Whether you're hoping to adopt an infant or give an older child a loving home, HFS will work to help fulfill your dream of becoming a parent.

Whether you're hoping to adopt an infant or give an older child a loving home, HFS will work to help fulfill your dream of becoming a parent.

Whether you're hoping to adopt an infant or give an older child a loving home, HFS will work to help fulfill your dream of becoming a parent.

Ya sea que esté esperando adoptar un bebé o darle a un niño mayor un hogar amoroso, HFS lo puede ayudar a cumplir su sueño de convertirse en padre.

Whether you're hoping to adopt an infant or give an older child a loving home, HFS will work to help fulfill your dream of becoming a parent.

Whether you're hoping to adopt an infant or give an older child a loving home, HFS will work to help fulfill your dream of becoming a parent.

From counseling and support services as you consider adoption to helping you select adoptive parents, we're here for you.

From counseling and support services as you consider adoption to helping you select adoptive parents, we're here for you.

From counseling and support services as you consider adoption to helping you select adoptive parents, we're here for you.

Desde servicios de asesoramiento (terapia) y apoyo mientras considera la adopción para ayudarla a seleccionar padres adoptivos, estamos aquí para ayudarlos.

From counseling and support services as you consider adoption to helping you select adoptive parents, we're here for you.

From counseling and support services as you consider adoption to helping you select adoptive parents, we're here for you.

Make a difference in the life of
a child by becoming an interim foster parent for a child
awaiting adoption.

Make a difference in the life of a child by becoming an interim foster parent for a child awaiting adoption.

Make a difference in the life of a child by becoming an interim foster parent for a child awaiting adoption.

Haga una diferencia en la vida de
un niño al convertirse en un padre de crianza temporal para un niño en espera de adopción.

Make a difference in the life of a child by becoming an interim foster parent for a child awaiting adoption.

Make a difference in the life of a child by becoming an interim foster parent for a child awaiting adoption.

We believe that loving families come in all shapes and sizes, and that everyone deserve equal opportunities.

We believe that loving families come in all shapes and sizes, and that everyone deserve equal opportunities.

We believe that loving families come in all shapes and sizes, and that everyone deserve equal opportunities.

Creemos que las familias amorosas vienen en todas las formas y tamaños, y que todos merecemos la igualdad de oportunidades.

We believe that loving families come in all shapes and sizes, and that everyone deserve equal opportunities.

We believe that loving families come in all shapes and sizes, and that everyone deserve equal opportunities.

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Latest Updates

Foster Adoption through HFS: Luis and Rebecca Bardales

Every child deserves a safe, loving home, and you can help make that happen. Our Foster and Fost-Adopt programs connect children in foster care with families who can provide stability, care, and the possibility of a forever home. By becoming a Resource Family, you have the power to change a child’s life, offering not just…

A Good Time Was Had by All – How Could We Not Have!

Over 100 people celebrated 76 years of HFS Adoption and Foster Care at the Circle of Hope on May 18th, 2025. Thank you to Los Angeles Episcopal Bishop John H. Taylor and his wife, Kathy O’Connor, for their hospitality in hosting the gathering at their home in Pasadena. As the committee considered moving forward with…

Eaton and Palisades Fires

I’m writing this short message from my temporary home in Eagle Rock. The Eaton Fire destroyed our home, and most of our neighborhood, in Altadena on Tuesday, January 7th. Another former board member, Carolyn Barnes, also lost her home, although three other former HFS board members who were also in harm’s way, did not. The…

Tracy Sondern’s Adoption Story

Nine months after we were approved for adoption, the phone rang. Holy Family had a birth mother they wanted us to meet. I was so stunned that this had finally happened that it took me a moment before turning to my husband and saying, “I think a birth mother wants to meet us.” We had…