The information page aims to help all citizens who are interested in taking a child into their family, whether through adoption or by temporarily taking in a foster child. You will find helpful and useful basic information about adoption and foster care, the personal requirements you need to fulfil and the processes involved in adopting and taking in a foster child. If you are currently a foster parent, you will find information about the assistance services provided by the foster children agency.
Are you interested in adopting a child?
The online service "Adoption Digital" is a digital service for citizens who are interested in adoption. The online service provides a form for initial contact with the relevant adoption agency. Additionally it offers forms for the further application process for stepchild, third-party or relative adoption. The online service makes it easy for interested citizens to fill out the necessary forms from the comfort of their own home. You can access the online service "Adoption Digital" and find the nearest adoption office by entering your postal code. Then you can electronically submit the necessary documents.
Are you interested in foster child care?
The online service "Pflegekinderwesen Digital" is a digital service for citizens who are interested in taking in a foster child or obtain financial support for an existing foster child. The online service provides a form for initial contact with the relevant foster care agency. Additionally, it offers forms for the further application process as a foster parent and various financial supports after a foster child is taken in. The online service makes it easy for interested citizens to fill out the necessary forms from the comfort of their own home. You can access the online service “Pflegekinderwesen Digital” and find the nearest foster care agency by entering your postal code. Then you can electronically submit the necessary documents.
The online services are currently available only in German and are limited to the federal state of Bremen. The service will be expanded continuously.
In case you did not create an “Gemeinsam-Online” account, yet, you can do it here to access all available online services: create a Gemeinsam-Online account
The account creation is currently available only in German.