Levels of Contact

There are three main levels of contact that must be kept in mind when adopting a child.  Knowing the amount of contact the adoptive child and adoptive family will have with the birth parents is essential.  This leaves no room for surprises and makes everyones role in the child's life clear early on.

There are three main levels of contact that take place in an adoption situation. They are:

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.