Process & Procedure
- Your journey to adoption begins when you complete Gift of Life Adoption’s Pre-Application Form and return the form to Gift of Life Adoptions along with a $200 processing fee and current family photo. Once your Pre-Application is reviewed and approved, you will receive a call from Gift of Life Adoption’s Adoptive Family Coordinator to discuss the next steps.
- Once your Pre-Application is approved you will be sent an Application Packet. This packet will include forms and documents to be completed either by you or your homestudy agency if you do not live in the State of Florida. If you live in the State of Florida Gift of Life Adoptions will complete your homestudy. The Application Fee to be returned with your application is $1800. Gift of Life Adoptions reserves the right to deny or approve any application received. You will be notified in writing once you have been approved as adoptive parents.
- Birth Parents who are making an adoption plan through Gift of Life Adoptions have the option to select their adoptive parents. Adoptive parents create auto-biographies or personal family profiles that are shown to birth parents based on adoptive parent comfort levels and the birth parent situation. It is imperative for adoptive parents to be completely honest when providing information on their comfort levels. Please see our resources page for additional information on creating an autobiography.
- Adoptive parents will be notified when they have been selected by a birth parent. Once informed of the selection, adoptive parents will receive the social and medical history of the birth parent(s). Once you have been selected our Adoptive Parent Coordinator will call you to discuss the next steps. Adoptive parents are highly encouraged to call Gift of Life Adoptions with any questions they may have once they receive information about the birth parent.
- Most birth parents wish to meet with adoptive parents prior to placement. This meeting is coordinated by Gift of Life Adoptions.
- After placement of a child in your home, post placement visits will be conducted once every thirty days until finalization. The timeline for finalization can vary depending on Florida Statues.
