Adoption

Lutherans For Life is not an adoption agency. However, you may wish to get more information on adoption from the following national adoption resources/agencies.

Note: Inclusion on this list does not imply Lutherans For Life’s blanket endorsement of the particular views and policies of each individual organization. Nor is this list intended to be all-inclusive. User discretion advised. Lutherans For Life does not control the content of pages on external sites.

Adoption.Com
459 North Gilbert Road – Suite C-100
Gilbert, AZ 85234
480-446-0500 (9-5 MST)
info@adoption.com
www.adoption.com
Adoption.com is committed to helping as many children as possible find loving, permanent homes. They also provide critical information at the decision-making moment to women facing crisis pregnancies. They assist adoptees and birthparents in finding birth families and helping hopeful adoptive parents make adoption dreams come true. They are also committed to helping special needs children in the United States and around the world, who otherwise wouldn’t be able to find families.

Adoptive Families of America
39 West 37th Street – 15th floor
New York, NY 10018
(646) 366-0830
Subscription Customer Service (800) 372-3300
letters@adoptivefamilies.com
www.adoptivefamilies.com
This support and advocacy organization for adoptive families publishes Adoptive Families, a bi-monthly magazine.

Bethany Christian Services
901 Eastern Avenue NE
PO Box 294
Grand Rapids, MI 49501
(616) 224-7610 or (800) BETHANY
info@bethany.org
www.bethany.org
This is the largest child placement agency in the United States with 75 offices nationwide, offering opportunities for both domestic and international adoption.

Children Awaiting Parents, Inc. (CAP)
595 Blossom Road - Suite 306
Rochester, NY 14610
(585) 232-5110 or (888) 835-8802
info@capbook.org
www.childrenawaitingparents.org
CAP publishes the CAP Book—a photo listing of waiting United States children—and on-line with Faces of Adoption.

Children’s Home Society and Family Services (CHSFS)
1605 Eustis Street
St. Paul, MN 55108
(800) 952-9302 or (651) 646-7771
www.chsfs.org
This agency works in United States and internationally.

Christian Adopt
www.christianadoption.com
Christian Adopt offers resources and information to Christians who are interested in any aspect of adoption, from those who are just beginning to investigate the adoption process, to “veteran” adoptive parents and birth parents, to pastors and Christians involved in pregnancy counseling.

Holt International
1195 City View
P.O. Box 2880
Eugene, OR 97402
(541) 687-2202
info@holtinternational.org
www.holtintl.org
This large Christian international agency works in all 50 states and publishes Holt International magazine.

Lutheran Adoption Network
700 Light Street
Baltimore, MD 21230
(877) 278-2416
www.lanadopt.org
The Lutheran Adoption Network (LAN) is a national collaboration of 30 Lutheran social ministry organizations that are active in both international and domestic adoptions and who are members of Lutheran Services in America (LSA). They have both local or “direct service” agencies and international placement agencies within the network. The LAN members have a shared reputation for integrity and ethical practices in adoption, as well as extensive history. Many of their agencies have been in business for over 100 years.

National Council for Adoption
225 North Washington Street
Alexandria, VA 22314-2561
(703) 299-6633
ncfa@adoptioncouncil.org
www.ncfa-usa.org
This well-known adoption advocacy organization publishes many materials including The Adoption Factbook and the monthly newsletter, National Adoption Reports.