Nashville Adoption Agencies

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AGAPE - Adoption

With the belief and conviction that every child deserves a family, AGAPE is here to help find that home for newborn infants as well as older children. A “forever family” is AGAPE’s goal for each of them. While some of the children are adopted at birth, others are adopted at a later age. Some of our children in foster care are eventually adopted because they are unable to return to their birth family. The end result of adoption is these children find the love and support that comes through a family.

Adoption Assistance, Inc.

Adoption Assistance is dedicated to assisting persons in the adoption process by conducting home studies, post placement reports, finalization services and providing domestic child placement. Adoption Assistance will place children for adoption from birth to age eighteen without regard to race, sex, religion or national origin.

Bethany Christian Services

Since 1995 we have served individuals and families throughout Middle Tennessee and we desire to serve you as you are experiencing an unplanned pregnancy, seeking temporary respite for children, or if you are looking to grow your family through adoption. We are here to partner with you along your journey.

Catholic Charities of TN, Inc. - Caring Choices

Caring Choices is a state-licensed adoption agency operated by Catholic Charities of TN, Inc. serving all races and religions. We place Caucasian, minority race and special medical needs infants. We also assist with many independent placements. A sliding scale helps to make adoption affordable for virtually all qualified adoptive parents. Our services are offered regardless of religious affiliation. All of our provided adoption services are to be child centered. Our goal is to identify a family for the child, not a child for the family. To ensure a positive outcome of an adoptive placement the counselor, the birthparents and the adoptive parents should work together to build a relationship that honors ALL members of the triad.

Jewish Family Service of Nashville and Middle Tennessee, Inc. - Adoption Journey

Adoption Journeys, a licensed Tennessee adoption agency, is a program of Jewish Family Service of Nashville and Middle Tennessee, Inc. To adopt a child is to receive the most precious gift - life. It is an emotional time for the parents wishing to adopt, as well as for the birth parents. Adoption Journeys has been bringing children together with adoptive families for over 35 years. We offer services that help you fully understand the process and prepare you for this exciting and life-changing event. Aside from your choice to adopt, choosing Adoption Journeys is the smartest decision you will ever make. Our view of family is inclusive acknowledging today’s realities. Services are provided without regard to religious affiliation, race, disability, marital status, or sexual orientation.

Mercy Multiplied - Adoption Services

Mercy Multiplied is dedicated to helping each expectant mother reach the best decision for herself and her child. As an approved Tennessee Licensed Child-Placing Agency, we can facilitate adoptions for expectant mothers who are current Mercy residents and have chosen to place their child for adoption. We work with expectant mothers and prospective adoptive families from across the country.

Miriam’s Promise

Miriam’s Promise is a licensed child-placing agency located in Nashville, Tenn. Founded in 1985 by the Tennessee Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church to provide crisis pregnancy counseling and parenting and adoption services. The not-for-profit organization serves children, expectant parents and families hoping to adopt throughout Middle Tennessee. We are proud members of the Inter-agency Adoption Coalition and Joint Council on International Children's Services.

Omni Visions

In 2010, Omni Visions helped to finalize 125 adoptions in Tennessee, one of the highest results of private party providers assisting with adoptions. The adoption process may seem overwhelming, but Omni Visions makes the process easier. The Omni Vision staff works closely with a family from initial contact through post adoption. Once you have contacted Omni Visions about adopting the child, you must first go through an approval process.

Options 4 Adoption, Inc.

Options 4 Adoption, Inc. is licensed in the State of Georgia, Florida, and Tennessee as a non-profit child placing agency. Our main focus is to help you with your paperwork both before and after your adoption. We are able to start and finish your paperwork in a timely manner as we are able to begin your home study as quickly as 48 hours after receipt of your application. Our agency focuses solely on preparing the adoptive family’s home study report and follow-up post placement visits. We have been assisting families and children for many years with both domestic and international adoption home studies. As well, several of us are adoptive parents ourselves. We understand that the home study process can be a stressful one, yet we also believe that the same level of commitment and dedication is needed to each family after their adoption and through the post placement process. Our home study reports are valid in all 50 states. We can complete home study reports for Georgia, Florida, and Tennessee families regardless of the placing agency or attorney that you are using.

Youth Villages - Nashville Office

Through our Intensive In-Home Services, we provide help to struggling families, hoping to strengthen them and allow children to stay with their birth parents. Sometimes, this is not possible, but those children still need a “forever home.” In Tennessee, the Youth Villages adoption program partners with the state Department of Children's Services to find permanent homes for the children in our care who have adoption as a goal. In the other states we serve, our counselors work with state officials to facilitate adoption for children who cannot return to their birth families. Right now, dozens of Youth Villages kids in Tennessee are looking for adoption, ranging in age from five to 18. Profiles are available for many of the children eligible for adoption. The children in our care who are available for adoption face special challenges. Most of them have suffered some emotional trauma in their childhood; many have suffered from abuse or neglect. Many of the children available for adoption have been in our foster care program for many years. Now, their birth parents' rights have been severed, and they are ready to move from foster to forever homes. They have received counseling and good care from us. To reach their full potential, all they need now is the kind of security that only a real family can provide. Youth Villages offers an array of training, support and assistance to potential adoptive parents. Many adoptive parents also are eligible for continuing adoption subsidies from the state. We began our adoption program in 1999 as a natural extension of our treatment foster care program. For some people, fostering a child with special needs is the first step toward adoption. Many of our foster parents adopt the children in their homes when they become eligible for adoption. Other parents come to us with adoption as their immediate goal.

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