Adoption Frequently Asked Questions

What is All About Adoption Consulting?
Who can be an adoptive parent?
What are your services for the children and families?
What are the training requirements to become an adoptive parent in Ohio?
What type of children are waiting adoption?
What financial assistance is available to adoptive families?
I'm interested in becoming an adoptive parent. What is the next step?

What is All About Adoption Consulting?

All About Adoption Consulting is a service offered by Turning Corners Counseling and Support Services, LLC. All About Adoption Consulting offers individualized attention and services to families in all stages of the adoption process. WE ARE NOT AN ADOPTION AGENCY. All About Adoption Consulting strives to help each individual feel comfortable with the adoption process by offering support, education, and encouragement.

Who can be an adoptive parent?

In order to be an adoptive parent, there are no specific educational, religious or financial requirements. You can live in a house, mobile home, or apartment, be single or married. What we look for in an adoptive family is a commitment to helping a child adjust and have a happy, safe, and stable life within your home. The desired characteristics can be discussed in more detail with a representative from All About Adoption Consulting.

All About Adoption Consulting Adoption Program considers all applicants equally regardless of race, color, origin, creed, culture, heritage, ethnicity, age, handicap, geographic location or religion.

What services are available from All About Adoption Consulting?

We are not an adoption agency but can offer you :

Adoption consulting to families around the United States.
Guidance and advice throughout the adoption process from initial consideration through the successful placement of a child in your home.
Provide ideas on how to navigate through the difficult and often confusing information available about adoption.
Assist in locating an agency to complete an accurate yet affordable homestudy assessment.
Education, guidance, assessment & support for both agency adoption & independent adoption
Information about procedures, profile preparation, networking strategies
Support before and during the homestudy process.
We can refer to with agencies around the country who have possible birthparents considering adoption or available children waiting for adoption homes while in foster care.
Preparing for contact and finding a comfort level with interaction with birth parents or foster parent as well as various adoption professionals, and levels of openness.
Development of an “action plan” consisting of recommendations specific to your family situation that can improve your chances of a successful placement. This is NOT a homestudy but rather a an educational tool to help you prepare for the process
Evaluating adoption costs and expenses in relation to your family’s financial abiilties or limitations.
Guidance on completing a Photo Profile and birthparent letter that will accuratley reflect your family and be appealing to potential birthparents.
Provide Information on financial resources for adoption.
Discuss risk factors for possible adoption failure
Travel Advice and Tips for when you are traveling to meet and pick up your child.

Our Process:

All About Consulting is not an adoption agency but we can help counsel and educate your during this often overwhelming time. To start the process, complete and submit the Confidential Questionnaire and sign the Agreement for Consulting Services either online or by mail. Once we receive your completed documents and application fee, we will contact you within two business days to schedule your initial consultation. Consultations are available Monday through Friday from 9AM to 5PM. We request at least 48 hours notice to change or cancel your appointment.

During your first consultation, we’ll discuss your unique situation, personal needs, & adoption options, educate you on critical adoption issues such as state laws, birth parents’ rights, & how to accelerate the process, coach you on the development of your Personal Profile, and discuss a preliminary direction for your personal adoption strategy.

At your second consultation, approximately two weeks later, you’ll receive your customized adoption strategy & roadmap, information on how to talk to birth mothers, agencies, & attorneys, and a critique of your Personal Profile. We’ll answer every question you have so you leave the meeting confident in your ability to successfully pursue your plan.

Throughout your journey, we are always available for ongoing guidance or even just to provide a listening ear.

What are the training requirements to become an adoptive parent?

All Agencies have different requirements for parent education.

What type of children are waiting for adoption?

Children are of all races and cultures from birth to age eighteen. Within the foster care system, over half of the children are school age, are part of a sibling group and/or are African American. Additionally, over half of the children are male.

These children that are waiting adoption come from various backgrounds and may present somewhere on the continuum of possible emotional and physical needs, behavioral and educational challenges, developmental and/or mental deficits, or possible medical diagnoses. The levels of care will range from minimal to global depending on the individual child.

In addition, these children will come from unique cultural, ethnic, religious or racial backgrounds and are in need of a stable out-of-home placement that is sensitive to the circumstances of the child.

Generally, children under the age of 5 years old do not “wait” as long for a permanent family due to the fact there are many families wanting to adopt this age range of child.

What fees are involved for consulting?

All About Adoption Consulting offers numerous services. Please refer to fee schedule.