Hoping To Adopt
Interested in adopting? Call during business hours: 800-454-5683
At Abrazo, we know that adopting a baby is one of the most exciting and most overwhelming of life experiences (short of surviving fertility treatments, that is.)
For couples who have endured documented infertility and grieved those losses, pursuing adoption means graduating from “needing to have a biological child” to “wanting to be a parent” and we congratulate you if you’ve already gained that perspective. That’s the first step toward adopting successfully.
We’ve helped more than 1500 families adopt successfully, most within 6-12 months (or less). Abrazo’s full-service program primarily serves couples who:
- are over the age of 25
- have been legally-married for more than a year
- cannot conceive by any known means*
- are financially-sound and emotionally-stable
- are willing to commit to fully-open adoption, for their child’s best interests
Abrazo believes in full-disclosure open adoptions, in which the parents exchange identifying information and stay in touch over the child’s lifetime, because we believe this is best for children, promoting healthy adoption adjustment and identity formation.
Granted, not every prospective adopter likes this idea, nor our stringent standards and high expectations for the clients that we serve, but Abrazo’s commitment to the best interests of the children we place requires no less. (You’ll thank us, someday.)
Ready To Get Started?
Abrazo has a three-step admissions process, beginning with the preapplication, called the “AP Inquiry” form. If you’re interested in joining the Abrazo family and bringing a new son or daughter home through open adoption, please
- download and complete the inquiry form below, and mail it to Abrazo with a photo and the processing fee (or pay online, and email your form and photo to info@abrazo.org.)
- if appropriate, we’ll forward the full application package to you for submission.
- upon application approval, you’ll be ready to join us for the final admissions step: attendance at one of our nationally-renowned Parents of Tomorrow orientation weekends (or receive expedited admission after completing equivalent online training during the duration of the Covid-19 pandemic).
Abrazo Placement Programs
The Designated (identified) program, for applicants with or without infertility who seek complete casework services for matches located through their own efforts, requires a fee payment of $7,500 upon admission, and a post-adoption fee payment of $7,500, due at time of placement.
The Promesa (special needs) program, for applicants with or without infertility who are seeking a special needs placement only, requires a fee payment of $5500 upon admission, and a post-adoption fee payment of $5500, due at time of placement.
Abrazo’s Promesa program facilitates hard-to-place cases (ie., children with documented and non-correctible medical disabilities known to the agency at time of placement, children over the age of five, and sibling groups of more than three.) Some special needs placements may also qualify adoptive families to seek state adoption subsidies; ask your homestudy worker for additional information regarding your state’s programs.
Answers To Your Common Questions
How “open” are open adoptions at Abrazo?
What does it cost to adopt through Abrazo?
Adopting parents pay a pre-adoption fee upon admission, to cover the agency’s costs of providing preplacement casework services to prospective birthparents and adopting parents, and a post-adoption fee on Placement Day, to help offset the agency’s costs of agency services and post-adoption support after placement has occurred. Adopting parents also, by law, reimburse the agency’s expenses on behalf of any case with which they are matched, pay for the processing costs of the admissions process and the in-agency expenses of out-of-state homestudy audits and Interstate Compact services and finalization paperwork preparation. (See this link for additional detail.)
How long does it take to adopt a baby through Abrazo?
Childless couples at Abrazo generally wait 6-12 months or less for placement, while the average adoptive couples already parenting usually find the wait to be 12 months or more. However, hopeful adopters should be forewarned that the declining American birthrate and the coronavirus pandemic are slowing domestic adoption rates considerably. The majority of birthparents with whom Abrazo works hope to place with couples who do not already have children, to ensure that the baby they place will be the family’s firstborn.
Does Abrazo work with people from outside of Texas?
What does the agency fee cover? If a match falls through, can a couple continue in your program without additional fees to the agency? How long will you work with a couple for the initial fee?
Adoption Resources
Homework For Adopting Parents
Homework For Adopting Parents
Abrazo Orientation Weekends
“Parents Of Tomorrow” Orientation Weekends
Testimonials
Interested in adopting? Call anytime, day or night: 800-454-5683
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