Catholic Adoption Services
Provides post-adoption services that include assistance with search and reunions
Official Website of the
Catholic Diocese of Little Rock
Search and Reunion Assistance
Post Adoption Support
We no longer assist families who want to adopt or birth parents who wish to make an adoption plan. Now, we provide post-adoption services that include assistance with search and reunions. In our 40 years of being a licensed adoption agency in Arkansas, we assisted with or completed hundreds of adoptions. If you are connected to one of these adoptions as an adoptee, birth parent, birth sibling or adoptive parent, who is seeking more information, please contact us.
Adoptees Must be 18 or Older
Adoption Search Request
Adoptees who seek information about their adoptions must be 18 or older unless there are special circumstances to consider. Proof of identity is required. According to Arkansas law, an adoption reunion through an agency requires mutual, voluntary consent from the birth parent(s) and adoptee. An adoption is presumed to be confidential unless both parties want it to be opened. We may also be able to assist you with medical/health and previous nonidentifying background information. There are varying levels of contact and openness possible. Even if you are not ready to make direct contact, we encourage you to provide updated information for your file. Our process includes the necessary forms and consents. Counseling is provided regarding the process. There is no fee for our services.
If We Didn't Process Your Adoption
Contact for Other Agencies
If your adoption was not with our agency or through Catholic Adoption Services, you will need to contact the agency or attorney that completed your adoption. If your adoption was through the Arkansas Department of Human Services' Division of Children and Family Services, then sign up with the Arkansas Mutual Consent Voluntary Adoption Registry. For more information, call them at (501) 682-8462.
If you are an adoptee who is 21 years old or older, you can also request your adoption file from the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH). The ADH file usually includes the original birth certificate and the adoption decree.
Get Directions
Catholic Adoption Services is located in The McDonald Center at 2415 N. Tyler St., Little Rock, AR 72207. Click on the map below to get Google driving directions specific to your location.
Updated Oct. 26, 2020
Board of Directors
President: Suzanne McCarthy
Vice President: David Menz
Secretary: Dr. Bruce Schratz
Treasurer: Diocese of Little Rock
Board Member: Angela Duran
For more information, please call (501) 664-0340, ext. 347.
