Adoption Options: What Type of Adoption is Best For You

The world of adoption and all of the adoption options can be confusing. How do you adopt, what type of adoption is best, what is the cost, and how long does it take. Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of Creating a Family, the national adoption & foster care education and support nonprofit answers all of these questions and more.

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Types of Adoptions:

Domestic Infant

- Adoption Process
  - Different state laws
  - Adoption Agency or Adoption Attorney – Creating a Family Multimedia Guide on Choosing an Adoption Agency or Attorney
  - Home study

- Open Adoption
- Risk Factors
- Transracial Adoption
- Cost
  - Adoption Agency
  - Adoption Attorney
  - Adoption Tax Credit Resource Page, Creating a Family’s annual Adoption Tax Credit Guide 2020, and annual Adoption Tax Credit 2020 online course
- How long does the process take?
  - Five Reasons You are Not Getting an Adoption Match

Foster Care Adoption

- Adoption Process
- Children in Foster Care and Sibling Groups
- Open Adoption
- Risk Factors
- Cost
- How long does the process take?

International Adoption

- Adoption Process – country, agency, home study
- Risk Factors
- Open Adoption
- Citizenship
- Cost
- How long does the process take?

Embryo Donation

- Embryo donation vs. embryo adoption
- Process
  - Adoption model vs. the Medical model
  - Where to find embryos
- Cost for receiving family
- Success Rates
- How long does the process take?
- Creating a Family Adoption A-Z Resource Guide