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. A for profit agency adoption will probably end up costing you more money than a non-profit agency adoption. Don t think that because an agency is non-profit, it means you won t have to pay anything.
Expenses can be considerable.
A public agency is one that is funded by a religious group or individual sources. You have probably heard that in some adoptions, the adopting parents know nothing about the birthparents and vice versa. This is known as a closed adoption. While information about each person may be shared with the other, specific identifying information such as last name, address, and phone numbers are not revealed. The opposite arrangement is also possible.