Adoption Support Services Our goal is to help create a community of adoptive families bringing hope and the tools necessary to provide safe, sensitive and lasting homes for children and teens

Our adoption services are designed to enhance, support and build a deep and lasting sense of attachment within the adoptive family.

Our Adoption Support Services Program began in 1998 with the goal of creating a community of adoptive families bringing hope and the tools necessary to provide safe, sensitive and lasting homes for children and teens who have come to the adoption journey.

We welcome all families from every region of San Diego County who are in the process of adopting or who have already adopted infants, children and teens. Our services include support groups, movie nights, attachment and adoption focused therapy, parent coaching, family advocacy, and much more! Our hope is that families will join us and find an encouraging and resourceful home in the community of adoptive families. 

A Family Attachment Building Approach

Our focus has always been on “attachment” and meeting the special needs of adoptive families throughout the San Diego County region.

Services offered are designed to address the core issues of adoption and to provide parents with the insight, education and practical tools necessary to heal and support their children and teens as they grow and take root in their adoptive families.

 Last year, our adoption support services helped 643 youth and families. 

Adoption Support Newsletter

Contact Us

Español: Ived Ayala, (619) 507-3376

English: Ilene Tibbitts
Adoption Support Services

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"Many of the other parents in our program have had similar experiences of improved and enhanced relationships with their children through NHA (Nurtured Heart Approach). It has been an honor to partner with them and help them to discover and unleash a parenting side of them they didn't know existed!"

San Diego Youth Services staff