Sylvia Thomas Center

Adoptive and Foster Family Services

The Sylvia Thomas Center is for families in Hillsborough County who have:

Already adopted
Thinking about adopting
Or in the process of adopting a child

Many Adoptive or Foster Families were in crisis and didn't know what to do next before receiving help from the Sylvia Thomas Center. This nonprofit agency has worked with hundreds of families by providing needed support for challenges, problems and issues that are unique to adopted children. Always free of charge and always confidential.

If you are Adoptive or Foster Families contact us for support.

Please donate or volunteer to help us provide the vital services that will help Adoptive or Foster Families stay together - we call them Forever Families.

Forever Families

The majority of people don't understand most adopted and foster children conceal perceptions of abandonment and may have other unresolved issues. These issues surface after trust is established with the adoptive parents and a long time after the adoption is finalized.

Sylvia Thomas Center can help by providing a variety of services for family in crisis. These may include: case management, counseling, support groups, therapy, referrals, information, and respite for families needing a break to re-energize.

Our goal is to promote family permanency and improve the family's ability to deal with problems and remain an intact. We simply want each adoptive family to be a Forever Family, where there is love and support from outside sources, as well as, within the family.

Please donate to help us fulfill our mission to keep Adoptive and Foster Families intact, healthy, loving and forever.