Domestic Adoption occurs when birth parent(s) in the United States voluntarily surrender or lose legal custody of their child and then the child is placed with adoptive parents by the birth parent(s), an adoption agency, or by the State (if child is in foster care).
Is Domestic Adoption right for your family?
- Are you able to open your home and heart to a child who was not born to you?
- Are you able to provide love, comfort, security, and stimulation for a child?
- Are you ready for the emotional ups and downs of domestic adoption (e.g. not chosen by a birth family or birth family changes their mind and decides to parent the child)?
- Are you prepared for the unpredictability of domestic adoption (e.g. when will a child arrive?; will the birth parents place?; will the child have unknown challenges?, etc)?
- Are you able to support the medical and developmental needs for a child with a less than perfect start in life (if child has a risky history)?
- Are you comfortable with the likelihood that your child will have medical and family unknowns?
- Are you prepared to embrace a birth family?
- Are you open to having an on-going relationship with your child’s birth family (open adoption)?
- Are you flexible, patient and prepared to overcome adoption glitches and uncertainty?
- Are you willing to expand your family’s cultural identity (if you choose to adopt trans-racially)?
Theses are a few of the questions you need to consider as you decide upon the right adoption plan for your family.
Family Connections, Inc. is an authorized New York State agency that provides the following domestic adoption services:
- An Infant Adoption Placement Program - we would be happy to support your family's plan to adopt an infant!
- Support for Private Independent Adoptions - Home study services and post-placement support and supervision services to families who choose to adopt a child privately (independent of an agency).
- Assistant with Public Adoptions - Home study services, search for a public child(ren), and post-placement support and supervision services for families adopting a child(ren) from the foster care system.
To learn more about the agency's programs, please contact Renee or Anita at 607-756-6574 or 1-800-535-5556 or renee@adoptfamilyconnections.org. We look forward to supporting your adoption plans.
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