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Birth parents considering a plan of adoption and/or families wanting information about adopting a child may contact the Department of Community Services and Seniors or a licensed adoption agent.
Before an adoption placement can take place, the birth parents must receive counselling, the adoptive family must have a family assessment completed, and a social and medical history on the child to be adopted must be completed by an authorized social worker.
Birth parent counselling is available through authorized staff of PEI’s health and community services system or social workers in private practice.
The provincial government adoption program seeks to find families for children of all ages (infancy to teens) who are in the permanent care of the Director of Child Protection. These children need safe, permanent, loving and stable families. Supports are available.
The Adoption Act is online as a PDF document.
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Adoption on Prince Edward Island
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This information has been taken from website "Community Services and Seniors"