As I posted about previously, our case manager from the agency kind of threw T and I off today. I just wanted to explore some options online and learn more about other agencies today. I reached out to Angels Adoption and Lutheran Child and Family Services. The main difference between our agency who I will call Teddy Bear agency and LCFS is that Teddy Bear agency does everything in house. They network with birth families, adoptive families, do home-studies, do training and all visits independently. With LCFS they do the home study and act as the social worker side of the adoption but they do not do any outreach or marketing to birth families. This is a huge difference.
LCFS is able to cast a much wider 'net' by marketing your profile to all 50 states. Teddy Bear only markets you to birth families in Illinois and Indiana. LCFS acts as the social worker/case manager side of the adoption. It is not a part of the marketing side. In fact, you can work with as many marketing agencies as you want and you should. This will help you cast a wider net and get the word out that you are adopting.
I like the fact that you are casting a wide net. I like the fact that you are not waiting forever for them to contact you. I like the fact that the marketing agency is working for you. Their job is to help you be successful in your search.
After talking to LCFS and Angel Adoption I learned a lot. I know a lot more about other agencies way for adoption. I now understand the many ways to adopting a child and I understand much more about marketing yourself as an adoptive family. I want to go back and look at Teddy Bear agencies contract and policies. I plan on making a list of questions to bring with to the meeting on Monday with our caseworker. It's always good to know all sides of the equation and I feel much better informed.
I don't know if I blogged about this or not but I had googled adoption and found a TV news casters adoption profile. I was confused about how this worked because I later found out that they adopted super quickly. At this point I want to reach out to the team that helped her adopt. I think it's always worth the research.
I am going to research more adoption marketing agencies, look for special books to buy my baby and pray for my beautiful family.
Love,
Anxious to be your Mommy
LCFS is able to cast a much wider 'net' by marketing your profile to all 50 states. Teddy Bear only markets you to birth families in Illinois and Indiana. LCFS acts as the social worker/case manager side of the adoption. It is not a part of the marketing side. In fact, you can work with as many marketing agencies as you want and you should. This will help you cast a wider net and get the word out that you are adopting.
I like the fact that you are casting a wide net. I like the fact that you are not waiting forever for them to contact you. I like the fact that the marketing agency is working for you. Their job is to help you be successful in your search.
After talking to LCFS and Angel Adoption I learned a lot. I know a lot more about other agencies way for adoption. I now understand the many ways to adopting a child and I understand much more about marketing yourself as an adoptive family. I want to go back and look at Teddy Bear agencies contract and policies. I plan on making a list of questions to bring with to the meeting on Monday with our caseworker. It's always good to know all sides of the equation and I feel much better informed.
I don't know if I blogged about this or not but I had googled adoption and found a TV news casters adoption profile. I was confused about how this worked because I later found out that they adopted super quickly. At this point I want to reach out to the team that helped her adopt. I think it's always worth the research.
I am going to research more adoption marketing agencies, look for special books to buy my baby and pray for my beautiful family.
Love,
Anxious to be your Mommy