I Want to Adopt a Newborn
If you are ready to explore domestic newborn adoption, Open Arms Adoption Co. is here to help you understand the process, complete the necessary steps, and move forward with confidence.
From your first application through home study, matching, placement, and finalization, our team helps coordinate the people, paperwork, communication, and professional services involved in your adoption journey.
A Clear Path Toward Adoption
Adoption involves important decisions, documents, evaluations, professionals, and legal steps. You do not have to figure everything out on your own.
Open Arms Adoption Co. provides guidance throughout the process and helps coordinate your adoption journey from your initial application through placement and post-placement requirements.
What Happens After You Apply?
Our process begins with a short online application. After we receive it, our team contacts you to discuss your situation, answer questions, and explain the next steps.
Initial Application
You begin with an online application through our private agency process. This gives our team basic information about you and helps us understand what you are looking for.
$500 application feeThe application fee is 85% refundable ($425), with $75 non-refundable, subject to applicable terms.
Consultation & Client File
After your application is received, an Open Arms team member contacts you for a consultation. If you move forward, we open your client file, assign a caseworker, and provide access to the appropriate private client portal and document checklists.
Home Study & Background Checks
Your home study process includes required background checks, financial and medical documentation, interviews, and a home safety walkthrough with your assigned social worker.
$1,000This covers the home-study evaluation and related professional work.
Approval & Family Profile
Once your home study is approved, we help prepare your family profile. Your profile allows appropriate expectant parents and adoption professionals to learn about your family, your home, your values, and the life you hope to provide.
Active Agency Program
After home-study approval, your family can enter our active adoption program. Open Arms provides ongoing case management, communication, coordination, and support while you are waiting for an appropriate adoption opportunity.
$5,000 agency program fee50% is due when your home study is approved and you enter the program. The remaining 50% is due when an adoption opportunity results in a match or placement.
Matching & Adoption Opportunity
When an appropriate adoption opportunity becomes available, our team helps coordinate communication and the next steps. An opportunity may involve a newborn who has already been born and is legally eligible for adoption, or an expectant mother considering an adoption plan during pregnancy.
Placement
When the necessary requirements are met and placement is appropriate, we coordinate with the professionals involved to help guide the transition of the child into your care.
Depending on the adoption plan, the expectant mother’s wishes, and applicable requirements, an adoptive family may potentially participate in birth or hospital planning.
Post-Placement & Finalization
After placement, required post-placement supervision continues. Your social worker may conduct visits over several months, while your adoption attorney handles the legal process leading toward finalization.
Approximately $3,000This is separate from the $5,000 agency program fee and may include attorney services, court filings, required reports, and related legal work.
What Your Adoption Fees Cover
We believe families should have a clear understanding of the main costs involved before beginning the adoption process.
Application
85% refundable ($425), with $75 non-refundable, subject to applicable terms.
Covers the initial administrative process, opening your client file, caseworker assignment, and beginning your agency relationship.
Home Study
Covers the home-study evaluation, required documentation, background checks, interviews, and home safety assessment.
Agency Program
50% when your home study is approved and 50% when an adoption opportunity results in a match or placement.
Finalization
Separate legal and post-placement costs covering attorney and court-related work, required reports, and finalization services.
Important: The base costs shown above total approximately $9,500. Legal, court, interstate, professional, or other case-specific expenses may vary depending on the circumstances of an adoption. Our team can explain the expected costs for your situation before you move forward.
What Our Agency Program Fee Covers
The agency program fee is not simply a payment to be placed on a list. It supports the professional work our team provides throughout your active adoption program.
- Ongoing agency case management
- Communication and coordination with involved professionals
- Support throughout the matching process
- Coordination related to adoption opportunities
- Guidance and communication with your caseworker
- Administrative work required to move the adoption process forward
- Support during the transition toward placement
There Is More Than One Path to a Newborn Adoption
Adoption opportunities can develop in different circumstances. Open Arms helps coordinate the process while respecting the expectant or birth parent's choices and applicable legal requirements.
Already-Born Newborn
An adoption opportunity may involve a newborn who has already been born and is legally eligible for adoption. When an appropriate opportunity is available, approved families may be considered based on the circumstances and the family's profile.
Our team helps coordinate communication and the professional steps involved in moving toward placement.
Expectant Mother Considering Adoption
An expectant mother may contact Open Arms during pregnancy while considering an adoption plan. She can receive counseling, support, and information about her options.
If appropriate, a potential match may be facilitated before birth. Depending on her wishes and applicable requirements, an adoptive family may potentially participate in birth or hospital planning.
Help Expectant Parents Get to Know Your Family
Your family profile is an important part of the adoption process. It gives expectant parents an opportunity to learn about who you are and the life you hope to provide for a child.
Depending on the information appropriate for your profile, families may share their story, interests, home, careers, children, pets, values, traditions, and hopes for the future.
Open Arms can help guide you through the information needed to present your family thoughtfully and authentically.
Meet Our FamiliesYou Don't Have to Navigate Adoption Alone
Adoption involves many moving parts. Our role is to help you understand what is happening, stay organized, and communicate with the professionals involved.
Caseworker Support
Your assigned caseworker helps guide you through your agency process and serves as an important point of contact.
Private Client Portal
Once you move forward, your private portal helps organize documents, requirements, and communication related to your case.
Professional Coordination
We coordinate with social workers, attorneys, hospitals, other agencies, and other professionals as needed.
Matching Guidance
We help coordinate the communication and administrative steps involved when an appropriate adoption opportunity develops.
Placement Support
Our team helps coordinate the transition toward placement while working with the professionals involved.
Post-Placement Coordination
We help you understand the post-placement process and coordinate with the professionals responsible for required supervision and legal finalization.
Professional Guidance With a Personal Approach
Since 2014, Open Arms Adoption Co. has focused on helping families navigate the adoption process with compassion, communication, and careful coordination.
Clearer Expectations
We explain the major steps and costs so you can make informed decisions before moving forward.
Personalized Support
Your adoption journey is personal. We provide guidance based on your individual circumstances and the requirements of your adoption.
Professional Coordination
Adoption can involve several professionals. We help coordinate communication and information between the people involved in your case.
Support From Start to Finish
From your first application through post-placement requirements, our team remains available to help you understand the next step.
Need to discuss payment arrangements? Ask our team about available payment arrangements and the timing of each payment before beginning the next stage of your adoption process.
Start Your Adoption Journey With Open Arms
Begin with a simple application. After we receive it, our team will contact you to answer questions, discuss your circumstances, and explain what comes next.
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