Our Agency

So today I thought that I would give our agency a little shout out in my blog post. We are now working with Catholic Charities in Pensacola. I had heard of them before we went with our first agency, but I just thought that you had to be Catholic to adopt from them. This is not true. They are open to anyone. The one thing that attracted us to them was how cheap their adoption fees were! I know that you can adopt from them if you live in a different state ... but I'm not sure about international adoptions through them yet. Anyways ... if you are looking for an agency I recommend them. So far everything has been great with working with them. Here is a look at the adoption fees that you will come across when working with them. Just wanted to post about it in case there is someone reading this post that is looking for an agency to use.

Application fee (includes all background checks for 2 people & education class) - $500

Domestic Homestudy (within 8 wks) - $1,000

Domestic Homestudy (within 6 wks) - $1,300

International Homestudy - $1,500 (I'm guessing this means that you can adopt internationally through them??)

International Homestudy Expedited - $1,800

Agency Placement fees - $13,600 (total)
Due at Placement $4,000
Due at Termination of Parental Rights $4,800
Due 4 weeks prior to finalization hearing - $4,800 (finalization usually takes 3-6 months to happen)

(this is the part that we like the best about our agency. none of these fees are due until your baby is born ... and it's spread out a bit to help with the costs - love it!)

Post Placement Visitations - $125/session

So that's it! Hope this helps someone. Still just praying for our FBI checks to come in fast so we can apply for our grants. Hope you all have a great weekend!