Foster Care Adoption-Video

Below is a video that documents true accounts of the way foster care adoption has impacted families.  Foster care adoption involves adopting a child from the foster care system and is often overlooked by new parents because of their desire to have a young child or baby.  However, like all other forms of adoption, foster care adoption should never be overlooked; it is a great opportunity to provide a child with a loving home.

Ways to Afford the Cost of Adoption

One of the major reasons people do not pursue adoption is because of the high cost of adoption, especially international adoption.  There are several things people can do to help balance adoption costs and make it something financially possible.

Some ways to help you afford adoption:

Adoption Home Study

I know what you are probably thinking. What is an adoption home study and do I need it??

The short answer- YES. The adoption home study is a very detailed written report about your family that is compiled and prepared by a social worker.  It can take three to six months to finish and requires the prospective adoptive family to gather different documents, answer several questions, and explore their many reasons for adopting.

Through a series of

"Life Unexpected"

Appropriately named, the CW show "Life Unexpected" gives a fictional look at how foster-care adoption can impact children and their families.  The show centers around a sixteen year old girl named Lux, who is put up for adoption at birth by her teenage mother.  Lux is never adopted, however, and enters the foster care system.  At sixteen she reunites with her birth parents and the difficult adjustment, for both parties, begins.

Foster Care Adoption

Foster Care Adoption

When adopting domestically (adopting a child from the same country in which you reside), there are three different routes that one can take: closed adoption, open adoption, and foster care adoption. 

While all three are great options and have various advantages and disadvantages, foster care adoption is an amazing way to give children in the foster care system a forever home.