Child and Home Study Associates

Success Stories

There are a number of ways to describe the successful adoptions that CHSA has had the privilege to facilitate.

One is through storytelling in our profiles of adoptive families. Another is by reporting annual statistics on child placements and country of origin in our outcomes reports.

Outcomes Reporting

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CHSA maintains statistics on the number of adoptions, country of origin, and adoptive families whom we serve each year.

Feature Profile: A Son Comes Come from Ethiopia

When Jack and Kristin met in college, their mutual interests in world cultures and social justice brought them together as a couple. Long before they were married, the couple decided that they would adopt a child even if they had bilogical children

because they both felt a strong commitment to provide a home to a child in need. After five years of marriage and two healthy bioloigcal daughters, the couple kept their commitment to providing a home and family to a child who was less fortunate. They chose to adopt from Ethiopia where the need for adoptive families is great. As a Caucasian family, the Mulligans knew this decision would make them a racially diverse family. [more...]