Adoption allows families to grow at the pace they want to. Adoptive parents help children find their forever homes, allowing them to feel welcome after a tumultuous past. If you’re considering adoption, you may be unfamiliar with the various types of adoption. This guide from AIM Adoptions can help you choose the best adoption method for you and your growing family.
Understanding the 4 Types of Adoption
The adoption process doesn’t need to be so complicated.
Understanding the 4 Types of Adoption
Foster Care
Foster children have struggled with parents who had their parental rights revoked. The children are temporarily held in foster homes or care groups until a forever home is found. This process varies in length, but becoming a foster parent helps save childrens’ lives. Public and private agencies in your area will provide you with all necessary information regarding your foster childrens’ history.
Foster-to-Adopt
Similarly, you can foster-to-adopt children. Many parents begin their journey as foster parents, but circumstances lead them to becoming full-time parents. Eventually, the children you foster will become legally free. At this point, you will be able to permanently welcome them into your homes and lives as your adopted children.
Infant Adoption
Infant adoption is one of the most popular types of adoption. It is so popular, in fact, that there is a surplus of aspiring parents waiting to adopt infant children. Lawyers or physicians can help mediate infant adoption cases, minimizing the need to work through agencies or foster care. However, there are certain legal complications that vary by state regarding infant adoption.
Independent Adoption
With this type, parents are not provided with counseling that is available in other adoption types. Similarly, they are not compensated financially when a child is found to have special needs that weren’t identified directly at birth. This adoption type might also have a longer waitlist than any of the others, due to its overwhelming popularity.
Adopting a child is an incredibly rewarding process. Many children are waiting to find their forever home, and all they need is your welcoming arms to take them there. The process at AIM Adoptions is simple, fulfilling, and professional. If you’re ready to welcome your children to their forever home, contact AIM Adoptions today.