When you choose adoption, you may be wondering how to find adoptive parents for your baby. You can get access to waiting families profiles to choose the perfect adoptive parents for your baby, and you can contact an adoption professional online at any time to learn about adoption waiting families.

There are three ways to find adoptive parents in Idaho:

1. Local adoption agency
2. National adoption agency
3. Identified or independent adoption

The difference between your three options for finding adoptive parents in Idaho is whether they live in the same state as you, in a different state or if you already know the parents. Keep in mind that identified or independent adoption still requires you to work with an adoption attorney and the court system.

This article can help you find people who want to adopt, choose the right adoptive parents and learn how prospective adoptive parents are screened to ensure that they are ready to adopt.

Adoption Matching Services [Finding Adoption Waiting Families]

When you work with an adoption professional, locally or nationally, one of the many important services offered are matching services. This means that you have access to information about the hopeful adoptive parents the agency works with.

Erin, a birth mother, chose her baby’s perfect family early in her pregnancy so that she could get to know them.

“After [my boyfriend and I] told our parents, I was ready to tell Adam and Suzanne (the hopeful adoptive couple) that they could expect a beautiful baby girl in six short months,” Erin said. “They were overjoyed, and we slowly got to know one another over email and phone calls.”

When you have an adoption match, you get to choose the level of communication that you’re comfortable with. Like Erin, many prospective birth parents are glad that they chose to meet their baby’s future adoptive parents.

“I wanted to meet Adam and Suzanne prior to the birth, so they flew to Pensacola about three months before the baby was due,” Erin said. “We spent the weekend talking, laughing, and enjoying each other’s company. They were able to attend a doctor’s appointment with me on Monday before their flight left, and it was wonderful to see how emotional both Adam and Suzanne became upon hearing her heartbeat for the first time and watching her squirm on the monitor. After we said very tearful goodbyes, I knew they were the parents I wanted for my child, and I felt very comfortable knowing my daughter would be loved immensely by these two wonderful people.”

Matching services are important for you because you get to choose your baby’s parents and have peace of mind in knowing that the parents you choose will love your baby unconditionally. They will also be beyond grateful to you for helping them start or grow their loving family.

How Families Who Want to Adopt in Idaho are Screened

All states require that people who want to adopt are screened for health, safety and readiness to be parents. This screening is known as the adoption home study. It is important that prospective adoptive parents are screened so that you don’t have to worry about whether or not they are safe people —you just need to determine if they are the right fit for your child.

Here are five things that are verified during the adoption home screening process for waiting families for adoption:

• Background check
• Medical record check
• Interviews with a social worker
• Financial Review
• Home Inspection

All of the above information is verified by adoption professionals and can sometimes go through the court system to determine if the waiting families are safe and can provide resources for a child. Keep in mind that certain issues, like violent crimes and any crimes against children, will disqualify people who want to adopt.

What to Look for in Adoptive Parent Profiles

Since the adoption home study screening process has already verified that adoptive parents are safe, you can focus on other facts in adoptive parent profiles.

You can consider some of the most important things that you want for your child.

• Do you want your child to be home schooled by adoptive parents?
• Would you like for your child to be raised in a certain faith or religion?
• Is it important for you to know that your child can travel with adoptive parents in the military?

You can learn a lot about adoptive families through adoption profiles. Consider some of the following information that is often found in adoption profiles:

• Personalities
• State where they live
• Number of pets
• Extended family
• Other biological or adopted children
• Future plans for their child
• Why they chose adoption
• Occupations
• Hobbies
• And more

If you need to know more specific information like if the family is vegetarian or what sports team they support, you can speak with your adoption specialist and get more information about adoptive families.

Contact an adoption professional today if you believe you have found the perfect adoptive parents through adoption profiles online.

The Types of Families That Want to Adopt

There is an adoptive family waiting to adopt your child — many different types of people adopt. Some adoption waiting families have struggled with infertility or some people looking to adopt in Idaho are adoptees themselves wanting to start or grow their family through adoption. Adoptive families are just as diverse as birth parents and they come from different backgrounds.

Here are just a few examples of types of families that want to adopt:

• Young couples
• Older parents
• Religious families
• Military couples
• Same-sex couples
• Single parents

If you can imagine perfect adoptive families for your baby, then you can probably find a family that fits your vision very closely. Keep in mind that once you start viewing adoptive parent profiles you may feel a connection with a family that doesn’t quite fit your initial expectations and that’s OK. Birth parents often say that when they found their baby’s perfect adoptive parents, they just got a gut feeling that they found the right adoptive parents.

When to Start Looking for Adoptive Parents in Idaho [You Can Start Today]

As soon as you find out that you’re unexpectedly pregnant, you can start searching for your baby’s perfect adoptive family. When you begin the search for adoptive parents early in your pregnancy, you get the time that you need to learn about many unique families as you decide what opportunities you want for your child.

Mendy, a birth mother, shares some important facts about adoption that she learned along the way to finding her baby’s perfect adoptive parents.

“I have done something in my life that truly made me proud of myself,” Mendy said. “All of the negative and hurt I had was completely replaced by peace. The family that I chose could not have been any better. Not only did they deserve my baby, but my baby deserved them. I thought I was going to lose so much when I handed her off to her new family but I gained more than I thought. I gained self-respect for myself and I gained a compassion and love for two strangers that I entrusted to love my little girl and do their very best by her.”

Just because you’re experiencing an unplanned pregnancy does not mean that you must raise your child if you’re not ready to do so. There are hundreds of families waiting to bring your child into their forever home.

“If I could reach out to every girl going through adoption I would let them know that you will be OK,” Mendy said. “Yes, there are emotions and a lot of hurt, but it fades especially knowing that what you are doing is truly amazing and the best thing for the baby.”

Contact an adoption professional if you would like to get help finding your baby’s perfect adoptive family today.