Holt International Children's Services
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Contact Information
250 Country Club Road
Eugene, OR 97401
United States
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Eugene, OR 97401
United States
| Day | Hours |
|---|---|
| Monday | 8:30 AM-4 PM |
| Tuesday | 8:30 AM-4 PM |
| Wednesday | 8:30 AM-4 PM |
| Thursday | 8:30 AM-4 PM |
| Friday | 8:30 AM-12:30 PM |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |
Holt pioneered the modern practice of international adoption in 1956 and continues to be the leading agency in the United States. Thousands of children have joined loving, permanent families through our adoption programs. Today, our primary focus is to help children remain in the loving care of their birth families whenever possible. Holt’s family strengthening programs provide support and resources to families who might otherwise separate under the strains of poverty. By providing everything from food assistance to counseling to small business microloans, you can help a family grow stable, self-reliant and equipped to independently provide for their children.
Holt International is a Christian organization that provides care and support to many of the world’s most vulnerable children — those who are orphaned, abandoned or at serious risk of separation from their family.
We work in local communities around the world, and strive to keep children in their families of birth by providing the care and support they need to grow and thrive as a family. For children who do not remain with their birth families, we help find loving families through adoption, foster and kinship care. At Holt, we always prioritize the child’s needs above all else.
Services and information
- Adoption
Requirements to become a foster parent
Foster parents receive a reimbursement or payment to help with care costs. According to the Oregon Department of Human Services, the Oregon foster care rates are as follows:
- Base rate payment of $693 per month (age 0-5 years)
- Base rate payment of $733 per month (age 6-12)
- Base rate payment of $795 per month (age 13 - 20)
These payments are meant to help cover the costs of food, clothing, housing, transportation, personal care items, etc. Parents may also receive a shelter care payment.
The DHS or private foster care agencies provide flexible training opportunities, on-call support, access to a network of professionals, support groups, and respite care.
Respite care gives full-time foster parents a break when needed or allows them to address emergency situations.
With Love Oregon is a non-profit that supports foster families by providing clothing and supplies to young children. Parents can get clothing, diapers, car seats, and more.
211info is a non-profit that provides parenting education, parent-to-parent networking, helplines and support groups, and much more. Resource families can find many types of support on their website.
Ratings and Reviews
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Apr 13, 2019
One of my favorite clients down south very nice service
Jan 12, 2019
I was adopted through holt international when I was 15 in 1995, from a Hungarian orphanage in Transylvania.
My adoptive family asked whether my name was Jewish shortly after being brought to the US. They were not happy that it was. I lived with them for a few years before going to college in Pittsburgh PA.
My adoptive family treated me badly and we no longer talk. In fact, they speak badly of me despite of me earning my PhD. I could do nothing right! At every family gathering there was strong hate towards me, and they eventually stopped taking me.
Despite letter after letter they never finished and finalized my adoption and my citizenship. I was in Greensburg pa orphans court at age 35 trying to resolve it. They finally came but harassed me there.
When I was very young I remember the orphanage having many kids with serious severities such as Autism and etc., along with medical test. Many disappeared after a major cleanup! You were not allowed to speak of Jewish things or there were serious consequences! Despite that the kids were all Jewish looking. Right before me coming to the us my Jewish friend was murdered.
I remember being forcefully taken from my family when I was about 6 or so, before the orphanage, from Klausenburg. My scared grandma even burnt my sister's hand with a cigarette so I would not lose her. Money was being spoken for us, along with name Citroen, like the french car. I think they held my parents in captivity because later a younger sister of ours came out of thin air. Not long after Hungarian government persons came and took her to Hungary. This was in the late 80's. I even remember people showing up and being told that propper paperwork was required from then on. I was older by then!
Dec 15, 2017
Great place wonderful services
Nov 18, 2014
My late wife Audrey and I adopted our first Korean child through Holt in 1961 and later adopted four more, including two who were severely handicapped. Several of my nine children have themselves become adoptive parents and/or care providers as the direct result of their experience growing up with handicapped siblings. This legacy has extended to grandchildren.
In the early days we were privileged to visit with founders Harry and Bertha Holt and arriving Korean children in our home in Federal Way, WA while they waited for connecting flights at Seattle-Tacoma airport. We have been close to this organization and supported it financially ever since. In subsequent years we have enjoyed entertaining Bertha and Molly Holt, David Kim and other Holt folks wherever we were living.
While Holt currently has a Charity Navigator rating barely under three stars, I wholeheartedly endorse Holt as a first-rate organization that has done more than any other I know to help children in need.