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Welcome Adoptive Families

Our adoption fees are calculated on a sliding scale based on the ability of the prospective adoptive family to pay. Our fees are structured around a family's earned income. IAC's fees are one-time fees and cover all IAC activities and services until you adopt your child. Even then, you continue to have access to a variety of post-placement services as an IAC adoptive family. Further, we provide all of our prospective adoptive parents with comprehensive information on all anticipated adoption-related expenses, not just IAC's fees.
 
At IAC, experience has taught us that the more you understand about the types and possible range of fees and expenses you might incur, the better equipped you will be to develop a realistic budget and appropriate plans. IAC and its staff are here to guide you through the process and to ensure that you are well informed and well prepared.
 
Our goal is to help you adopt a newborn and build your family within your budget.
 

What We Do

IAC's professional and compassionate staff provides support and counseling for birthparents, works closely with adoptive parents throughout the adoption process, and provides ongoing post-placement support and consultation for birthparents and adoptive families. IAC is focused on transforming lives through open adoption by serving the best interests of birthmothers, children, and adoptive families.
 
In addition:

  1. All birthparent services are free and include: non-directive pregnancy options counseling, comprehensive lifetime counseling support, needs assessment, and referral to appropriate services
  2. IAC is professional and licensed with over 20 social workers with Masters of Social Work (MSW) degrees or higher
  3. IAC's Clinical Director is a nationally regarded expert in the field. She has written numerous groundbreaking books and has advocated extensively for open adoption. She provides IAC with clinical oversight and IAC's staff with clinical supervision
  4. IAC is licensed in California (all 58 counties), Georgia, Indiana, and North Carolina and has worked on adoption in 33 additional states.  IAC has regional offices in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Indianapolis, and Raleigh.
  5. IAC is one of the only adoption agencies in the country that has never had any exclusionary policies for adoptive parents, including age, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, ethnic background, color, or race