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About us

Services

We provide service to

  1. Adoption-related parties: biological family (custodian), adoptive family, and adoptee.
  2. Organizations of related fields and others which provide adoption-related services.
  3. General public that concerned about adoption issues.

 

Our services

Adoption information inquiry, search and reunion services

  1. Application for adoption-related information or written documents:
    Adoptees can apply for our service. Adoptees may access related information after the center verified the identity and ensured the welfare and rights of all related parties.
    Biological family (custodian), adoptive family, and interested party can apply for this service. They may access related information after the center verified their identity and get approval in the “Information Release Form” signed by the biological or adoptive family.
    When the biological family (custodian) or adoptive family passed away or is of unknown whereabouts and there is no written approval from the biological family (custodian) or the adoptive family, Adoption Information Management Committee will evaluate and decide whether to release the adoption information.

  2. Searching and reunion services：
    Most adoptees approached the Center hoping to gather as much adoption-related information as possible, wanting to know about their roots, origin, and about themselves. Some hope to explore the possibility of a reunion and learn about hereditary diseases. Social workers in the Center will discuss the challenges and possible situations in this searching journey with the applicants, and act as mediators to organize reunions for all related parties.

 

Adoption data preservation

The Center periodically collects adoption documents/information from government authorities as well as adoption organizations and preserves all the adoption data systematically.

 

Information Release Form preservation and amendment service

After the petition for adoption, The Center or designated investigator from the central authority or organization provides the biological family (custodian) and adoptive family an “Information Release Form”. The designated investigator will explain the usage of the Form and related issues to both parties and assist them in understanding and signing the “Information Release Form”, which will be preserved in the Center. Both parties can visit the Center anytime to amend the Form.
 

Consultation service

Anyone with questions about adoption, parenting, root-finding, reunion, or issues with disclosure of adoption background could consult the Center via phone calls, e-mail, interviews, etc.
 

Referral service

In situations where some special background of the biological family (custodian) may pose a significant impact on those who seek reunion, the Center provides referral services such as adoption counseling or legal consultation.
 

Advocacy of adoption issues

  1. The Center sends out leaflets, brochures, and posters to the public to promote adoption-friendly concepts including adoption, root-finding, reunion, and disclosure of adoption background.
  2. The public could access information such as adoption act, process, parenting, root-finding, and reunion easily via the website and Facebook of the Center. Anyone can share their stories or feedback on these platforms.
  3. The Center organizes adoption-related symposiums and seminars, collects feedback and suggestions, and gives recommendations to child welfare policymakers to improve adoption services.

 

International experience exchange and adoption affairs services

The Center introduces the adoption services, acts, and procedures to foreign and domestic authorities, non-governmental organizations, scholars, and groups through phone calls, letters, emails, and field visits. At the same time, the Center studies foreign adoption issues to improve adoption services and gives recommendations to child welfare policymaker.