Lifetime Adoptions, Inc.
Lifetime Adoption, a domestic adoption agency assisting birth parents in their search to find loving adoptive families for their children. Lifetime Adoption is one of the top American Christian adoption agencies. It was founded in 1986 as an Adoption Support and Referral Group by Founder Mardie Caldwell, C.O.A.P., after her struggle with seven pregnancy losses and her own adoption and working with women in crisis. The mission was and still is to help adoptive families and birth parents come together. Lifetime’s specialty is assisting and supporting birth parents in their search to find qualified, loving adoptive families. As you’re considering adoption, this video can help you understand how open adoption works. The video shares the reality of open adoption from both the birth parent and adoptive family perspectives.Lifetime Adoption provides compassionate adoption help reflecting Christian values, builds families through modern open adoption and supports women as they consider their pregnancy options, navigating their personal adoption choices.
Services and information
- Adoption
Requirements to become a foster parent
Many adults are eligible to become foster parents in their state but do not always realize it. Each state in the U.S. has regulations and requirements for licensing foster parents. Florida does not require parents to own a large home or quit their jobs and become stay-at-home parents. Florida foster parents must:
- Be 21 years of age or older
- Prove good health and ability to care for a child
- Maintain a stable income
- Pass a background screening
- Finish 30 hours of foster parent training
- Complete a Home Study
The required training course is free to aspiring foster parents. It helps parents learn how to foster children and become licensed to provide foster care in Florida.
Ratings and Reviews
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Oct 23, 2020
We recently brought home our baby boy thanks to Lifetime Adoption! We got a call on a Friday night that we needed to be at a hospital 20 minutes away the next day to pick him up. I have to say that my greatest takeaway from working with Lifetime is that you get out what you put in. If you are looking to sit back and have your adoption agency do all of the work for you and have a baby in your lap in a few days, this is not the agency for you. If you are willing to put in the work and help the agency in whatever way you can and have the patience to wait for your perfect match then 100% pick Lifetime. At times when I did not realize this, the journey was really hard, but after doing everything I could to work with the agency, we were matched in only 4 short months.
Jun 12, 2020
We have adopted twice through Lifetime and always recommend this facilitating agency to others. Both experiences were extremely positive and the supportive staff was caring and attentive. While they provide quality service to the adoptive parents, they are careful to include the birth family and keep the baby’s best interest at heart.
I would like to direct this review to our coordinator Tiffany who we had the pleasure to work with twice . She is amazing at what she does and we not only consider her a friend but a part of our family. She is highly familiar with how adoption works and will guide you through such a an already emotionally difficult process for your family and the birth parents. I would also like to highlight All of their staff is friendly and go above and beyond.
If you are seeking adoption, this should be your first phone call. If we decide to expand our family we will use Lifetime without Hesitation.
-Jason, Yava, Aviya, Alijah
Feb 25, 2020
They are amazing! I did my adoption almost 3 years ago in June. I blessed my princess with the best family ever and they love my sweet pea as if they created her themselves. And here i am 3 years later about to bless yet another loving deserving family. Blessings!
Jan 20, 2020
Lifetime Adoption is an amazing organization! My wife and I have been so pleased with all of the staff. They are very professional, timely, and encouraging! From the moment we began our adoption process, they were readily available to help us on our journey. We never experienced a bad interaction with anyone on the Lifetime team. They genuinely care for birth families as well as adoptive families. I would highly recommend anyone thinking about adoption to choose Lifetime!
Jan 10, 2020
Lifetime Adoption is an amazing organization to work with. The process was smooth and lifetime gives a wealth of information to help you feel prepared and informed. My husband and I have had a great experience and would recommend anyone to work with them.