Our mission at HOPE is to bring children into families through adoption. Our name, HOPE, stands for Helping Others with a Personal Emphasis.
We're not an adoption "superstore."
Every year, we help bring 50-60 kids into "forever" families and 10-15 birth parents find loving families for their children - one at a time. We've helped with lots of unusual and complex situations - both within the United States and internationally - that other agencies weren't able or willing to handle. We have NO waiting list. We don't restrict adoptive parents to a handful of U.S. or international programs that we think they should use. And we don't force birth parents to place their baby with adoptive parents that we pick out. The choices are up to you.
We don't have arbitrary restrictions – such as age, income, family size or structure, or religion – that prohibit good people from adopting. We've always worked with singles and couples of all ages. We're small enough to listen to your ideas of how YOU want your adoption to work and are experienced enough to guide you through the ups and downs. We’ll help turn your ideas into reality.
What we do:
HOPE is licensed by the states of Minnesota and Wisconsin to provide these services:
- Birth parent counseling and guidance
- Bridge care for babies and children in transition
- Compliance with Minnesota and Wisconsin laws governing termination of parental rights
- Pre-adoption education and training
- Post-adoption education and training
- Recruitment of families for waiting kids
- Adoptive home studies for U.S. and international adoption
- Coordination and support services for U.S. and international adoption
- Post placement services and reports
- Legal adoption (finalization) assistance
- Post adoption counseling and support
- Education focusing on the adoption life cycle and other state-specific regulations:
- Other special services by individual agreement
