• After children are relinquished by their birth family they are taken in by a social worker into a center. 

  There are various centers located in the following cities: Seoul, Incheon, Anyang, Daejeon, Daegu, and Pusan.
• There are counseling services available to single mothers who decide to place their children for adoption.

• After intake, children are taken into the “Love the Children Clinic” which is affiliated to Eastern’s Main office for a medical check-up.
• After the check-up, children are transferred to the Foster Home. Children stay hear until they are matched with the domestic adoptive parents.

What is a Foster Family? 

• Definition

The foster family is the one who gives the child individual care while the child awaits
its adoptive family. The foster family is the family that puts the child in loving environment to prepare the child’s transition to their adoptive family.

• Duties as a foster parent 

ESWS and foster parent work together for the quality of life for the child.
Foster family take care of children who are mostly younger than a year old 24 hours a day.
Foster parent brings child to the ESWS hospital for regular check-ups and to a specialist if needed.

Matching babies for domestic adoption first, When no domestic adoptive parents are found after five months old, then the case is open for overseas adoption.

When the legal procedures are completed, ESWS provides child report, health card (including immunization records), departure bag, Photo albums and other memorabilia(e.g. Korean traditional dress) can be given by the foster parents for meeting warm loving family.