Our commitment is to serve as a partner in creating and sustaining nurturing families. We know the happiness a child can bring. We understand how important a family is to you. And you can feel confident in our ability to help. Since 1923, The Cradle has placed more than 13,000 children, gaining decades of wisdom and experience.
Many adoptive families are initially hesitant about entering into an open adoption.
Learn more about what open adoption really means and how it can strengthen communication within your family. The general domestic program places healthy infants into adoptive families in open adoptions, where birth parents will maintain some contact with adoptive families. Ardythe and Gale Sayers Center for African American Adoption African American adoptive families are encouraged to explore adoption. Meetings and appointment times are scheduled for your convenience. Special Needs Adoptions From time to time, a baby with special considerations comes through our doors.