Each year, Adoptive Families polls newly formed families across the country to get actual information on the cost and length of time it took them to complete their adoptions. See the results of the most recent 2016-2017 Adoption Cost & Timing Survey.
A Helping Hand Through the Foster Adoption Process
Have you considered growing your family through adoption from U.S. foster care, but don’t know where to begin? Contact the experts at AdoptUSKids for personalized guidance and the reassurance that “you don’t have to be perfect to be a perfect parent.”
Writing Your “Dear Expectant Mother” Letter
Keep in mind that your goal is to connect with the right expectant mother for you. Successful adoptions occur when prospective adoptive parents and birth parents make a strong pre-birth connection. So, resist making yourself into something you’re not.
“Logging On for Love”
Many of us wonder if the Internet is the adoption wave of the future. Here’s one family’s story.
News Brief: Comment on a Pending Amendment to Adoption Regulations
The Department of State has proposed changes to accreditation requirements for adoption service providers, and is currently welcoming comments from the public.
News Brief: CCCWA Announces New Program for China’s Former Shared List
China’s central adoption authority, CCCWA, has announced a new program to advocate for waiting children on the country’s former “Shared List.”
News Briefs: Intercountry Adoption Updates, August 2016
Intercountry adoption laws are updated frequently. Learn about recent changes in Uganda, Romania, Haiti, and Ethiopia.
Ask AF: Feeling Excited and Scared as We Begin the Process
“We’re just beginning the adoption process, and are waffling between excitement—and terror. Is this normal?”
Ask AF: What is a Home Study?
I am thinking about adopting, but the idea of a home study makes me nervous. What is it, and do I need to be concerned?
When Love Has a Price
“Good-hearted, ethical people find themselves turning a blind eye to red flags, not because they are desperate for a baby, but because they know they will provide a good home to a child who needs one.”
Ask AF: Why Just One Adoption Attorney Won’t Do
“Can prospective adoptive parents and birth family share an attorney?” A legal adoption expert explains.
Planning for “the Call”
Are you prepared to receive the news that you’ve been chosen? If not, here are six things we wish we had known, before we became a family of three.
Ask AF: Working with Two Agencies
Answers to your parenting questions.
The Adoption Process from the Expectant Mother’s Perspective
What is it really like to decide on adoption, look through parent profiles to choose a family, and place your child in their arms—and how can the adoption process better serve these women?
Ask AF: Prospective Parents’ Mental Health
Answers to your parenting questions.
Ask AF: Adopting an Acquaintance
Answers to your parenting questions.
Ask AF: Adoption Fraud
Answers to your parenting questions.
Parent-to-Parent: The Hardest Part of the Adoption Process
Adoptive parents look back on the adoption process and share the hardest moments, from having to change routes to becoming parents overnight to seeing the birth mother say goodbye.
What if My Adoption Fails?
Adoptions fall apart at different stages (with different legal consequences), and there are different reasons for each kind of failure.
10 Steps to Coping with a Failed Adoption
Don’t be afraid to take time to grieve after a failed adoption. Your future family will be better for it.