Partner Agencies

Lutheran Social Services of Illinois has a long history of working cooperatively with not-for-profit international placing agencies that are ethical and highly reputable. These agencies are licensed in the United States to conduct adoptions and have been approved or accredited by the governments in the countries in which they have programs.

Here are a few agencies you may want to consider and the countries they work in:

Children’s Home Society and Family Services of MN
China, Colombia, Ecuador, Ethiopia, India, Korea, Mexico, Nepal, Peru, Russia, Taiwan, Thailand

Dillon International
China, Haiti, Hong Kong, India, Korea, Russia

Families Through International Adoption
Brazil, China, Ethiopia, India, Russia

Holt International Children’s Services
Bulgaria, China, Ethiopia, Haiti, India, Philippines, Uganda, Ukraine

Lutheran Social Services of Minnesota
Bulgaria, China, Colombia, Russia, Ukraine

Lutheran Social Services of New England
China, Ukraine

Lutheran Social Services of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan
Mongolia, Philippines, Russia

Wide Horizons
China, Colombia, Ethiopia, India, Korea, Philippines, Russia, Ukraine

Adoptive parents are not limited to working with these agencies. If you have an international agency that you’d like to work with that is not listed above, we would be happy to explore that option with you.