Adoption provides services to children when they must be removed from their homes due to abuse or neglect.  Includes supportive services for adoptive and foster parents.

Jovetta Whitfield, MSW
Child Placement Program Manager
Office: 919-560-8467 
FAX: 919-560-8442
Email: jwhitfield@durhamcountync.gov

To learn more about services provided, eligibility, applications and referrals, click here: Program Directory  (PDF)

How to become an adoptive parent
MAPP training contact:
Dawn R. Cornwell
(919) 560-8110
dcornwell@durhamcountync.gov

External resources:
Foster Child Adoption in North Carolina