Counseling and information about adoption options Help with prenatal care, housing, finances and education Information on adoptive parents from a list of waiting families Help with the adoption process if a prospective adoptive family was chosen before the agency was contacted.
Some agencies limit birth parents' services to facilitating the adoption of their children.
Others may offer more services during pregnancy and after adoption. Birth parents should discuss their specific needs with adoption agencies before working with them. Birth fathers may have legal rights to consent or object to an adoption. Birth fathers, who meet certain legal standards, must consent to adoption or receive notice of an adoption hearing. Birth fathers who do not meet legal criteria must indicate their interest to assert their rights by registering on the Putative Father's Adoption Registry within 30 days of the child's birth.