Founded in 1921, Marywood Children and Family Services provides a range of services to young women and children. It offers adoption, foster care and parenting services. The organization provides various shelter services to homeless mothers. Marywood Children and Family Services conducts discussion programs that focus on the process of becoming a foster parent, as well as on adoption and post-placement services. It additionally monitors the needs of medical and dental appointments, supports the plan for reunification with the birth family, and attends treatment team meetings and court hearings on behalf of children. The organization employs a staff of therapists, court-appointed special assistants and case workers. Marywood Children and Family Services offers a variety of respite care and case management services. Its programs are accredited by the Council on Accreditation and the organization is a member of the North American Council on Adoptable Children and the Texas Association of Family and Children Services. Marywood Children and Family Services maintains a location in Austin, Texas.