Adoption Link, Inc.
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Contact Information
512 Dayton Street
Yellow Springs, OH 45387
United States
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Yellow Springs, OH 45387
United States
| Day | Hours |
|---|---|
| Monday | Open 24 hours |
| Tuesday | Open 24 hours |
| Wednesday | Open 24 hours |
| Thursday | Open 24 hours |
| Friday | Open 24 hours |
| Saturday | Open 24 hours |
| Sunday | Open 24 hours |
Adoption Link, Inc. is a licensed adoption agency in the State of Ohio dedicated to working with birthparents from around the country and adoptive families in Ohio throughout the lifespan of the adoption. We serve adoptive parents throughout Ohio, including Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton, Toledo, and Cleveland, as well as smaller towns and rural locations.
The Adoption Link Mission
Adoption Link, Inc. provides education and guidance to pregnant women and teens throughout the United States and to Ohio individuals or families interested in adopting. We work to link Ohio adoptive families to birthparents seeking adoption and provide the ongoing network of support that is crucial to the success of healthy adoptive families.
For Birthparents (Learn more)
Adoption Link will not judge or pressure you into making a decision, nor do we charge you for any services. All counseling, support, referrals and legal services will be free. Adoption Link will assist you with your medical bills and your pregnancy-related living expenses. Birthmothers receive up to $3,000 for living expenses such as rent, utilities, food, transportation, and maternity clothes. We serve birth parents throughout the United States.
Adoption Link is the premier adoption agency for Ohio, serving birth parents and adoptive families throughout the state.
Services and information
- Adoption
Requirements to become a foster parent
After deciding to foster, make sure your household members are on board with what will be a life-changing decision to foster. Then, educate yourself about Ohio's requirements for foster parents. Applicants who want to foster or adopt in Ohio must:
- Be at least 21 years of age
- Live in a safe and stable home
- Meet home safety requirements
- Clear a background check with fingerprinting
- Provide at least three character references
- Provide ample space for a foster child in their house or apartment
- Attend foster parent orientation
- Take part in required hours of foster parent training
- Maintain financially stability
- Prove good health
- Complete the Home Study process
To apply or ensure you meet the prerequisites, there are two primary Ohio state resources. Contact the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) or a local Public Children's Service Agency (PCSAs).
If you are ready to learn more, contact a local child-placing agency to schedule foster parent information orientation. At orientation, aspiring foster parents learn more about foster parenting responsibilities, navigating the foster system, and the foster application process. If you have questions, orientation is an excellent opportunity to ask questions and meet other potential foster families.
Administrative paperwork can take some time to complete, but having everything prepared will ensure it goes smoothly. It will help the process move along if you gather financial documents ahead of time. These include tax filings and paystubs, which you will need to show as proof of financial stability.
Foster parents in Ohio must also attend 24 hours of pre-service foster parent training. This training teaches foster families about the trauma experienced by all foster children. It also covers how to provide general and specialized care to foster children.
Ratings and Reviews
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Oct 07, 2017
From the start of our adoption journey, Adoption Link provided amazing support and communication to navigate through the adoption process. We have an amazing baby boy, and Adoption Link helped to create a positive foundation for us and our birth parents! We could not be happier!
Aug 07, 2017
My wife and I are not ones to submit reviews but we thought it was a must for our experience with Adoption Link! The adoption process is by far not an easy task to understand and complete, however Naomi, Patty and the rest of the team made the process as easy as they possibly could. From the first meeting, through the mounds of paperwork, setting up our profile, meeting with the birth mom and through the finalization the Adoption Link team were there for our every need. Thank you all so much for helping us find our precious son! We definitely recommend and will use Adoption Link again!
Jul 05, 2017
As a birth mother who chose adoption link, I have to say that Naomi made this process as painless as possible. The families that she had to choose from were wonderful, and I am still in contact with the family who adopted my son on an intermittent basis today. I am so thankful that this resource was available to me. It's always nice to know that my biological son was given to a wonderful family who have given him so many opportunities and resources than I would never have been able to provide.
Jun 30, 2017
We had a great experience with Adoption Link. Naomi and all the staff we worked with made the process feel smooth and easy. They were supportive and with us at every step explaining how things worked and what we needed to do. We love them and will definitely go back to them the next time we are ready to expand our family.
Jun 21, 2017
Adoption Link was wonderful to work with. If we had a question, they responded to our e-mails within a day or two and never made us feel like our questions or concerns were bothersome. We met Naomi to start the process and were told who our social worker would be. Patty was assigned to us and she was great to work with. She contacted us right away to explain all the paperwork we needed to complete. Adoption is not a speedy process by any means. Once we were approved, it was about 9 months before we received a phone call letting us know that we had been chosen to adopt a newborn girl. We met her when she was just 12 hours old. Leslie was the social worker at the hospital who helped us. She was very good at explaining everything and kept in touch to make sure everything was going well once she left the hospital. The process was all new to us, but we had such great support from everyone (including the hospital staff) that it made everything go very smoothly. We can’t thank Adoption Link enough for everything they have done. We finally feel like our family is complete and we couldn’t have done it without them.