Placement occurs through an adoption agency.
They also provide independent adoption and relinquishment services in many counties. Other counties provide Independent services through the State District Offices. Private Adoption Services Agencies provide direct adoption services which vary from one agency to another as defined by their license. Also, it has authority to assess birth parents and prospective adoptive parents, to place a child for adoption, to supervise that adoptive placement, and to remove a child from an unsuitable adoptive placement. Services are provided by the Department's District Offices and delegated counties.