https://www.agapeforchildren.org/ — Email: info@agapeforchildren.org
• Family Adoption Services, Inc. — Phone: (205) 414-6003 — Private adoption agency and adoptive parent support group. — Who qualifies: Adoptive families; birth parents — Address: 4 Office Park Cir, Suite 116, Birmingham, AL 35223 — Website: https://www.familyadoptionservices.com/
• A Angel Adoptions — Phone: (205) 621-0316 — Private adoption agency. — Who qualifies: Adoptive families; birth parents — Address: 911 Creekside Court, Suite A, Helena, AL 35080 — Email: angeladoptions@msn.com
• SAFY of Alabama - Birmingham — Phone: 205-945-7483 — Therapeutic foster care, transitional living program for older youth, Intensive In-Home Services for DHR families. — Who qualifies: Children/youth with trauma or behavioral needs in DHR care; foster parent applicants — Address: 15 Southlake Lane, Suite 200, Hoover, AL 35244 — Website: https://safy.org/alabama
• Alabama MENTOR (Sevita) - Birmingham — Phone: 205-945-7030 — Therapeutic foster care (birth-21) with therapy, case management, autism supports; Teens in Transition living program; recruits/trains foster parents ('Mentors'). — Who qualifies: Children with trauma, autism or behavioral health needs; foster parent applicants 25+ with spare bedroom — Address: 529 Beacon Parkway W, Suite 212, Birmingham, AL 35209 — Website: https://sevitahealth.com/our-services/families/alabama-mentor/
• Walker County Children's Advocacy Center — Phone: (205) 387-8324 — Children's advocacy center: free forensic interviews, counseling, family advocacy and multidisciplinary team (DHR, police, DA) coordination for abused children. — Who qualifies: Children who are alleged victims of sexual or severe physical abuse and their non-offending caregivers; usually referred by DHR or law enforcement — Address: 1619 Alabama Avenue, Jasper, AL 35501 — Website: https://walkercountycac.org — Email: walkercountycac@gmail.com
• Walker County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (938) 356-0006 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Walker County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 1901 Highway 78 East, Jasper, AL 35501 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/

Washington County, Alabama — Foster care

• Catholic Social Services (Archdiocese of Mobile) - Adoption & Foster Care — Phone: (251) 434-1550 — Adoption, infant foster care and pregnancy counseling. — Who qualifies: Expectant parents; adoptive/foster families in south Alabama — Address: 188 S. Florida Street, Mobile, AL 36606 — Website: https://catholicsocialservices.org/adoption-infant-foster-care
• Wilmer Hall Children's Home — Phone: 251-342-4931 — Faith-based children's home (since 1864): residential care, transitional living for homeless young adults, transitional housing for young mothers and children, tutoring, food pantry delivery. — Who qualifies: Children and young adults in need from poverty, abuse, neglect or homelessness; young mothers — Address: 3811 Old Shell Road, Mobile, AL 36608 — Website: https://www.wilmerhall.org/ — Email: minge@wilmerhall.org
• Alabama Baptist Children's Homes & Family Ministries - Mobile — Phone: 251-639-1022 — Christian foster care agency (and campus foster care), homes for single moms, College Care for youth from care, Pathways Counseling; supplements state board payments. — Who qualifies: Children in foster care; foster families (active church involvement required); single mothers; college-age youth from care — Website: https://www.alabamachild.org/campus-locations — Email: info@alabamachild.org
• Bethany Christian Services - Alabama (Spanish Fort) — Phone: 251-621-5440 — Foster care and adoption services. — Who qualifies: Foster/adoptive families; birth parents — Address: 7100 Spanish Fort Blvd, Spanish Fort, AL 36577 — Website: https://bethany.org/
• Children of the World (adoption agency) — Phone: 251-990-3550 — International/domestic adoption agency. — Who qualifies: Adoptive families — Address: 19940 State Highway 181, Suite C-4, Fairhope, AL 36532 — Email: teresa@childrenoftheworld.com
• Adoption Home Study Services — Phone: 251-626-9011 — Adoption home studies. — Who qualifies: Adoptive families — Address: 1203 U.S. Highway 9 (as listed), Daphne, AL 36526 — Email: pboyd1203@gmail.com
• SAFY of Alabama - Mobile — Phone: 251-487-0058 — Therapeutic foster care, transitional living program for older youth, Intensive In-Home Services for DHR families. — Who qualifies: Children/youth with trauma or behavioral needs in DHR care; foster parent applicants — Address: 1327 Spring Hill Avenue, Mobile, AL 36604 — Website: https://safy.org/alabama
• Alabama MENTOR (Sevita) - Mobile — Phone: 251-478-5243 — Therapeutic foster care (birth-21) with therapy, case management, autism supports; Teens in Transition living program; recruits/trains foster parents ('Mentors'). — Who qualifies: Children with trauma, autism or behavioral health needs; foster parent applicants 25+ with spare bedroom — Address: 3103 Airport Boulevard, Suite 620, Mobile, AL 36606 — Website: https://sevitahealth.com/our-services/families/alabama-mentor/
• Regional Child Advocacy Center (Grove Hill) — Phone: (251) 275-2804 — Children's advocacy center: free forensic interviews, counseling, family advocacy and multidisciplinary team (DHR, police, DA) coordination for abused children. — Who qualifies: Children who are alleged victims of sexual or severe physical abuse and their non-offending caregivers; usually referred by DHR or law enforcement — Address: 127 West Cobb St, Grove Hill, AL 36451 — Website: https://www.regionalcac.org
• Alabama-Tombigbee Regional Commission Area Agency on Aging - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 334-682-5206 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 107 Broad St., Camden, AL 36726 — Website: https://www.atrcaging.com
• Washington County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (251) 847-6100 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Washington County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 14921 Saint Stephens Ave, Chatom, AL 36518 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/

