What is a low wait time adoption agency or adoption facilitator.?

Question

My sister and her husband is trying to adopt and are looking for agencies that do not take centuries to place babies. I feel bad for them because they paid an agency thousands upon thousands of dollars to adopt and they are still waiting after almost one year. They have had a crib, room, clothes and every thing set up for months and months now waiting. The agency doesn't like its clients to call more than once a month yet every day I see the agency taking on more clients even though it has a ton of clients that it still hasn't placed baby's with yet. I know waiting for a biracial/hispanic baby girl would take time but if you know of an agency that has typically, a short wait time, please let me know so that I can pass the info on to them. Many thanks.

Answer 1

It does not depend on the agency but on the caseworker. You really have to get on them, calling them often. Everything you do in the adoption process, like the classes, the fingerprints, the physicals and all the other paperwork expires after a certain time, usually six months, so your caseworker should have the home study done in that time. We learned this the hard way. I was very patient and didn't bug our caseworker, and everything expired and we had to do it all over. We complained to our caseworker's supervisor and she agreed we should have been done a long time ago. We are going through a nonprofit (Catholic Charities) which doesn't cost anything. I would think a private agency where you have paid a lot of money would do better. Keep after them!

Answer 2

Rough estimate is one to two years. Maybe I'm a little too late in saying this but prepare yourself for two years so you won't be too disappointed.

If you (your sister and brother in law in this case) are open to a biracial or older child or a child with medical problems, that might speed things up. It is common to wait longer for a healthy white newborn.

Answer 3

I don't know but thats 4 the 2points..

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