10 Steps of Adoption 1. Attend the orientation meeting and bring the following documentation: Driver License Social Security Cards of all members in the family. Marriage Certificate if applicants are living together. Pictures of your family and your home. 2. Register for MAPP Training at 305-266-4392. 3. First adoption home visit. The visit will occur after you complete the 3rd session of MAPP training. 4. Second adoption home visit: This visit occurs after you complete the MAPP training. 5. Matching process: the adoption unit and your family gather to make a decision about the child that will best match your family. 6. Getting-to-know-process: several child studies with pictures are presented to the family. 7. A blind visit is arranged and parents meet the child in a non-challenged and friendly environment. 8. The family will interview with the selected child's therapist, case manager , teachers, foster parents and other significant people in the child's life. 9. The family and the case manager arrange a visit plan that gradually introduces the child to the family members, the home and their community. 10. The family and the agency agree on a placement plan that gradually moves the child into the family, their school and the community. THE PLACEMENT: The family signs documentation agreeing to receive the child in their family for the purpose of adoption. The state agrees to subsidize the adoption, and provide Medicaid to cover the child’s health needs. CHARLEE shares custody with the parents for a minimum of 90 days and until both parties agree to finalize the adoption. CHARLEE also provides services to the family such as individual and family therapy to help in the process. FINALIZATION: CHARLEE and the parents agree that the family is ready to accept permanent responsibility for the child, and they are ready to commit to such responsibility before a judge. BankAtlantic Foundation