--- title: Domestic Adoption - An Option for Adoptive Families description: Domestic Adoption occurs when birth parent(s) in the U.S. voluntarily surrender their child and then the child is placed into an adoptive family. image: https://www.adoptfamilyconnections.org/hs-fs/file-1484174119-jpg/images/adoption.jpg --- ![holding-hands-918990_960_720-2](https://www.adoptfamilyconnections.org/hs-fs/hubfs/holding-hands-918990_960_720-2.jpg?width=959&name=holding-hands-918990_960_720-2.jpg "holding-hands-918990_960_720-2") # Family Connections, Inc. 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Can you open your home and heart to a child who was not born to you? 2. Can you provide love, comfort, security, and stimulation for a child? 3. Can you handle 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)? 4. Can you couple with the unpredictability of domestic adoption (e.g. when will a child arrive?; will the birth parents place for adoption?; will the child have unknown challenges?, etc)? 5. Can you support the medical and developmental needs for a child with a less than perfect start in life (if child has a risky history)? 6. Are you comfortable with the likelihood that your child will have medical and family unknowns? 7. Can you prepared embrace a birth family? 8. Can you have an on-going relationship with your child’s birth family (open adoption) if wanted by the birth parent? 9. Can you be flexible, patient and prepared to overcome adoption glitches and uncertainty? 10. Can 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 adoption agency that provides the following[domestic adoption services](https://www.adoptfamilyconnections.org/i-want-to-adopt/domestic-adoptions/): 1. **An Infant Adoption Placement Program** - The agency provides domestic adoption newborn placement serivces for birth families and adoptive families throughout New York State.  We would be happy to support your family's plan to adopt an infant!   2. **Support for Private Independent Adoptions** - The agency provides [home study services](https://www.adoptfamilyconnections.org/i-want-to-adopt/home-study-services/) and post-placement support and supervision services to families who choose to adopt a child privately (independent of an agency).   3. **Assistant with Public Adoptions** - The agency provides [home study services](https://www.adoptfamilyconnections.org/i-want-to-adopt/home-study-services/), searches for a public child(ren), advocates for child placement and provides 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.   Family Connections provides adoption services throughout New York State including in Syracuse, Rochester, Cortland, Binghamton, Elimra, Corning, Watertown, Albany, New York City, and all towns in between.  We look forward to supporting your adoption plans.   [![Created on 04/16/12 at 22:42:19](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/159841/53c3cc85-b5c5-423c-9ae6-28329b1a1030.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/159841/53c3cc85-b5c5-423c-9ae6-28329b1a1030) ![Subscribe](https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/2432204/99%20Template%20Pack/Background%20Images/message.svg "Subscribe") ### Subscribe to Stay Connected ### Let Us Know What You Thought about this Post. 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