If you are the adoptee please submit (in writing):
- A brief explanation of the type of information you are seeking; such as: background/biological information, medical or social history, or trying to find a birth relative.
- Your adopted name (no nicknames, please).
- Your date of birth.
- Adopted parents names (no nicknames, please), as a cross reference only.
- Your return mailing address.
You may include any other information you feel may be helpful regarding your adoption; such as, place of birth, name of hospital, your birth name, where your adopted parents lived at the time they adopted you, if you were in foster care, etc.
You may then email, fax or mail your inquiry to the Adoption Registry Coordinator.
Send an email to: tracy.dickinson@dhs.arkansas.gov, fax number to: 501-682-8561, or utilize mailing address:
DHS/DCFS Adoption Services Unit
Mutual Consent Voluntary Adoption Registry
ATTN: Tracy Dickinson
PO Box 1437, Slot S565
Little Rock, AR 72203-1437
If you are a birth relative please submit (in writing):
Please read the information regarding the MCVAR to see if you qualify for information. If so, please submit the following information:
- A brief explanation of the type of information you are seeking; such as: background information on the adoptive family or trying to find a birth child.
- Birth name given to the child/adoptee.
- Child/adoptee’s date of birth.
- Birth mother’s name at the time child/adoptee was born.
- Your name.
- Your relationship to the child/adoptee.
- Your return mailing address.
You may include any other information you feel may be helpful regarding the child/adoptee; such as, name of the hospital, city or town child/adoptee was born in, attending physician, nurse, etc.
You may then email, fax or mail your inquiry to the Adoption Registry Coordinator.
Send an email to: tracy.dickinson@dhs.arkansas.gov, fax number to: 501-682-8561, or utilize mailing address:
DHS/DCFS Adoption Services Unit
Mutual Consent Voluntary Adoption Registry
ATTN: Tracy Dickinson
PO Box 1437, Slot S565
Little Rock, AR 72203-1437