The Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Graham Stokes for Ohio Capital Journal. Republish photo only with original story.) A bipartisan bill that would modernize Ohio’s adoption process ...

An Ohio humane society says adoptions at its shelter have come to a "screeching halt" recently."We don't know what it is," the Humane Society of Richland County wrote on Facebook Wednesday. " Maybe ...

All of these dogs have patiently waited at least a year to be adopted... multiple have been available for over half a decade!

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A foundation named for one of America's highest profile adopted children says its signature program has topped 1,000 successful adoptions from foster care in Ohio since the program ...

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Onyx, the dog who has waited the longest to be adopted in Northeast Ohio, has finally been adopted after seven years in the ...

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine today signed Executive Order 2023-09 to launch the Ohio Adoption Grant Program, which provides up to $20,000 to parents adopting a child. Parents who have finalized an ...

COLUMBUS — A new Ohio law overhauls and significantly expands existing state incentives for adoptive families, a change that bill sponsors hope will help encourage families to consider adoption as an ...

Under a law passed in 2013, about 400,000 people adopted in Ohio between Jan. 1, 1964, and Sept. 18, 1996, will gain access to birth records beginning March 20. The law provided birth parents a year, ...

Ohioans adopting children can now apply for the Ohio Adoption Grant Program worth up to $20,000. “For adoptive families, this is really a gamechanger because there are a lot of legal costs and other ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – By Friday, finding your birth parents might be much easier in Ohio. That's when legislation approved by the Ohio General Assembly and signed by Gov. John Kasich in 2013 opens the last ...

COLUMBUS - There are several reasons why adult adoptions may be undertaken. The most common reason is to formally and legally recognize an existing parent/child relationship. Among the benefits of a ...