FAQs

Agency History

1. When was ABC started?
ABC was founded in 1994.

2. Who started ABC?
A local attorney, who had adopted children already, decided he wanted to start an agency to help other families adopt. He enlisted the help of another attorney who had started an adoption agency in Ohio and ABC was born. These attorneys have since gone on to other endeavors.

3. Who runs the agency?
Policy and staff decisions are made by the board of directors of ABC. All day to day decisions are made by our executive director and agency staff.

4. Who is ABC's staff and what are their backgrounds?
For this information, please see our current Staff page.

Agency Services

1. What services do you provide to adoptive parent(s)?
We provide guidance and support through the entire process of the adoption. We will conduct home studies, help prepare profiles to show to birth parents, assist with dossier preparation, provide support while waiting for a match, advocacy and support during a match with a birth parent, provide post-placement reports, attend court hearings, maintain contact with birth parents, and provide continued information after the adoption is finalized, in the form of newsletters, seminars and our yearly picnic.

2. What services do you provide to birth parent(s)?
We provide counseling at no cost to birthparents.

3. What is a home study?
A home study is a several page document that tells a story about the adoptive family and includes topics such as: background of parent(s), religious preferences, financial stability, parenting/discipline issues, views on adoption and openness, reasons for adoption and infertility, housing, and employment. There may be other issue addressed as well. You can count on a least one visit to your home during this process, maybe more.

4. We have a home study already. Can we use it with your agency?
Yes. We charge a small fee to review the study and approve it. As long as it was done by a licensed professional, it will probably be fine. ABC must complete home studies for our China and South Korea programs.

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