Adoption Agencies

Adoption Agencies

If you have been keeping up with the adoption posts, you found out that we have decided to do a domestic infant adoption that is semi-open from a national agency.  This post is to profile the two agencies we are considering.  I think in my head I have narrowed it down to just one that I like the best, but we are still a little while out from actually starting the process, so my ideas about it might change. Here are some basic comparisons of each one.

The first agency that we like is called Independent Adoption Center.
The other one is American Adoption Agency.

Here are a list of their comparisons.
                                       IAC                                             AAA
Licensed                         yes                                                  yes
Location of offices     CA, TX, GA, NC, IN                  FL, AR, MO, KS
Type of Adoption:            Open                                         Semi-open
Cost:                              20k-50k                                      ave. 28k for aap*
Wait time:                       6-18months                                 1-9months for aap*
Birth parent counseling      7am-10pm and on holidays          24hours a day 
Number of adoptions/year   200                                          300
type of  profile                individually done                     Standard for whole agency
                                     (make your own website)            (they have a standard
                                                                                            set up for you)

*Agency assisted program (aap) is one that promotes and gives certain incentives for parents that are willing to adopt a child that is full or partial african american