Whether you’re expecting and considering adoption or hoping to welcome a newborn, our caring team walks with you through every step, with families in El Paso, Texas and across the United States. You don’t have to do this alone.
Whether you are considering adoption for your baby or hoping to welcome a newborn into your family, you do not have to navigate the process alone.
If you are pregnant and considering adoption, you deserve a safe place to ask questions and understand your options without pressure. Your application is free, and our team can help you understand the adoption process, explore your options, learn about prospective adoptive families, and create an adoption plan that reflects your wishes.
If you are hoping to adopt a newborn, HavenHeart Adoption Services can guide you through the process from your initial application through placement and finalization. Our team helps coordinate the steps involved in becoming approved to adopt, preparing your family profile, entering the agency program, responding to adoption opportunities, coordinating placement, and working with the professionals involved after placement.
Adoption involves much more than completing an application.
There are documents to gather, professionals to coordinate with, legal requirements to follow, and important decisions to make along the way. HavenHeart Adoption Services helps coordinate that process so you have a team guiding you through each stage.
Depending on the circumstances, we work with licensed and legally authorized professionals including:
Our goal is to provide clear communication and organized support throughout the adoption process.
Get to know usSome opportunities involve an expectant mother who is considering adoption during pregnancy. Others may involve a newborn who has already been born and is legally eligible for adoption.
Our role is to help coordinate appropriate opportunities between expectant parents and approved prospective adoptive families while respecting the wishes of everyone involved and following applicable legal and professional requirements.
Families may also be interested in being involved in the birth or hospital experience when an expectant mother wants that involvement and it is appropriate under the circumstances.
Learn about adoption opportunitiesChoosing an adoptive family can be an important part of an expectant parent’s adoption plan.
Our family profiles allow visitors to learn more about prospective adoptive families, including their:
If you are interested in learning more about a particular family, you can contact HavenHeart Adoption Services through the family profile. We coordinate communication rather than providing direct private contact information.
Meet our familiesDepending on the circumstances and the wishes of the expectant parent, an adoption may be:
An open adoption may allow ongoing communication and contact between the birth family and adoptive family according to the relationship and arrangements established by the parties.
A semi-open adoption may involve communication or updates through an agreed-upon method, often with boundaries established by the parties.
A closed adoption generally involves limited or no ongoing identifying communication between the birth family and adoptive family.
Our team can help explain the differences and help you understand the options available to you.
Explore adoption typesWe believe families should understand the costs involved before beginning the process. For prospective adoptive families, our current fee structure includes:
The initial application fee is paid when you begin the process with HavenHeart Adoption Services. 85% of the $500 application fee is refundable, subject to the applicable terms.
This fee covers the home-study evaluation process, including required background checks, document review, interviews, and the home safety walkthrough conducted with the assigned social worker.
Our total agency program fee is $5,000, divided into two payments: 50% when the home study is approved and the family enters the agency program, and 50% when an adoption opportunity results in a match or placement.
Separate from the $5,000 agency program fee. These costs may include adoption attorney services, court filing fees, required post-placement reports and visits, interstate clearance when applicable, and the legal work required through finalization.
The agency program fee covers the work HavenHeart Adoption Services performs throughout the program, including case management, matching coordination, communication, administrative work, professional coordination, and support involved in transitioning a child into the family’s care. Legal and court-related expenses may vary depending on the circumstances of the adoption.
For about 15 years, the people behind HavenHeart have focused on helping families navigate the domestic adoption process with care and professional support. In 2024, that work was formally established and licensed as HavenHeart Adoption Services.
We understand that adoption involves important decisions for everyone involved. Our role is to provide communication, coordination, information, and support while working with the appropriate professionals throughout the process.
“You don’t have to navigate
the process alone.”
Adoption can feel overwhelming when you are trying to understand everything at once. You may have questions about the application process, costs, home studies, adoption opportunities, family profiles, adoption types, placement, or what happens after placement.
We’re here to help you understand the process.
Visit our FAQHavenHeart Adoption Services focuses on domestic newborn adoption. We support expectant parents considering adoption and prospective adoptive families throughout the adoption process.
Our listed base costs total approximately $9,500. This includes the $500 application, $1,000 home study, $5,000 agency program fee, and approximately $3,000 for post-placement and legal finalization. Certain legal, court, interstate, professional, or case-specific expenses may vary.
No. You can contact us simply because you have questions. Speaking with our team does not obligate you to place your baby for adoption or to move forward with an application.
Whether you are an expectant parent considering adoption or a family hoping to adopt a newborn,
you can start by reaching out to our team.
Your application is free. You can begin by telling us a little about your situation and allowing our team to contact you confidentially.
Apply freeStart your application with HavenHeart Adoption Services and our team will contact you about the next steps.
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