ADOPTION and HOMESTUDY SPECIALISTS

Adoption and Home Study Specialists is a non-profit, licensed child-placing agency serving children in need of homes, and families interested in adopting orphans from other countries or minority children in the United States. Our Board of Directors and professional staff includes adoptive parents and adult adoptees with over 50 years combined experience in the adoption field. There is a great need for permanent homes for thousands of children throughout the world. It is our mission to change the world, by touching hearts, one child at a time.

Services:

Adoptive Parents:: We assist adoptive parents in domestic and international adoption. Our services include domestic placement, adoptive home study reports, post placement supervision reports, court reports, placement investigations for independent adoption, adoption referral services, assistance with your individual adoption plan, adoption education, support groups, social and cultural resources. We realize that this can be a stressful time and are committed to assisting you to the best of our ability. Our office is open when yours is closed and we can accommodate your need for weekend or evening hours. Our experienced staff offers confidential, sensitive, supportive guidance through every step of the adoption process.

Birth Parents: We assist birth parents considering placing their child for adoption. Our services include pregnancy, adoption and grief counseling, continued support before, during and after your pregnancy, assistance with pregnancy related expenses, assistance in selecting the adoptive family you want to place your child with, providing pictures, and letters and updates from the adoptive parents if that is your wish. We believe that birth parents give the greatest gift of all and consider it an honor to assist you in your adoption plan. We have families who want to adopt a child of any race and are committed to raise their child with the knowledge of their adoption, positive and loving thoughts of their birth parents, and the belief that a child's heritage is an important part of his life.