We advise all adopting parents not to proceed privately or work through a referral source without checking with several adoption agencies first. If you want to call our agency we will be glad to help you. But you don t have to call us. You can find agencies in your local yellow pages, or call your state adoption authority. Or check on the Internet but watch out for a referral service versus a real adoption agency.
Agencies come in a variety of forms.
They can be profit or non-profit. They can be public or private. But the most important factor for you to remember is that all licensed agencies must satisfy the requirements of your state to be licensed. These are the only ones you should work with the ones that are licensed. In general, an agency is either for profit or non-profit.