Adoption Services

A New Beginning takes pride in the essential training it requires for each of our adoptive families.  By preparing families with techniques and the best understanding of potential issues they may need to address, the training drastically increases the outcome of a smooth and successful adoption placement.  These training courses have also shown to drastically reduce the chances of disruptions in adoption.   While many adoption agencies do not require this step, A New Beginning requires this training to prepare families to meet the needs of children and birth families.  Many of Idaho’s other organizations request their families attend our training.

Adoptive Family trainings address the following topics and more:  Blending families, trauma, parenting styles, abuse, drugs and alcohol in utero, openness in adoption, culture, transitioning into the family, and more.

Families adopting internationally should contact their international adoption placing agency to identify their training requirements. The Foster-Adopt and International training covers many issues that are directly related to international adoptions.

A home study is a report completed by a social worker which outlines an adoptive family’s health, medical history, criminal history family history and dynamics and criminal backgrounds.  The items covered within the home study is dictated by your state and/or your international country.  Everyone living in the home at time of home study will be part of the process.   The process includes paperwork, collection of documents and home visits.  Many families become nervous during this process, but don’t.  The home study is the perfect time to collect additional parenting tools and/or address any of the details requests from the international country.

A New Beginning Adoption Agency has a strong and professional relationship with many international agencies as well as Departments of Health & Welfare across the nation due to the quality and vigor which goes in to each of our home study’s.

IF you select an independent contractor and/or certified adoption professional, make sure your placing agency/placing state if adopting from foster care accepts their home studies.

A New Beginning Adoption Agency is a full service organization providing all of the necessary professional services to complete an adoption including an Adoption Attorney. Legal work includes birth mother and birth father’s rights, adoptive families rights and finalizations.

NOTE:  Adoptive families nor birth families are required to work with our regular attorney.  It is very common for us to work with your selected representation.

Adoptions can be open, semi-open or closed.  This is an agreement made between the Birth Family and Adoptive family prior to the birth and/or placement of the baby. One of A New Beginning’s adoption specialists can mediate the process for as long as necessary to ensure obligations within the relationship agreement are met. While each situation is different, our experience allows us to help each family through this process. No two adoption relationship agreements look the same. Each is tailored for the unique adoption journey.

Adoption is a wonderful way to build a family, however often counseling is necessary to help blend families and help with issues related to adoption including grief, loss and trauma. A New Beginning has counselors who specialize in areas related to families, adoption and grief & loss.  These services are available to birth families, foster families, adoptive families and adoptees.

Meet our counselor Becky Marquez.

A New Beginning offers different support groups for birth families, adoptees and adoptive parents.  Reserved for A New Beginning families, the support groups have proven to be very helpful in the adoption journey.

Groups include

• Adoptive Dads and Dads to be Group
• Adoptive Moms and Moms to be Group
• Foster Program Group
• Infant Program Group
• YANA – Youth Adoptee Group