Adoption Process

The process of adoption can take anywhere from a few months to a few years, but pretty much everybody who adopts goes through the following stages:

1. Decide to adopt
2. Choose an agency
3. Acceptance by agency
   
4. Paperchase
5. Wait
6. Receive Referral
7. Accept Referral
8. Travel
9. Post-Placement

We could also have put fundraising in there somewhere, but it does not really fit at any particular stage. It is more of an ongoing process so we will keep it separate. In the next few weeks, we hope to have more detailed descriptions of each of these steps as well as more information about how we intend to fund the adoption process.