Though the process can be tedious and time-consuming, adoption is a great option for all involved parties. Adoptive families and the birth parents who cannot care for their babies are both giving them ...

Jeevie Pillay, an adoption specialist social worker spoke to POST reporter, Nadia Khan, about private adoptions. Q: What is a private adoption? A: It is undertaken by an accredited adoption specialist ...

A private adoption can run, on average, as much as $40,000 or more, according to American Adoptions. That’s a price that’s out of reach for many Americans — especially given that 60 percent of ...

The first of a three-part series on Adoption in Delaware explores the differences between private adoption and state foster care and why you need different mindsets for either journey. The goal in ...

With her newly adopted son napping soundly in the other room, Wendy Bethancourt says she’s already planning for baby No. 2. But whether she and her husband spend another $20,000-plus to adopt a ...

Foster care and adoption policy should put the best interests of children first. In any given year, hundreds of thousands of children spend time in the U.S. foster care system, a quarter of them ...

Starting next year, Tennessee families pursuing a private adoption can get $1,000 in public funds to help cover the costs of a legally required home study, the state department of children's services ...