Five Keys to a Successful Adoption for Military Families

By: Mardie Caldwell, COAP (View Profile)

5.     A Fantastic Profile

Get started on your profile today. Even if you have not found the perfect adoption professional yet, you can still start putting together your dynamic profile. Especially if you are planning on adopting an infant, you will need to have a profile that will show off what a great life you have and how well you will provide for your new addition. Pieces of this profile are also sometimes added to a home study, so even if you are looking at only adopting an older child, you can start putting together this information right away.

There are many options for military families looking for assistance with adoption. Below are service providers who have experience helping military families with adoption and who may be able to help you too!

Adoption Services

Lifetime Adoption Facilitates approximately 120 adoptions a year and has experience placing children with US Military families stationed overseas.

Free Adoption Informational Meeting for Prospective Adoptive Families

Lifetime Adoptive Families

Have you thought about adopting a child but don’t know where to start?

Lifetime Adoption is holding free informational meetings and teleconferences to help families learn more about how they can be blessed through adoption. Visit Adoption Tele-Conference to learn more about how you can attend a one of these meetings.

African American Adoptions Online Offers grants for families adopting African American and biracial children. Good opportunity for interested military families.

General Adoption Information

Open Adoption Providing general information and resources on the subject of open adoption.

Adoption for Life Free online newsletter for prospective adoptive families.

Let’s Talk Adoption with Mardie Caldwell Weekly internet radio show with a wide variety of adoption information.

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posted: 11.13.2007
Mardie Caldwell, COAP
Mardie Caldwell, C.O.A.P. is a Certified Open Adoption Practitioner, an award winning author of 2 adoption books AdoptingOnline.com and Adoption: Your Step-by-Step Guide. Mardie is also the talk show host of Let’s Talk Adoption.com with Mardie Caldwell and the founder of Lifetime Adoption in 1986. She travels and speaks nationwide on adoption topics, family topics, infertility and writing. She has been quoted in and consulted for Parenting and Adoption magazines and has appeared on CNN, CBS, ABC, BBC, NBC, and Fox. Featured in Parade Magazine, Caldwell is an adoptive mother living in Northern California.
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