Adoption Resources

Making exceptions;
https://www.bcadoption.com/resources/articles/making-exceptions

Inside Aboriginal Adoption in BC:
https://www.bcadoption.com/resources/articles/inside-aboriginal-adoption-bc

Vancouver Island Support Vancouver Island Regional Coordinators for Adoptive Families of BC:
https://www.bcadoption.com/node/627/

MCFD Adoption:
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/life-events/births-adoptions/adoptions
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/life-events/births-adoptions/adoptions/how-to-adopt-a-child
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/life-events/births-adoptions/adoptions/how-to-adopt-a-child/adopt-from-foster-care/adoption-process

MCFD Fact Sheet on Adoption:
https://www.mcf.gov.bc.ca/adoption/pdf/adoption_fact_sheet.pdf

Although ministry-arranged adoption, transfer of custody and custom adoption (when recognised by the court under section 46 of the Adoption Act) look very similar in many respects, they are separate legal processes that have significant differences.
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/life-events/births-adoptions/adoptions/how-to-adopt-a-child/adopt-from-foster-care/adopting-aboriginal-children-teens

MCFD Practice Standards and Guidelines to Adoption:
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/birth-adoption-death-marriage-and-divorce/births-and-adoptions/adoption/adoption_practice_standards.pdf

BCFFPA Adoption Resources:
Here is a small article on foster parents interested in adoption
https://bcfosterparents.ca/foster-parent-info/adopting-a-foster-child/

YouTube video on foster parents adopting (includes information on adopting Aboriginal children):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0kJgp2MESk

Post Adoption Assistance Program
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/life-events/births-adoptions/adoptions/how-to-adopt-a-child/adopt-from-foster-care/post-adoption-assistance-program