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What is the Purpose and Functions of Adoptions of Wisconsin?
Adoptions of Wisconsin's purpose is to provide comprehensive options counseling for both birth parents while in turn assisting adoptive parents in building their families through adoption.
The following are the various functions of AOW:
- Conducting Prospective Adoptive Parent Home Studies
- License homes for Pre-Adoptive placement
- Assistance with the Prospective Adoptive Parent Profile
- Prospective adoptive parent counseling and services
- Expectant Birth Parent outreach and crisis counseling
- Ongoing Birth Parent counseling and services
- Introduction to Birth Parents
- Coordination of contact and communication with birth parent
- Hospital, ongoing contact, and discharge planning
- Preparation of court reports and supporting documents
- Post Placement supervision, reports to the court
- Guardianship prior to finalization
