Overview
Who It's For
Our Intercountry Adoptee and Family Support Service is for young or adult adoptees, adoptive parents, prospective adoptive parents (including expatriate Australians while living overseas), and families of adoptees including siblings, partners and children.
How We Help
Our professional team have extensive experience navigating the complexity of intercountry adoption. We support families as they navigate the changes adoption brings to their lives.
What to Expect
We’ll discuss your current circumstances and create a plan customised to your individual needs. This may include putting together strategies to strengthen your local support network and improve your relationships between immediate and extended family members, and supporting you to develop new ways to cope with difficult times.
Intercountry adoptees can experience a range of challenges adapting to life with their new family.
Being adopted inevitably causes some disruption in someone’s life, even after joining a loving and stable family. This disruption can often have a significant impact, even if a child was adopted at a young age, and can cause challenges early on when the child joins the family, or may not be apparent until later in life.
This service provides:
The Intercountry Adoptee and Family Support Service (ICAFSS) is funded by the Australian Government, managed by the Department of Social Services, and is delivered by Relationships Australia.