Telephone
| State Office | 512-438-4800 |
| Report abuse or neglect | 1-800-252-5400 (from across the United States) |
| Texas Runaway Hotline | 1-888-580-HELP (4357) |
| Texas Youth Hotline | 1-800-210-2278 |
| Texas Adoption Resource Exchange (TARE) | 1-800-233-3405 |
| Foster Care or Adoption | 1-800-233-3405 |
| Office of Consumer Affairs | 1-800-720-7777 |
Address
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
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P.O. Box 149030 Austin, Texas 78714-9030 |
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Adoption Assistance Resources
Texas
- DFPS Adoption Assistance: DFPS has an adoption assistance program to help defray some of the costs associated with adoption of a child with special needs.
- DFPS Adoption Assistance Brochure
- College Tuition and Fee Exemption Texas law took effect on September 1, 2003, for students who were adopted and received adoption assistance.
- DFPS Adoption Support Programs
DFPS contracts with private agencies to provide post adoption services to adopted children and their families, including. Includes local contact names and numbers. - Texas Administrative Code-Adoption Assistance
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Comments on this Adopt page 1 of 1
sizesmithNovember 13, 2011I think that people need to keep their noses in their own buseniss in the event that a woman wishes to place her child. It's the hardest decision she'll ever make, and is she keeps a child she truly doesn't want, then both mother and child will be miserable.The only way to encourage adoption in the few cases where it should be encourage, is to make open adoption legalized. By enforcing legally open adoption, and if the adoptive parents don't honor open adoption, then the first parents (with counseling mianly to the child) should be able to get custody back of the child. The only other (and it is a stupid idea) is to make a reality TV show that shows the adoption process. This unfortunately would be a way to encourage adoption, because stupid people on TV do it, which would make it acceptable.
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