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Welcome House® Adoption Program

Welcome House® has received full Hague Accreditation through 2013!
Please visit our page on Hague Accreditation for the details!

View our Adoption Guide Here!The First Welcome House® Family

In 1949, Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winning author and humanitarian, Pearl S. Buck created the Welcome House  Adoption Program. Her goal was to develop an agency that would find adoptive families for bi-racial children that were considered unadoptable because of their ethnic status. As an adoptive mother herself, she knew that the bond between a child and their parents transcended bloodlines. In 1956, Welcome House® expanded its charter to find families for children living in any country. Ms. Buck’s pioneering vision of global understanding among people and her belief that all children are entitled to the love and security of a family of their own is still alive today. We carry on that vision by uniting children with permanent loving families, providing education throughout the adoption process, and offering a commitment of lifelong support for adoptees and their families. Now, one of the oldest and most respected adoption programs in the world, Welcome House® has found loving families for more than 7,000 children. We specialize in the unique needs of multi-cultural families and encourage families to celebrate their child’s birth culture.

Click here » for the 2008
Welcome House Adoption Guide

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latest Welcome News Issue »

Events and Activities for Adoptive Families 

Domestic Adoption

Welcome House® works with the State Wide Adoption Network (SWAN) to find families for Pennsylvania's waiting children. Click here to learn more 

International Adoption

Welcome House® currently has Adoption programs in China, Kazakhstan, Korea, the Philippines and Vietnam. Click here to learn more