Looking to adopt biracial/aa child? Any agency advice

[hpeflmom]

We are looking into adopting a biracial child or AA child. Does anyone have any suggestions on adoption agencies that you had success with?

Thanks

[MomTJ]

Both of our children are bi-racial, and we adopted through Bethany Christian Services.

Hope this helps!

[mdvmd]

There are a lot of great agencies for AA/BI children. We adopted through Family Creations in Bradenton, FL, and they were fantastic, although they only do about 10-15 domestic adoptions each year. A Bond of Love (Indiana) is good. Heaven Sent adopt (Sheila Davis) in Michigan is also good (she's a facilitator, but an EXCELLENT one). PM me if you want more info....

[CJD]

There is a wonderful one in Oakland Calif. the name escapes me right now. we were going to go with them, but were offered another placement. I'll look and see if I can find the name again.

Hugs,

[ksMommy]

My friend suggests:wish upon a stork (facilitation service) matched us with Kirsh and Kirsh in Indiana. I was pleased with both of them.


Our dd is biracial and we too used a facilitator. PM me if you want more info about facilitators.

[Chloes_mom]

Hi, I adopted through a small, non-profit agency in Oregon. It's called Plan Loving Adoptions Now and has a website if you wanted to get more information about their services. I was very happy working with them before, during and after my adoption of my beautiful AA daughter 4 years ago. They have a specific program for minority infant adoptions.

Lisa

[Lexee]

We used adoptlink in California, which is a facilitator. They have a lot of situations ( especially AA and biracial) and we were matched very quickly. Lil Snee who runs it is very experienced and caring. The website is
www.adoptlink.com

Good luck
Lexee

[ANP]

If you live in FL our attorney has such situations and looking for families. Please PM me and I would be happy to forward you her information. She does not do out of state adoptions due to all the extra paperwork and legality.
AMYP

[PatJohnston]

The organization in Oakland which is refered to below is Pact: An Adoption Alliance (www.pactadopt.org) which focuses completely on finding families for children of color.

A Bond of Love in Indiana, mentioned below, is not a licensed agency. It is a facilitator. Big difference!

It is always smart to begin to look for a sources in your own city--or at least in your own state, since adopting across state lines always adds to the costs and the complications. There are agencies (and adoption attorneys) in every state looking for homes for children of color. In fact, Kirsh and Kirsh (the adoption attorney firm mentioned below) has placed many children of color in The Netherlands, because they thought (inaccurately) that there were not enough Indiana families for these children.

Also consider reading Inside Transracial Adoption by Gail Steinberg and Beth Hall.

[BC-lisa in venice]

In fact, Kirsh and Kirsh (the adoption attorney firm mentioned below) has placed many children of color in The Netherlands, because they thought (inaccurately) that there were not enough Indiana families for these children.

No Kirsh and Kirsh aren't having problems finding families for their children, they are having a hard time finding families who are willing to pay such high fees especially families of color who traditionally are not willing to pay big adoption fees.

lisa