If you are ready to explore domestic newborn adoption, HavenHeart Adoption Services is here to help you understand the process, complete the necessary steps, and move forward with confidence.
From your first application through home study, matching, placement, and finalization, our team helps coordinate the people, paperwork, communication, and professional services involved in your adoption journey.
Adoption involves important decisions, documents, evaluations, professionals, and legal steps. You do not have to figure everything out on your own. HavenHeart provides guidance throughout the process and helps coordinate your adoption journey from your initial application through placement and post-placement requirements.
Our process begins with a short online application. After we receive it, our team contacts you to discuss your situation, answer questions, and explain the next steps.
You begin with an online application through our private agency process. This gives our team basic information about you and helps us understand what you are looking for. The application fee is $500, with 85% refundable ($425) and $75 non-refundable, subject to applicable terms.
After your application is received, a HavenHeart team member contacts you for a consultation. If you move forward, we open your client file, assign a caseworker, and provide access to the appropriate private client portal and document checklists.
Your home study process includes required background checks, financial and medical documentation, interviews, and a home safety walkthrough with your assigned social worker. The listed fee is $1,000 and covers the home-study evaluation and related professional work.
Once your home study is approved, we help prepare your family profile. Your profile allows appropriate expectant parents and adoption professionals to learn about your family, your home, your values, and the life you hope to provide.
After home-study approval, your family can enter our active adoption program. HavenHeart provides ongoing case management, communication, coordination, and support while you are waiting for an appropriate adoption opportunity. The $5,000 agency program fee is split into two payments: 50% when your home study is approved and 50% when an opportunity results in a match or placement.
When an appropriate adoption opportunity becomes available, our team helps coordinate communication and the next steps. An opportunity may involve a newborn who has already been born and is legally eligible for adoption, or an expectant mother considering an adoption plan during pregnancy.
When the necessary requirements are met and placement is appropriate, we coordinate with the professionals involved to help guide the transition of the child into your care. Depending on the adoption plan, the expectant mother’s wishes, and applicable requirements, an adoptive family may potentially participate in birth or hospital planning.
After placement, required post-placement supervision continues. Your social worker may conduct visits over several months, while your adoption attorney handles the legal process leading toward finalization. The approximately $3,000 amount is separate from the $5,000 agency program fee and may include attorney services, court filings, required reports, and related legal work.
We believe families should have a clear understanding of the main costs involved before beginning the adoption process.
85% refundable ($425), with $75 non-refundable, subject to applicable terms. Covers the initial administrative process, opening your client file, caseworker assignment, and beginning your agency relationship.
Covers the home-study evaluation, required documentation, background checks, interviews, and home safety assessment.
50% when your home study is approved and 50% when an adoption opportunity results in a match or placement.
Separate legal and post-placement costs covering attorney and court-related work, required reports, and finalization services.
Important: The base costs shown above total approximately $9,500. Legal, court, interstate, professional, or other case-specific expenses may vary depending on the circumstances of an adoption. Our team can explain the expected costs for your situation before you move forward.
The agency program fee is not simply a payment to be placed on a list. It supports the professional work our team provides throughout your active adoption program.
Adoption opportunities can develop in different circumstances. HavenHeart helps coordinate the process while respecting the expectant or birth parent’s choices and applicable legal requirements.
An adoption opportunity may involve a newborn who has already been born and is legally eligible for adoption. When an appropriate opportunity is available, approved families may be considered based on the circumstances and the family’s profile. Our team helps coordinate communication and the professional steps involved in moving toward placement.
An expectant mother may contact HavenHeart during pregnancy while considering an adoption plan. She can receive counseling, support, and information about her options. If appropriate, a potential match may be facilitated before birth. Depending on her wishes and applicable requirements, an adoptive family may potentially participate in birth or hospital planning.
Your family profile is an important part of the adoption process. It gives expectant parents an opportunity to learn about who you are and the life you hope to provide for a child.
Depending on the information appropriate for your profile, families may share their story, interests, home, careers, children, pets, values, traditions, and hopes for the future. HavenHeart can help guide you through the information needed to present your family thoughtfully and authentically.
Meet our familiesAdoption involves many moving parts. Our role is to help you understand what is happening, stay organized, and communicate with the professionals involved.
Your assigned caseworker helps guide you through your agency process and serves as an important point of contact.
Once you move forward, your private portal helps organize documents, requirements, and communication related to your case.
We coordinate with social workers, attorneys, hospitals, other agencies, and other professionals as needed.
We help coordinate the communication and administrative steps involved when an appropriate adoption opportunity develops.
Our team helps coordinate the transition toward placement while working with the professionals involved.
We help you understand the post-placement process and coordinate with the professionals responsible for required supervision and legal finalization.
Backed by about 15 years of adoption experience and licensed in 2024, HavenHeart Adoption Services focuses on helping families navigate the adoption process with compassion, communication, and careful coordination.
We explain the major steps and costs so you can make informed decisions before moving forward.
Your adoption journey is personal. We provide guidance based on your individual circumstances and the requirements of your adoption.
Adoption can involve several professionals. We help coordinate communication and information between the people involved in your case.
From your first application through post-placement requirements, our team remains available to help you understand the next step.
Need to discuss payment arrangements? Ask our team about available payment arrangements and the timing of each payment before beginning the next stage of your adoption process.
Begin with a simple application. After we receive it, our team will contact you
to answer questions, discuss your circumstances, and explain what comes next.
