Santa Clara County Social Service

The Santa Clara County Social Services Agency provides a range of adoption services. It serves adoptee and birth and adoptive families. The agency offers counseling, adoptive home placement, voluntary relinquishment and foster care planning services. The Santa Clara County Social Services Agency also provides post-adoptive and financial and medical assistance solutions. It specializes in the supervision of adoptee s pending finalization. The agency offers adoption evaluation and registry services. The Santa Clara County Social Services Agency is governed by Santa Clara County in California.

The Family and Children s Services is a part of the Monterey County Department of Social and Employment Services, which is governed by Monterey County in California. The branch offers assistance with the prevention of child abuse and neglect. It provides child protection, foster care and adoption programs for children and youths in the county. The Family and Children s Services responds to various educational, cultural and social needs. The branch also assists with the recruitment and screening of prospective parents and finalizing adoptions. In addition, it offers training programs for reporters, educators, child care workers and nonprofit agencies that work for children welfare.