Pregnant women and couples considering adoption have a lot to think about when researching potential domestic adoption professionals to contact and ultimately work with. One of the main decisions every prospective birth parent and adoptive couple will have to make is whether to choose a local or national adoption professional.

American Adoptions is a national adoption agency, which means that we work with prospective birth parents and adoptive families from nearly every state, county and city in the United States. As a national agency, we are able to offer everything that a local agency can, but also many other features only found in national agencies, and some only found at American Adoptions.

For Women Considering Adoption

Many women considering adoption who want to place their child locally believe they need a local adoption agency to accomplish their adoption plan. This isn’t entirely true as American Adoptions can match the woman with an adoptive family locally within her state or nationally in another part of the country, depending entirely on her wishes.

What sets American Adoptions apart from local adoption agencies and even most national adoption agencies is our ability to offer prospective birth parents the following services:

1. 24/7 Support and Free Adoption Counseling – Here at American Adoptions, we care deeply about each and every woman who contacts us. We take a lot of pride in neutrally discussing a pregnant woman's options with her, whether that is parenting or adoption. Only when the woman is ready to further explore adoption is when we move forward by helping her create an adoption plan.

If and when she does become active with American Adoptions, we offer full 24 hour, 7 day support; in other words, she can contact her adoption specialist at any time of the day, and any day of the week, whether she needs a ride to the hospital, or just someone to talk to. We are always there, just a phone call away. Furthermore, we offer free grief and loss adoption counseling, to help the woman through this emotional time in her life. Many other adoption professionals have to outsource this service, with the birth mother paying the bill.

For an agency as large and successful as American Adoptions, many people might be surprised of our small town, local agency feel. For us, it is just who we are and how we’ve conducted ourselves ever since we opened our doors over two decades ago. We understand the emotions birth parents are going through during this time, so we dedicate ourselves to them however we are needed throughout the adoption process.

2. The Most Adoptive Families to Choose From - American Adoptions has one of the largest lists of waiting adoptive families in the country. This allows the woman considering adoption to select an adoptive family who completely matches her adoption plan in every way, meaning her child can and will have the life that she envisions.

Often times, local agencies will not be able to provide prospective birth parents this amount of flexibility in the choosing of a family, but because we work with families across the country and not just locally, she will be able to find an adoptive family that specifically matches her adoption plan.

3. Free Adoption Services – No birth mother should have to pay for any of her medical expenses, legal expenses and counseling expenses.

A birth mother is already making the ultimate sacrifice for her child, giving him or her the life that she simply cannot provide at this time in her life. Having a heavy financial burden while pregnant can only complicate her adoption plan as well as jeopardize the health of her and the baby. Thus, American Adoptions tries to make this time in her life as easy financially as possible. Not all local agencies can afford this luxury.

Furthermore, American Adoptions offers birth mothers the opportunity to receive one of our birth mother scholarships to help them pay for college tuition and books. Please visit the following link to read more about the birth mother scholarship program and past recipients.

4. Experience - One of the biggest advantages of working with American Adoptions is our experience. We complete over 300 adoptions per year and have been a staple of the adoption landscape for over two decades, so nobody knows more about the adoption process than we do. From the forming of the adoption plan, to the contact with the adoptive family, to the legal work, to the hospital stay, we know what it takes to facilitate a successful adoption.

Please call 1-800-ADOPTION today to find out more, or visit the following page to request free information.

For Adoptive Families

Adoptive families often wonder what the benefits are for them to adopt through a national agency over a local one. Not only are there benefits in choosing a national agency, but there are many benefits in choosing American Adoptions over other national agencies because of the following:

1. Low Wait Times – Adoptive families do not want to wait several years to adopt a baby. Because of the number of prospective birth mothers we reach out to and who contact us, we are able to provide some of the lowest wait times in the country. Local agencies usually only work with birth parents within the state they are located, which means they are not working with birth parents from the other 49 states. Clearly, this can equal long wait times for adoptive families.

So, why would an adoptive family wait years to add to or complete their family when they may only have to wait months? American Adoptions can help adoptive couples complete their families quicker than nearly any other agency in the country.

2. Low Disruption Rates – One of the most worrisome aspects of adoption is disruptions, or failed matches. While they can never be completely eliminated, they can be avoided with a proactive staff of social workers.

Our staff social workers are experts in preparing a woman for an adoption, developing a solid adoption plan, and making sure she is ready to commit to an adoptive family. If a Birth Parent Specialist determines a woman isn’t fully committed to adoption, we will not match her with a family, as it could lead to a potential disruption. This evaluation of and education for the birth mothers helps keep our disruption rates one of the lowest among adoption professionals.

3. Limited Risk – In the unfortunate incident of a disruption, American Adoptions offers a limited risk program in which we cover all pre- natal care expenses, living expenses and legal expenses up to $5,000. This is very unique to adoption professionals, and American Adoptions is one of the only agencies that offers this financial protection.

4. Experience - One of the biggest advantages of working with American Adoptions is our experience. We complete over 300 adoptions per year and have been a staple of the adoption landscape for over two decades, so nobody knows more about the adoption process than we do. From the completion of the home study, to the adoption plan, to the contact with the birth parents, to the legal work, to the hospital stay, we know what it takes to facilitate a successful adoption.

Please call 1-800-ADOPTION today to find out more, or visit the following page to request free information.