Hoping to adopt?

Question

My partner and I are in the process of getting our homestufy finished up and have been in contact with a few public and private adoption agencies. At this point because of being a same s*x couple, age differences, and my partner having a disability, we are only looking at Domestic Adoptions (though in the future we may look internationally).

We are looking not only at infants but (younger) children in foster care. We are planning on hiring a private adoption agent or working with an agency.

We are also considering putting a profile online to perspective birthmothers. However many of the places I have found charge RIDICULOUS amounts of money to host your profile. It would be cheaper for us to just start a webpage of our own!

Does anyone know any recourses for profiles of couples hoping to adopt? g*y friendly would be helpful...

Answer 1

Try PACT Adoptions!  I love their website, and they are apparently open to working with all qualified families and individuals wanting to adopt.  Also, have you looked at Parent Profiles?  They seem to be popular.  Good luck.

Answer 2

There are lots of sites that offer free code for websites.  I think freecodesource.com might have some things.  A lot of people use it for myspace pages.

Definitely consider adopting through the foster care system.  It's much less costly to you & the government gives you monthly assistance when you adopt a special needs child, an older child or someone with siblings.

Good luck!

Answer 3

I posted a whole list here once but now can't find it. There are many, but most don't get enough traffic, even if they're free. The largest, Parent Profiles, unfortunately doesn't allow g*y or L*****n couples. In fact when they were sued under CA anti-discrimination laws they decided they would rather NOT ALLOW CA couples at all rather than allow g*y and L*****n profiles.

Might I suggest researching Independent Adoption Center at http://www.adoptionhelp.org

They appear to be (I have only reviewed their site) fairly respectful and ethical in their dealings with expectant moms, do not discriminate for adoptive couples, and have a decent profile site. Also they only do open adoptions which I think is preferable