American Adoptions' Advantages

Every year, more than 500 adoptive couples choose American Adoptions to help them complete an adoption plan.

These couples join American Adoptions because they want the advantages of a national adoption agency and the personal nature of a local adoption agency.

Some of American Adoptions advantages include:

  • Low Wait Times - We offer some of the lowest wait times among all adoption agencies; 75 percent of our families adopt within their estimated wait times.
  • Low Disruptions - Disruptions are impossible to completely eliminate; however, because of our extensive counseling and support of prospective birth mothers, we match families with women who are committed to their adoption plans.
  • Education, Support and Counseling - Every family is assigned an experienced Adoptive Family Specialist, who will provide you support, education and any counseling you may need throughout the adoption process.
  • Limited-Risk Program - With most agencies, the adoptive family can't reclaim the money they lost if an adoption doesn't work out. American Adoptions financially protects families with our limited-risk program.

To learn more about the advantages of American Adoptions, contact us at 1-800-ADOPTION, request free adoption information or get started by joining now.

Why Families Choose American Adoptions

With some of the lowest average waiting times in adoption and a broad range of services, it’s easy to see why families choose American Adoptions to realize their adoption dreams. Here are some of the top reasons that adoptive families choose American Adoptions.

Minimizing Adoption Wait Times

Prospective adoptive families can expect to complete their adoption sooner with American Adoptions than with nearly any other adoption professional.

Limiting Financial Loss in the Event of a Disruption

American Adoptions has one of the lowest disruption rates among all adoption professionals. However, because of the unpredictable nature of adoption, disruptions still occur from time to time.

Personalizing Your Adoption

When making a decision as big as adopting a child, it’s only natural for a family to have preferences and expectations for their adoption plan.

Adoption Advertising

Each year, American Adoptions spends thousands of dollars in advertising to promote our wonderful waiting families to the right expectant women.

Our Staff Is with You, Beginning to End

American Adoptions provides many valuable adoption services and benefits, but perhaps the most important characteristic of our agency is the experience, passion and support that we offer prospective adoptive families.

After the Adoption: The Pictures & Letters Agreement

American Adoptions specializes in semi-open adoptions, or adoptions in which some contact is maintained with the birth parents. However, key identifying information, such as last names and addresses, remains confidential. We also handle closed and open adoptions, when requested by the birth parent.

Birth Mother Drug Screening for Adoption

More than 15 years ago, we required prospective birth mother drug screenings. However after a year, we ended this practice because it caused the following challenges and adverse results:

Founder's Adoption Story

Read the adoption story of the founders of American Adoptions.

Our Agency Staff

Read profiles and view photos of the staff of American Adoptions.

Successful Completed Adoptions Through American Adoptions

American Adoptions had helped thousands of families realize their adoption dreams. Read profiles of some of the most recent adoptive families to complete adoptions through our agency.


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  • What is the total cost for the entire adoption?

    There are several factors that determine the total cost for an adoption, including the program you choose. Variables such as medical bills, birth mother expenses and legal fees vary for each adoption. We strive to maintain affordable adoptions without cutting corners. Please see the Our Domestic Adoption Programs section for further details.

  • Can we choose the gender of our baby?

    Have your heart set on a bouncing baby boy or a new little princess? American Adoptions now offers a gender-specific option for families hoping for a specific gender. With this option families would pay an additional Gender-Specific Fee to help our agency locate and work with birth mothers meeting this additional criteria. Please note that gender specificity may increase wait time. This fee is in addition to all other program fees and is not considered part of your adoption budget. Please contact us at 1-800-ADOPTION for minimum budget details.

  • Do we need to retain our own attorney?

    No - American Adoptions has established relationships with some of the best adoption attorneys in the nation. It is important to note that adoption laws vary state-to-state and often even county-to-county. As such, it is important to utilize the services of an attorney that specializes in adoption in the state the adoption will finalize in, which we will not know until you are matched with an expectant mother. Retaining your own attorney at this time is not necessary and may be an additional expense to you that is not needed.

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