Services


             LOCAL ADOPTION SERVICE - KBF and the Department of Social Welfare and                          Development are the only two agencies implementing local adoption.  It is                          registered, licensed and accredited by the Department of Social Welfare and                          Development (DSWD) as a child placement agency.   The service involves                          recruitment, assessment, development and maintenance of a pool of adoptive                          families for permanent placement of children. It includes socio-legal and other                          professional services that are required from the time of application to adopt a                          child until the adoption is finalized in court.

             INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTION SERVICE - Intercountry adoption has become an alternative                          for children who are not adopted locally. KBF provides liaisoning services to Holt                          International Children’s Services, USA; Les Amis Enfants Du Monde (AEM), France;                          Sourires d’Enfants, Belgium; Netherlands Intercountry Child Welfare Organization                          (Wereldkinderen), The Netherlands; and Humanikat, Israel for adoption placement                          of Filipino children with the adoptive families of these agencies in coordination                          with the Intercountry Adoption Board (ICAB) and the Department of Social Welfare                          and Development (DSWD).

               Republic Act 8043 otherwise known as The INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTION LAW.

             SPONSORSHIP SERVICE - KBF serves as the conduit for Holt International Children’s                          Services, Inc. Sponsorship Program in the Philippines. At present, it coordinates                          with five (5) government and seven (7) non government child caring agencies                          which are selected as beneficiaries of monthly grants from Holt to help improve                          the quality of service to children in care.

             FOSTER CARE SERVICE - KBF offers a temporary substitute family care for children –                           newborn to two (2) years old – when their birth families cannot take care of them                           temporarily or permanently.  KBF maintains a pool of licensed foster families in                           Manila, Region III, VII and XI, which provide stimulating family environment for the                           growth and development of the children in their care while awaiting return to their                           birth families or adoption.  It also recruits, assesses, develops and licenses foster                           families through the Department of Social Welfare and Development for ready                           placement of children for temporary care.

             SERVICE FOR SINGLE MOTHERS- Expectant single mothers are provided a holistic                           and rehabilitative service which includes food, shelter, medical care (pre-natal,                           childbirth, post-natal through the hospital), casework & counseling, value                           formation and spiritual growth, skills training & personality development and                           family therapy.  The counseling is focused on family preservation and permanency                           planning for the child.  The service operates a home for single mothers called                           Nazareth Home that can accommodate twenty (20) single mothers at any given time.

             DAY CARE SERVICE - KBF provides daytime care to pre-school children, 3 to under 6                            years old, of low income families whose mothers are working and/or unable to                            provide early childhood care and development to their children.  This service is                            designed to provide children with socialization and protection for total development:                            spiritual, intellectual, social, emotional, and physical.  Daily supplemental feeding is                            one of its special features.

             FAMILY AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH SERVICE - This service involves community                            organizing. KBF organizes families of its Day Care children and other                            disadvantaged families to empower them socially and economically through                            skills training , capital assistance and seminars on effective parenting and moral                            values.

             INDEPENDENT LIVING AND EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE SERVICE - Enables children                            who have become ineligible for further stay in institutions and orphanages, who                            have no families to return to or who were not adopted, to obtain education to                            prepare them for independent, decent and self-reliant living.  This includes the                            operation of a group home which is called Genesis Home where the children live                            by themselves with no houseparent but supervised by a social worker and learn                            homelife skills e.g. budgeting, marketing, menu planning, cooking and laundering,                            while going to school.

             FUND DEVELOPMENT UNIT - This service is envisioned to establish a regular structure                            for generation of funds to ensure agency’s sustainability.

                                        These fund generating activities include among others direct mail                            solicitations, conduct of special events and partnership with fund-raising entities.