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October 2007
News and Events
By Sandy Plone, Ph.D.
WHERE TO GO IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FOR OPEN ADOPTIONS
From Los Angeles Times, August 8, 2007
Dorthea McArthur first learned of open adoption from Sharon Roszia,
one of its earliest proponents, who is the program manager at the Kinship
Center in Santa Ana. The following is a list of the leading agencies doing
open adoptions in southern California presently.
Children’s Bureau
Los Angeles
323-953-7356
www.all4kids.org
Independent Adoption Center
Los Angeles and Pleasant Hill, CA
800-877-6736
310-215-3180
925-827-2229
www.adoptionhelp.org
Kinship Center
Santa Ana and Salinas, CA
714-957-1004
831-455-9965
Open Adoption Support Group (First Wednesday
of the month)
714-979-2365
www.kinshipcenter.org
Southern California Foster Family and Adoption Agency
Los Angeles
213-365-2900
www.scffaa.org
Vista del Mar Child & Family Services
Los Angeles
888-22-VISTA Ext. 280
www.vistadelmar.org
Westside Children’s Center
Culver City
310-390-0551
www.westsidechildrens.org
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