Adoptive Families for Children
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Contact Information
18 Centre Street
Concord, NH 03301
United States
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Concord, NH 03301
United States
| Day | Hours |
|---|---|
| Monday | 8:30 AM-5 PM |
| Tuesday | 8:30 AM-5 PM |
| Wednesday | 8:30 AM-5 PM |
| Thursday | 8:30 AM-5 PM |
| Friday | 8:30 AM-5 PM |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |
Adoptive Families for Children is a full-service adoption agency, licensed in New Hampshire, which has been providing services to adoptive families and birth parents for nearly 40 years.
Adoptive Families for Children offers adoption counseling and placement services for birth parents interested in placing their child for adoption. Our experienced staff will be with you every step of the way to help and ensure that your needs are met. There is no charge to birth families for the services and counseling provided.
For families and individuals looking to adopt, Adoptive Families for Children offers an experienced team of professionals to assist you with all of your adoption needs, including home studies and post-placement assessments for New Hampshire residents, and placement services are offered for families nationwide.
Services and information
- Adoption
Requirements to become a foster parent
New Hampshire foster parents are entitled to support payments. These help cover the costs of caring for a foster child. Let's take a look at some of the available benefits:
Support Payments
In New Hampshire, foster parents receive reimbursement for daily costs. This includes board, meals, clothing, and other everyday expenses. The pay rate varies depending on the foster child's age and needs, but base payments begin at $24.48/day, up to $29.49/day.
Children with special needs are also entitled to additional specialized funds, up to $36.86/day. You can learn more about expense payments for New Hampshire foster parents by clicking here.
Medical and Dental Coverage
Children in the New Hamshire foster system are covered for dental and medical care under the Medicare system.
However, it's up to the foster parents to book all necessary medical appointments and make sure the foster child attends them.
Training and Support Groups
Alongside mandatory foster parent training, there are additional courses available. This extra training helps foster parents excel and provide the best possible environment for the children in their care.
Foster parents are also invited to attend local support groups, where they can meet their peers and talk about all aspects of being a New Hampshire foster parent.
Ratings and Reviews
Average user rating
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May 09, 2019
We successfully adopted our daughter in March 2019 with Bianco Professional Association and Adoptive Families for Children. They were professional, extremely knowledgeable, quick to respond, and most importantly, very kind throughout this stressful process. Their guidance was spot on, and they prepared us well for the challenges of the adoptive process. We will be eternally grateful for their help in completing our family. We especially highly recommend Kristine Pries, with whom we worked very closely. She is an incredible resource. Good luck to anyone looking to adopt.
Apr 15, 2019
I wrote a much longer review but it said the character limit was exceeded, so if anyone who reads this wants to contact me for more info please feel free.
This agency as well as Attorney Bianco who owns the agency is completely inept. They don't answer e-mails unless you keep following up with them. They don't follow up on anything unless you keep bugging them. The communication is absolutely atrocious. We had weeks of wasted time on several occasions because they didn't take care of things they were supposed to take care of on their end.
To put it bluntly, if you ask me my sincere feelings about this agency: They don't care.
Their adoptions run from $35,000-$46,000. Most run in the $42,000-$45,000 range. The $35,000 adoptions are only through the agency and not through Attorney Bianco (I know it sounds confusing. We were confused too). The agency adoptions are NH babies only. There were only 3 NH babies in the 8 months our profile was shown. The other opportunities all come from an Attorney in Arizona that Attorney Bianco works with.
Adoption is a stressful process, choosing to work with this agency is one of the worst mistakes I've made in my life. My husband and I are out about $2,500 and have nothing to show for it but headaches and stress. They dropped the ball repeatedly and we finally decided enough was enough.
My advice to anyone hoping to adopt is to join adoption groups on FB and see who other people are using and ask about their experiences.
I don't write this review out of bitterness, but out of compassion for others who are just starting their journey like we were a little over a year ago. There are lots of options out there. Make sure you do some research before signing with an agency.
I've attached a copy of a $200 bill for a couple e-mails sent back and forth between us. These are the kinds of ridiculous fees you can expect.