Frequently Asked Adoption Questions
How will Christian Services of Oklahoma assist us in our adoption journey?
Christian Services will be with our family every step of the way. You will participate in the home study process with our adoption counselors. This includes both individual and joint interviews and a home visit. We will guide you in the home study process. We will also provide initial and ongoing adoption education for you. Our adoption counselors will be here to assist you in each step of your adoption, from creating profile books, to your waiting time, to each detail about your adoption placement.
How am I chosen by a birth family?
Christian Services of Oklahoma adoption counselors work closely with both birth families and adoptive families to ensure that we know each parties preferences. We will guide you in creating a profile book which can be shown to birth parents. We will show your profile book to birth parents when your preferences line up.
We work closely with crisis pregnancy centers, doctors, hospitals and community resources agencies to ensure that prospective birth parents know about our services. We also advertise in the phone book and online.
Some birth and adoptive families find one another by personal contact. We are able to assist birth families and adoptive families who find each other outside of our process.
How long is the wait?
There is no easy answer to this question. We do not have a “waiting list.” After Christian Services families are approved for adoption, their profiles are shown to birth mothers wishing to make an adoption plan. Some couples wait a few weeks and some much longer.
What kind of contact will we have with the birth family before and after the adoption?
Since each adoption is different, contact varies depending on birth family and adoptive family preferences.
A fully open adoption involves ongoing contact directly between the birth family and adoptive family.
A semi-open adoption involves contact between the birth family and the adoptive family with the agency as a mediator.
A closed adoption involves no contact between either parties and requires no disclosure of identifying information. Christian Services of Oklahoma arranges closed adoptions only at the request of the birth family.
When does placement occur?
Placement may occur right after the child is born and released from the hospital or following a stay in transitional care, which is provided while birth parents make their final decision. We allow our birth families and adoptive families to make the decision about placement.
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Testimonials
Our experience with the staff of Christian Services of Oklahoma in adopting our son, Drake, was exceptionally wonderful. From the initial stages of the process and long after the birth of Drake, we found them to be thoughtful, knowledgeable, kind and compassionate concerning the adoption process -- i.e., the Home Study, the marketing plan, the relationship with the birth mother, and the emotional roller-coaster, etc.
We found out about Christian Services through friends who attended the Memorial Road Church of Christ and we thank God regularly for the organization's role in helping our prayer come true. We would certainly recommend anyone pursuing adoption to consider working with them.
Love,
Richard and Lisa
PS: Please do not hesitate to call on us if any prospective birth parents wish to speak to someone directly.
