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Georgia Adoption
Agency
The Cradle of Love Mission:
To seek and secure loving adoptive homes for
children placed with our Georgia adoption agency and to lend emotional
support, adoption counseling, and adoption assistance to couples who want to
adopt a child.
Cradle of Love offers a more comprehensive approach
than other adoption agencies. Families who work with us have
tremendous resources at their disposal before, during and after
adoption. We offer post-adoption social and educational groups, plus
a vast referral network of outstanding professionals involved with:
Art Therapy, Child/Adolescent Counseling, Psychological Testing,
Couples Therapy, and more.
We also provide comprehensive domestic and
international home studies that meet state and Immigration and
Naturalization Services standards. Cradle of Love has more than a
century of experience placing children in loving families. Our staff
has the experience and professional training to help this process
move smoothly. Our
Georgia adoption
counselors
are experienced and licensed in all aspects of the adoption process.
We are a non-profit Georgia adoption agency, licensed and supervised
by the State of Georgia, Department of Human Resources. Cradle of
Love, Georgia adoption
agency, is dedicated to providing professional, comprehensive and confidential
services to the triad of birth parent, baby and adoptive parents.
For the birth parents and their families:
Services include Georgia adoption counseling
during and after pregnancy and assistance with the financial
necessities of daily life such as food, clothing, housing and
medical on an individual basis. At our Georgia adoption agency the
birth parents are always offered the opportunity to help in
selecting and meeting the prospective adoptive parents. The birth
mother can receive adoption counseling and speak with other women
who have worked with us. And, the birth mothers using our
Georgia adoption agency
are under the care of board-certified
obstetricians and deliver at a private hospital.
Our Georgia adoption agency
helps pregnant women throughout the U.S., and
we can assist in the relocation process to Atlanta.
Babies
Cradle of Love babies can be placed in our
licensed and supervised "starter homes" for the ten-day waiting
period (during which time, in Georgia, the birth parent can change
her mind). The babies involved with our Georgia adoption agency
are under the care of board-certified
pediatricians.
Prospective Adoptive Parents
Prospective adoptive parents can receive
services that include infertility counseling and Georgia adoption
counseling. Cradle of Love provides
comprehensive domestic adoption
homes studies and international
adoption home studies as well as necessary
post-placement services.
Cradle of Love hosts a a post-adoption education
and social group.
Designated and Private Adoptions
Our Georgia adoption agency is experienced in both forms
of adoption. We are prepared to work with the adoptive parents
and birth mothers through all phases of these processes.
- Designated Adoption is when a prospective
adoptive couple have identified the birth mother and brings her
to our Georgia adoption agency
for the necessary services.
- Private Adoption is when the prospective
adoptive couple are working with an attorney or doctor with an
identified birth mother and brings her to our Georgia adoption
agency
for necessary services.
Searches
Searches can be provided for adoptees over
the age of 21 if adopted through our Georgia adoption agency. We
can also arrange Georgia adoption counseling
for reunions.
Post-Placement
Cradle of Love meet state, INS, and International
requirements for post-placement services.
To contact our Georgia adoption agency, please call
toll free at 1.800.219.8254
(in Atlanta, call 770.955.8550).
Or, e-mail us at
info@cradleoflove.org
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