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Dept. of Human Services

Why adopt?
teenage girl
Every year, many children in Oregon are left without a permanent home. They are children whose birth parents couldn't take care of them. They need parents and families of their own.
Private Adoptions
Independent adoptions are adoptions that do not involve children who are wards of the state.
Adoption resources
Voluntary Adoption Registry
The Voluntary Adoption Registry assists adoptees, birth parents, biological siblings, and other eligible persons in learning more about an adoption that was finalized in Oregon.
Adopting a child