Looking for names of reputable adoption agencies that others have used and been successful with!?

Question

I am looking for both Domestic and International agencies. My husband and are on defientely going to adopt, we just need to decide the best route for us.

Thanks

Answer 1

A Link Adoption 1-704-272-2229

Answer 2

In the UK you need to contact BAAF the British association for adoption and fostering (www.baaf.org) they will have lists of all UK adoption agencies, every Local Authority Social Services Department also has it's own adoption agency, and there are some independent adoption agencies, such as the Catholic Children's Society etc. BAAF can advise you about the rules for British nationals and overseas adoptions.

If you are in the US I'm sorry I don't know how it works there, I would imagine that there is an equivalent organisation to BAAF which oversees all adoption agencies. The rules about overseas adoptions may be specific to your state or there may be some general US rules, some overseas countries do not allow foreign nationals to adopt children, other countries will have well established links with other countries. If you contact Child protective services they should be able to point you in the right direction.

Good luck - I hope it works for you.

Answer 3

2004 we adopted a little girl from China. We're halfway through the process for a 2nd. We went through Great Wall China Adoption. Great organisation. We were told by a "reputable" multi-country adoption agency that we couldn't do this. Even if you check out agencies, sometimes the ones receiving high marks are likely to string you along wasting valuable time why they get to keep their initial fees. If you check out international agencies, but more faith in the single country agencies. They know the ins and outs.

Answer 4

I think here in Ontario, the good adoption agency is the Children's Aid Society. They adopt out children who are in foster care. We don't have agencies in the traditional sense in great amounts. I don't think I would ever have been comfortable going to an agency, but if we had here is what I would have looked for: 1. Most important (for me) is no religious affiliation. I don't want to be part of an anti-choice agency. 2. Training ingrained before you can become parents. This is not "how to be a parent" but training to better address the specific needs that come out of adoption. (grief, loss etc.) In Ontario we use PRIDE training. 3. OPen adoptions only I guess there could be more, but in reality these are what matter most to me.

Answer 5

We adopted Internationally in 2006 and our paperwork is in China for baby number 2.

We used awaa.org and they were fantastic.

When I was looking for an agency I joined a yahoo group... Adoption_Agency_Research.

They were awesome - many people giving honest opinions about adoption agency experience - good or bad.

Answer 6

I highly recommend the following two agencies:

Family and Children's Agency www.familyandchildrensagency.org

Alliance for Children
www.allforchildren.org

Holt International
www.holtintl.com

All three of these are extremely reputable agencies who can place children all over the country.

Answer 7

The state department of Social Services and Catholic Charities will do good jobs of helping you find a child and facilitate (and sometimes financially supplement) your adoption.