If your family wishes to adopt a child, one of the first decision you will make is to choose an adoption agency to support your plans. Finding an adoption agency can be daunting and frustrating with so many agencies trying to get your attention through print advertisting, social media, and web sites. It is important that you work with an adoption agency where you feel comfortable and confident.
Family Connections, Inc. is an authorized New York adoption agency that has achieved Hague Accreditation from the Council on Accreditation. The agency has been providing adoption services for the past twenty years to families adopting domestically and internationally. The agency provides home study investigation services and post-adoption supervision and support services for families adopting domestically and internationally. The agency also has a domestic infant placement program.
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- Guarantees the adoptive parents that they have the right to make their own decisions regarding their plan of adoption without influence.
- Educates the adoptive family regarding all of their adoption options.
- Has the expertise in the various types of adoption prospective adoptive families may wish to pursue (e.g. domestic infant, international, older children, children with special needs).
- Provides training specific to the needs of the adoptive family and their adoption plan (e.g. attachment, older child adoption, trans-racial adoption, parenting a child with special needs, open adoption)
- Completes home study investigations for domestic and international adoptions in a thorough and timely manner.
- Refers the adoptive family to attorneys specializing in adoption (if needed).
- Supports the adoptive family's emotional needs as they proceed with their adoption plan.
In addition, in the agency's domestic infant placement adoption program, Family Connections, Inc. ...
- Outreaches to potential birth parents.
- Assist with the matching of adoptive parents and birth parent(s)
- Supports the prospective adoptive family and birth family as they build and maintain a relationship (if wanted).
- Places an infant into the home of the adoptive family.
- Ensures any post-adoption contact agreement between the adoptive family and birth family is honored.
- Provides post-adoption supervision and support services (lifelong).
In addition with international adoption, Family Connections, Inc. ...
- Refers prospective adoptive families to international adoption placement agencies (aka Primary Providers).
- Provides education and technical assistance regarding the international adoption process (e.g. dossier, immigration, citizenship)
- Provides post-adoption supervision and support (lifelong).
The right adoption agency is key to ensuring a positive and successful outcome for the child and adoptive family.
Family Connections, Inc. would be honored to support your family's adoption plan. Please contact Anita or Renee at 607-756-6574 or info@adoptfamilyconnections.org to learn more about your adoption options and the agency's adoption services. The agency provides services to families throughout New York State, including but not limited to, Cortland, Syracuse, Watertown, Albany, Rochester, Binghamton, Elmira, Corning, Ithaca, and the New York City area. You can also learn more about adoption by downloading a free guide below.
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