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Our Mission

• Find permanent loving adoptive families for children from around the world regardless of the child's race, economic status or special medical needs.
• Safeguard the best interests and welfare of children placed in our care.
• Advance the practice of adoption

Timeline

• Incorporated as an Illinois not-for-profit organization - April 1987
• Granted tax-exempt status - December 1987
• Opened office in Chicago - August 1988
• Granted Illinois Child Welfare Agency License - September 1988
• Began conducting home studies and interviewing families - September 1988
• First children placed for adoption through domestic program - March 1989
• Approved by China Center for Adoption Affairs to work with Chinese orphans - November 1995
• Purchased building to house offices and provide birth mother accommodation - September 1994
• Move into offices - February 1995
• First group of FRC families travels to China to adopt their daughters - May 1995
• FRC introduces its Ukraine Program - January 2002
• Accredited by Council on Accreditation (COA) - June 2003
• Hague Accreditation - February 29, 2008
• Reaccredited COA - June 2008