ACTION, Inc. is a private non-profit adoption agency licensed by the State of Ohio founded and operated by adoptive mothers/licensed social workers.
We invite you to stop by our agency or call us at your convenience so that we may assist you in finding the children you were meant to have…Families are always welcome at our Adoptive Parent Support Group which meets every Friday night at 7:00 pm.
ADOPTING CHILDREN TODAY - INFORMATION/OPTION NETWORK, better known as ACTION, Inc., began in 1994 as an adoptive parent support group. Several of the adoptive mothers who began ACTION were also social workers, and they began to dream of ACTION growing into a full service adoption agency. In 1997, three of the mother/social workers, Patricia A. Hill, Sheila Jenkins and Linda McCallister, began the licensing process to open an adoption agency. When their license was granted by the State of Ohio in February of 1998, they had a list of families ready to begin the adoption process. ACTION continues to provide pre- and post-adoptive services to families as a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation.
"Adoption is an exciting time in a family’s life. From start to finish it’s a time filled with different phases, emotions and expectations. One of the initial phases in the adoption process is ‘the waiting game.’..."
Read the rest of this article in the May 2008 edition of the ACTION newsletter on the 'Newsletter' page of the website.
A couple of our families from years past dropped into support group this past Friday. Its so wonderful to see these children we placed as little ones moving into their teen years!