for families
Who Can Foster and Adopt
- Adoption Laws and Resources for LGBT Families
- Adoption Resources for Military Families
- Adoption and Foster Care Resources for Minority Families
- Global Adoption Resources
How to Adopt
- Common Myths About Adoption
- Deciding to Pursue Adoption
- Applying to Adopt
- Completing an Adoption Home Study
- Getting Approved to Adopt
- Being Matched with a Child
- Receiving an Adoptive Placement
- Legalizing an Adoption
- Being an Adoptive Parent
How to Foster
- Deciding to Pursue Fostering
- Applying to Foster
- Completing a Foster Home Study
- Getting Approved to Foster
- Receiving a Foster Placement
- Being a Foster Parent
Register with AdoptUsKids
State Adoption and Foster Care Information
Post-Adoption Resources
Request to Be Contacted
Guam Foster Care and Adoption Guidelines
Foster care is temporary care provided by individuals who open their homes and become temporary parents to children whose birth families are unable to care for them currently. We still need more foster parents.
Children become available for adoption when a Permanency Plan for Adoption is pursued on behalf of the child in Child Protective Services proceedings or when a child is voluntarily relinquished to the agency for purposes of adoption.
Please contact the Bureau of Social Services Administration of the Department of Public Health and Social Services for more information on how to become a foster or adoptive parent.
Agency Contact Information
Department of Public Health & Social Services
Bureau of Social Services Administration
Phone: 671-475-2653 or 671-475-2672
Address: 194 Hernan Cortez Ave., Suite 309, Hagatna, Guam 96910-5052
