Adoption Agencies

Adoption agencies are found across the United States and offer a wide range of services. Adoption agencies are licensed by the state to provide services to birth parents and adoptive families. Agencies typically have social workers on staff that counsel birth parents and waiting families and also may offer home study services. An adoption agency will guide a waiting family through the adoption process, from the first step of acquiring the necessary paperwork, to matching a family with a birth mother and the eventual placement of the baby and the finalization of the adoption.

Agencies also range in type and size. Large, national agencies, such as American Adoptions, provide adoption services across the nation, while small or mid-size agencies may only provide services to specific states or regions. In addition to national and local agencies, there also are several religious-based adoption agencies. Each agency will have its own guidelines and restrictions for adoptive families in terms of the clients they will serve. Some agencies are open to all potential adoptive families, while others may place restrictions on age, marital status or sexual orientation.

State agencies offer adoption services to families wishing to adopt a child in the state foster care system. State adoptions are typically of older children, which can range in age from very young to teenagers. 

American Adoptions is one of the largest domestic adoption agencies of our kind in the nation. Our agency is involved in more than 300 adoptions each year and has helped countless couples realize their dreams of parenthood.

To learn more about our agency or our adoption programs, please visit our Adoptive Family section.

If you are pregnant and considering adoption, learn how American Adoptions can help.