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Domestic Adoption Services

Hands Across The Water will work with families assisting them to adopt domestically. We will provide adoption services to families adopting through our domestic program, working with another agency/attorney or pursuing an independent adoption. Families interested in a domestic adoption “package deal” working with our Infant Domestic program would include these, and many other, services:

We complete your Pre-Placement Assessment (Home Study) according to Michigan adoption law.
We guide you in preparing your family profile for birth parents.
We present your profile/photos to prospective birth parents we are working with.
We are in contact with agencies throughout the U.S. who are seeking families for available infants.
We guide you in networking to find a birth parent interested in adoption.
We handle all Michigan legal paperwork such as Interstate and your local court process.
We provide you with pre-adoption education services and resources.
We provide your family with post-placement/post-finalization services and support.

Hands Across The Water welcomes prospective adoptive parents of all religious, racial and ethnic backgrounds. We work with single men and women, heterosexual couples who have been married for at least one year and homosexual couples who have been in a committed, monogamous relationship for at least one year.

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