Open Arms Adoption Network

Open Arms Adoption Network is committed to helping build strong, healthy adoptive families. We believe that open adoption is an enriching and wonderful way to form a family and a great option for a woman not prepared to parent at the current time. We are dedicated to providing you with a lifetime of support and education. We offer services to families hoping to adopt a child domestically or internationally, as well as providing unplanned pregnancy options and counseling to pregnant women. Open Arms serves as an educational resource, providing trainings for all members of the adoption triad and for the professional community. Open Arms Adoption Network is licensed under JFCS of Greater Philadelphia and has offices in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Delaware . JFCS has facilitated thousands of adoptions since its establishment in 1855. Every day we are grateful for our agency's legacy in the community and every day we seek to build on that positive legacy by facilitating healthy, child- centered adoptions. You can depend on our integrity and compassion. We will do all we can to support and guide you through this journey. Staff members understand the adoption process intimately-most are either adoptees themselves or have children who joined their family through adoption. They understand the complex issues surrounding adoption and are dedicated to providing exemplary, compassionate services to adoptive parents, birth parents, and most of all to serving the best interests of children.

Open Adoption Process: Attend a free evening information meeting; Complete a 1:1 pre-adoption counseling session; Complete the Open Arms Home Study Application; Engage in 3 home study interviews, at least 1 of which occurs in your home; Attend the Open Arms Adoptive Parent Seminar, as well as additional 2 hour Adoption Workshops; Potentially participate in group mentorship opportunities through Open Arms Resource Parents who have previously adopted through Open Arms; Create an Adoptive Family Profile to be shown to birth parents with support of Open Arms staff; Participate in an initial meeting with birth parents and Open Arms staff; Potentially participate in the hospital experience and upon discharge sign adoption paperwork; Continue in your open adoption relationship with the support of Open Arms staff; Complete post-placement supervisory visits with Open Arms staff who will meet with your family within 2 weeks of placement, then every other month until the adoption finalization (6-9 months); Secure legal services to finalize adoption through court