How long will it take? Is it faster and/or easier than international adoptions?
Many agencies have a waiting list of 2 to 5 years. Some agencies will not give you any estimated time frame. Ask your agency what their waiting time is and how they arrived at that figure. For example, if your requirements are a newborn Caucasian child, be specific about your requirements when asking for an estimated waiting time. Adoption Access places primarily Caucasian and Hispanic newborns although we work with all ethnicities, and also with older children. We currently estimate a waiting time of 12 months to 2 years for newborns. The wait time is dependent on the parameters that adoptive parents set for their match, as well as the parameters of the birthparents. As a Texas agency, Adoption Access, Inc. has a large number of Hispanic birthmothers and for families considering traveling to Latin America, this can be a much easier alternative.
