Adoption Assistance, Inc.

Adoption Assistance is dedicated to assisting persons in the adoption process by conducting home studies, post placement reports, finalization services and providing domestic child placement. Adoption Assistance will place children for adoption from birth to age eighteen without regard to race, sex, religion or national origin.

Domestic Adoption: The Step by Step Process: Decide if domestic adoption is the best option for your family; Submit your Adoption Assistance application on line or mail/email/fax a hard copy to the Adoption Assistance office; Upon receipt of the application, Adoption Assistance will immediately email you a pdf file containing a checklist and the documents you need to begin the process. You will also be assigned a personal Adoption Worker who will call and introduce herself within 24/48 hours; Gather paperwork for your home study; Complete home study visits; In conjunction with your Adoption Worker, create a personal adoption plan of action to determine the best way to build your family; Compile birthmother letter/profile (if necessary); Submit profile to the child placing agency; Receive a child referral (information about an available child and birthmother with whom you have been matched); Accept or reject referral; Prepare your life and home for your child as you wait for paperwork to be completed/ child to be born (if applicable); Receive notice that it's time to go to the hospital or travel to bring your child home; International Adoption: The Step by Step Process: Decide if international adoption is the best option for you; Submit your Adoption Assistance application on line or mail/email/fax a hard copy to the Adoption Assistance office; Upon receipt of the application, Adoption Assistance will immediately email you a pdf file containing a checklist and the documents you need to begin the process. You will also be assigned a personal Adoption Worker who will call and introduce herself within 24/48 hours; In conjunction with your Adoption Worker, create a personal adoption plan of action to determine the international country from which you will adopt (if you don't already know!); Gather paperwork for your home study and dossier (court documents for the foreign country); Complete home study visits; Apply to immigration, compile dossier (if required) and get app