Adoption Guide: Families in Process

A Step-by-Step Guide to Your Adoption

For our families in the process of adopting, Holt has created an online handbook tailored to the location from where you are adopting. To access the handbook for your family, select the appropriate location below for step-by-step adoption information, downloadable forms and links to adoption resources. To access Holt’s parent training curriculum, click on the Parent Training banner below.

dad and mom looking down and smiling at laughing girl

Parent Training for All Families

Holt requires three phases of training that occur at different stages of the adoption process.

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stock photo girl adopted from bulgaria with short brown hair and bangs smiling over her shoulder

little girl with one arm kicking up sand at the beach

smiling older brother with arms around smiling younger sister in a park

boy adopted from haiti holding adoptive mom's hands in a field

smiling girl next to older brother smiling and wearing backpack

smiling little boy adopted from Korea wearing camo shirt and hat in front of red car

Young boy smiling in front of wooden fence in Mongolia

laughing boy holding parents hands on a beach

smiling child adopted from taiwan holding parent's hand in grassy park

boy and girl adopted from thailand with their arms around each other on the beach

smiling boy adopted from vietnam wearing backwards hat with arms around doodle dog