Wilcox County, Alabama — Foster care

• Christian Services for Children in Alabama — Phone: (334) 875-0608 — Faith-based therapeutic foster care, family preservation and community-based support; recruits and trains foster parents. — Who qualifies: Children referred by DHR; prospective foster parents — Website: https://www.cscalabama.org/
• Alabama-Tombigbee Regional Commission Area Agency on Aging - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 334-682-5206 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 107 Broad St., Camden, AL 36726 — Website: https://www.atrcaging.com
• Dallas County Family Resource Center - CASA — Phone: See website — Trained volunteer advocates appointed by juvenile court to speak for the best interests of abused/neglected children in foster care; families/attorneys can ask the judge for a CASA. — Who qualifies: Children in dependency (foster care) cases in juvenile court in the counties served — Address: 22 Church Street, Selma, AL 36701 — Website: https://www.selmadallasfamily.com/
• Wilcox County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (334) 682-1200 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Wilcox County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 231 Depot Street, Camden, AL 36726 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/

Winston County, Alabama — Foster care

• NACOLG Area Agency on Aging - Alabama Cares Older Relative Caregiver Program — Phone: 256-389-0500 — Alabama Cares (National Family Caregiver Support) for grandparents/older relatives raising children: information, case assistance, support groups, respite and limited supplemental help. — Who qualifies: Grandparents/relatives age 55+ raising a child under 18 (or an adult child with a disability) in the counties served — Address: 103 Student Drive, Muscle Shoals, AL 35661 — Website: https://www.nacolg.org
• Addie's Place - Child Advocacy Center of Winston County — Phone: (205) 489-2178 — Children's advocacy center: free forensic interviews, counseling, family advocacy and multidisciplinary team (DHR, police, DA) coordination for abused children. — Who qualifies: Children who are alleged victims of sexual or severe physical abuse and their non-offending caregivers; usually referred by DHR or law enforcement — Address: 26789 Highway 195, Double Springs, AL 35553 — Website: https://www.addiesplace.org/home — Email: diane@addiesplace.org
• Winston County DHR - Family Services (foster care, kinship, adoption) — Phone: (659) 247-6000 — County office for foster home approval, relative/kinship placements, kinship guardianship, foster board payments, Independent Living referrals and reporting child abuse/neglect; Mon-Fri business hours. — Who qualifies: Residents of Winston County; relatives caring for children; foster/adoptive applicants — Address: 156 Blake Drive, Double Springs, AL 35553 — Website: https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/