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Getting Started

First steps to building your new family

Register online:

Receive our comprehensive information packet. Documents included offer:
A step-by-step guide for what to expect on your adoption journey
Client Policies and Rights
Reference List of families who have adopted through CAS
Detailed information about international adoption
Program sheets by country with general fees
Sample contract and fee agreement

Our information packet and pre-adoption education meetings, as well as intake staff will help you start off on the right foot making it an easy process for your adoption. CAS provides as much information as possible to allow you to make an educated decision, presenting it in a concise manner as to not overwhelm. If you have any questions concerning this first step, please contact our intake staff.

If you would like more information about CAS – go to About Us

Begin Your Adoption!

Are you excited about taking the next step with CAS adoption?

Get started!
Apply Online
Request a Paper Application

Once your application is received, a confirmation email will be sent with application process time. A CAS social work supervisor will contact you with the exciting news to start your adoption journey. A letter with your log-in and password for the CAS Families section of our website, a very valuable tool in your adoption journey, will be sent to you.  If CAS is your homestudy provider, you will receive the Homestudy History form to complete. If you are using one of our partner agencies for your homestudy, CAS will contact them with a homestudy outline. Your final step of the initial process at the start of your journey will be your education packet with guides to all the education offerings and requirements.