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Considering adoption?
Making an Adoption Plan for your baby?
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Financial Support
We believe in emotional, financial, mental, and physical assistance for our clients during the adoption process. Our agency is unique in that we have a food pantry and a maternity closet accessible to our clients. We also assist our clients with locating and using state resources that are accessible to them. We understand all aspects of adoption as we have staff members who were adopted, have adopted, and have placed a child for adoption. We understand what it means to need financial help and the emotions that go along with placing a child for adoption.
Medical Assistance
During your pregnancy and after delivery, we want to make sure you are as healthy as possible. We will assist you in getting on AHCCCS, Arizona’s state insurance, and provide transportation to your doctor appointments. If you are unable to qualify for AHCCCS, we will do our best to make sure that you are still able to receive medical care and possibly have it privately funded.
Housing Assistance
When you are pregnant, it is so important for you to feel safe and secure. We contract with local hotels to be able to house you immediately if you qualify. We also work with apartment locators and long term housing options as well. If you have an adoption plan and already have housing and need financial assistance to maintain your residence, we may be able to assist with that as well.
Free Counseling Services
We provide free counseling for women who are in the process of deciding or have decided to place their baby for adoption. We use an independent, licensed counselor who specializes in working with women in the process of adoption. She has worked with hundreds of women and can even support you during your delivery if you so choose.
Answers To Your Common Questions
I'm ready to begin, what do I do now?
See our adoption process
What will this cost me?
What types of adoption does your agency do?
- Open adoption: means choosing the family for your baby, sharing information, and agreeing to ongoing contact throughout the years. This contact may include phone calls, visiting with each other and the child, sharing photos and letters, and/or corresponding via e-mail.
- Semi-Open Adoptions: means choosing the family for your baby, but the relationship does not include the sharing of identifying information. After the baby has been placed for adoption, many semi-open adoptions include emailing photos and letters between adoptive families and birth families.
- Closed Adoption: means not having any contact before or after delivery with the adoptive family and your baby. Sometimes in a closed adoption, the adoptive family is chosen by the agency if requested.
Does my baby’s father have to be a part of the adoption?
If you don’t know who your baby’s father is, you can still make an adoption plan
We can go over the adoption laws regarding birth fathers in Arizona with you and help you understand what rights the baby’s father may or may not have.
Do I get to pick the adoptive family?
Are the adoptive families background checked safe?
Are you a Christian Adoption Agency?
I’m ready to begin, what do I do now?
The best thing to do is to call our 24hour/7 day a week phone number at 623-695-4112 or our toll-free number, 1-800-340-9665. We will answer any additional questions you may have and then schedule an appointment with one of our case workers. We can provide transportation to our office located off the I-17 Access Road and Northern, where we can begin assisting you with your adoption plan.
Know Your Rights
In order to make an informed decision about your and your child’s future, it is helpful for you to be aware of your legal rights. You have the following rights:
Guide To Unplanned Pregnancy
Our Adoption Process
Birthmother Stories
Birthmother Stories
Jamie
I got pregnant and I was using drugs really bad. I decided to get clean. When I got clean I went down to the New Times ad and I found the adoption agency. I called them and they were really helpful. They helped me through my pregnancy.
Champagne
I choose adoption. There’s several reasons why I chose adoption, because I feel like it’s the right thing for me to do, and four of my other kids are adopted out, and I feel like it’s a good thing for me to share my blessings.
Nadaine
Well, it started off I got pregnant and my boyfriend at the time was on house arrest. I didn’t know that he was going to do prison time for a long time. That’s when I started thinking, “What am I doing to do? What can I do? How can I afford this?”
Shakia was born and raised in New York City and moved to AZ in 2016. Obtaining a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and minor in Early Childhood Edu., Shakia takes special interest in building positive relationships, empowering women and creating effective ways to help others be the best version of themselves. Working at Building Arizona Families allows Shakia to support women throughout their adoption plan, as well as, other areas in their lives.