• "How To Choose An Ethical Adoption Agency" by Stacey Stark

• 100 Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces 2018 by Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption

• Best By Industry by Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption

• Best Foster Care Benefits by Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption

• Best Paid Leave by Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption

These resources allow you to open your profile to more expectant parents and continue communication post-adoption.​

• "AdoptMatch is an online platform that connects expectant mothers considering adoption with ethical adoption agencies and attorneys working with home study approved adoptive families."

• "AdoptConnect offers a user-friendly, confidential platform where photos, videos and updates are digitally stored, AdoptConnect eliminates the typical challenges of post-adoption contact and paves the way for positive communication for years to come."

• Adoption Advice & Resource Guide by Tori DiMartile (Wreckage & Wonder) & Paige (Love Grown Adoption Consulting)

• Before You Adopt by Christa Jordan (workbook for prospective adoptive families)

• Knee to Knee "Ask Ashley"

  • Book an hour session with Ashley Mitchell to discuss anything adoption.  

• Knee to Knee Classes

• Knee to Knee FREE Education Videos

The adoption process can be expensive. Here are some tips and resources to help with the costs. 

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• Adopt a Love Story

  • "We provide the resources and platform to empower families to raise funds for their adoption, and engage their community with the powerful story of why they are choosing adoption."

• Article - "Insider Tips to Afford the Adoption Process" by Shelley Skuster

• Beauty Amidst the Ashes (local)

  • "The Beauty Amidst The Ashes Adoption Grant presents an opportunity for the church and individuals to model and live out the gospel by assisting in providing a home for a child.  Each adoption story holds its own unique challenges.  Our grant gives hope to families in the adoption process."

• Chelsey's Dream Foundation (local)

• Gift of Adoption Fund

  • "Gift of Adoption is the largest provider of adoption assistance grants awarded without regard to race, religion, age, marital status, or sexual orientation. Grants of up to $10,000 are awarded monthly to qualified applicants to remove prohibitive financial barriers and make possible the adoptions of some of the most vulnerable children in the U.S. and around the world. There is no application deadline. Families are invited to apply anytime after completing their home study and before finalization."

• Grayson's Gifts (local)

  • "Grayson's Gifts will give local Des Moines area residents an opportunity to be awarded a scholarship to help with the expense of creating their family. Finances shouldn't be the only obstacle standing in the way."

• Help Us Adopt

  • "We help hard-working families overcome the financial obstacles of adoption so that children can join loving and permanent homes. Families must include a valid home study and a copy of their tax return with their completed application and personal statement."

• Katelyn's Fund

  • "We serve families and caregivers by sharing resources, providing educational opportunities, offering a support community, and assisting with financial grants."

• Lifesong for Orphans

  • "We support children through global orphan care ministries, Christian adoptive families, and foster care initiatives."

• Mighty Families by Adoption

  • "Mighty Families by Adoption is an adoption grant that assists families who wish to grow by adoption."

• National Adoption Foundation

  • "The National Adoption Foundation offers nontraditional, innovative, fund raising programs as well as adoption grants to assist with the costs of adoption."

• Pathways for Little Feet

  • "Pathways for Little Feet has created a designated account called the Family Fund that receives donations and provides interest-free loans to eligible families. As loans are repaid, the money is put to work in new loans. Donations to the Family Fund not only help a single family; they facilitate an unlimited number of orphan placements for years to come."

• Show Hope

  • "Adoption Aid grants are the cornerstone of our work, and the original mission of our founders. One of the primary barriers standing between children and families is the cost associated with adoption. Our grants help break down that cost, and have been a part of more than 6,200 children coming home."

• Tax credit Information "2019 Federal Adoption Tax Credit" by Adopt Help

• Tax credit Information  "Topic No. 607 Adoption Credit and Adoption Assistance Programs" by irs.gov

• ​For This Child

• Kindred and Co.

• Little Ampersand Co.

• Love Makes

• Our Chosen Child

• "Love is Not Enough: What it Actually Takes to Raise Transracial Adoptees" by Tori DiMartile

• Raised By White Parents: A Black Adoptee Speaks by Red Table Talk

• Should White People Adopt Black Kids? by Red Table Talk

• Transracial Adoption Blogs by Kindred and Co.

• Transracial Adoption and Multiethnic Families Podcast by Adopt Well

• "Transracial Parenting in Foster Care and Adoption: Strengthening Your Bicultural Family" by IFAPA

• Adoption Waiting Blogs by Kindred and Co.

• Five Ways to Wait Well by Christa Jordan

• Found Families

  • "Found Families is an organization that provides free family photography sessions, through a national network of volunteer photographers, to families that have recently adopted a child. Our goal is to help families mark and celebrate this milestone of adoption by making a professional photo session financially attainable."

• Top Adoption Gifts for Families, Birth Parents by Shelley Skuster