Getting Started

Now that you have explored the adoption programs of Adoption Choice, Inc., there are a few steps you can take as prospective adoptive parents:

• Become familiar and knowledgeable about open adoption.

• Develop an awareness that the adoption process will vary depending on the wishes of the birth parents.

• Begin to think about what you wish to include in your parent profile which will be viewed by birth parents.

• Children placed for domestic adoption come from all ethnic backgrounds. The more open you are to bi-racial, as well as African American and Hispanic infants, the shorter your wait time will be.

• Talk with friends or relatives who have adopted children.

For International Adoptions, also consider these additional points: