Adoption, Adoption & Beyond News, Blog
Over the years, I’ve been honored to help countless families expand through adoption. One thing they all have in common is being overwhelmed with the adoption process. When you compile all the costs, legalities, and invasive requirements for adoption, it’s completely...
Adoption, Adoption & Beyond News, Blog
When performing a simple Google search, you’ll find that there aren’t too many statistics yet about the percentage of failed domestic adoptions. According to my own research, I found that about 75% of domestic adoptions are successful and only about 25% of domestic...
Adoption, Adoption & Beyond News, Blog
When working with families looking to adopt, one of the most common and deeply held fears they have is that they’ll never be matched with expecting parents. The reality is: that’s a valid fear.They might not be matched with expecting parents. But I am a firm...
Adoption, Adoption & Beyond News, Blog
Many families come to us asking what the education requirements are for adopting. The easy answer to this question is that it depends. Here are the education requirements for the three most common avenues of adoption: Foster care adoption – The training is...
Adoption, Adoption & Beyond News, Blog, Thoughts
A question I get asked often is if single parents can adopt and, even more specifically, if single males can adopt. While the answer is yes, there are some limitations and particular avenues that a single parent may want to consider over others. In an earlier blog, I...
Adoption, Adoption & Beyond News, Blog, Thoughts
Adoption is one of those pursuits that has, over time, developed its own language and terms to help adoptive parents understand different aspects of their adoption journey. It’s important to have clarity on what exactly some of these terms mean, and today I’d like to...
Adoption, Adoption & Beyond News, Blog, Thoughts
There is a lot to consider when entering into the adoption process. There are so many steps, relationships, and assumptions to consider and negotiate, and it can sometimes feel overwhelming. Today I want to focus especially on the part of the process that relates to...
Adoption, Adoption & Beyond News, Blog
There’s a lot more to the adoption process to consider than most people realize, especially when it comes to their relationship with the expecting family. It is important for everyone in the adoption process to understand what rights the expecting families have in...
Adoption, Adoption & Beyond News, Blog
How do you find a good adoption agency? In today’s blog, I’ll show you some tricks to do that well. Here are four different ways to find a good adoption agency: Research NCFA: Also known as the National Council for Adoption, they have a really nice search tool that...
Blog, Adoption, Interviews
Today we’re going to talk about the six different avenues of adoption. Recently, I created a mini-course that explains the six different avenues of adoption, and I will be linking that mini-course at the end of this post. When families come to our agency...