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Adoption Alabama – A Full Service Adoption AgencyÂ
“After working in the adoption field since 1985 as a clinical social worker, I finally realized my dream of opening my very own private adoption agency in 2001! My goal has always been to be a small, licensed Alabama adoption agency that provides personal guidance and counseling through every step of the way! My focus has never been to grow and branch into other states. Working with Alabama women who choose an adoption plan will always be the number one focus of A Angel Adoptions.”
“I have always been very proud of the quality adoptive families adopting through our agency. It is very important to me that adoptive families receive counseling services during and after the adoption, as well as education, training and handholding throughout the process.”
“Although a few birth mothers request a closed adoption, the majority of birth mothers are requesting varying levels of openness in their adoption plan.” –Suzanne M. Peden, LICSW, PIP Executive Director
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“Guilt”
Hello, my name is Suzanne Peden, and I’m a clinical social worker. I’m also the owner of A Angel Adoptions. If you live anywhere in the state of Alabama, I would love to work with you. I will come to you so you don’t have to worry about transportation. In
Pregnancy & Addiction
Video Transcript: Hello, I’m Suzanne Peden. I’m a clinical social worker, but I’m also the owner of A Angel Adoptions. So for many years, actually this year is 39 years, since graduate school, I have been working in the adoption field. One of the topics I’d like to talk about
Working With A Angel Adoptions
Hello, I’m Suzanne Peden, and I’m a clinical social worker, but I’m also the owner of A Angel Adoptions. We are a private, licensed agency in Helena, Alabama, just south of Birmingham. If you live anywhere in the state of Alabama, I would absolutely love to work with you. I
The Adoption Option
Are you thinking about the adoption option? If you are, then you’re at the right place. Hello, I’m Suzanne Peden, and I am a clinical social worker, but I’m also the owner of A Angel Adoptions. I started working in the adoption field 37 years ago, but about 21 years
“Sometimes we feel that we are all alone, as life brings us challenges to overcome and hardships to bear. But when we least expect it, help can appear. It may be a kind word from a stranger or a phone call at just the right time, and we are suddenly surrounded with the loving grace of God. Miracles happen every day because angels are everywhere.”
-Marci
Some Of Our Reviews
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We had an incredible experience working with A Angel Adoptions. Suzanne and her team were so wonderful to work with. We really wanted to partner with an agency that valued the birth mom as they walked alongside the adoptive parents and this agency does just that! We could tell the... read more birth mother we matched with was so loved, taken care of, and given healthy and ethical advice. Suzanne helped walk us through every step of the process and we felt so taken care of in all of it. Would absolutely recommend this agency to others!
September 6, 2024Our family is so incredibly thankful to have adopted our baby boy through A Angel Adoptions. Everyone was such a pleasure to work with. Suzanne and Emily were quick in their communication, and were extremely helpful and supportive through the whole process. Kate was such a blessing as she cared... read more for our son until we could hold him in our arms. Our son was and still is loved and treasured by their whole team and that makes all the difference. We highly recommend working with them if you’re thinking of adopting.
August 30, 2024We are forever grateful to A Angel Adoptions. We were so blessed to adopt through this agency and have received the most incredible support throughout the process and still 10 months later. We dealt with infertility for many years and prayed God would guide us when we felt that pursuing... read more fertility treatments were no longer right for us. We felt called to an open adoption. We were chosen by our amazing birth mom and were able to get to know her in person before our daughter was born. We text and exchange pictures all the time and visit regularly. Our relationship is something we cherish. She is the coolest, strongest woman I know and we are so proud of her. A Angel was with us through every step of the process. They were extremely communicative with us which is important to myself and my husband. Our social worker, Suzanne, is my hero but all that we came in contact with were nothing short of fantastic. They are everything an adoption agency should be… ethical, honest, supportive, and compassionate. We hope to work with them again in the future
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Suzanne, Emily and Kate gave us the gift of family! We could not be more thankful for A Angel and their level of care and support. They have genuine hearts for this process and love their birth mothers and adoptive families so well. Anyone looking to grow their family by... read more adoption would be blessed to work with them. Without a doubt, when we are ready to adopt again we will work with them! We love these ladies so much!
August 29, 2023I am so grateful to have worked with A Angel in adopting my beautiful baby, and, without hesitation, I would recommend A Angel for other families considering adoption! Suzanne, Susan and Emily are truly a blessing! When I initially met with Suzanne, I knew practically nothing about the adoption... read more process (and had more questions than answers about so many things). Suzanne patiently answered each of my questions (and I had more than an hour's worth of those – LOL) and assured me that she would be with me every step of the way – and she did just that! If I could not reach Suzanne or just had a question along the way, I could reach Emily, who was always willing and able to help me. Susan, my social worker, was so incredibly encouraging, helpful and warm on each call and during each visit. Honestly, I was sad when those visits ended. But, I will say what impressed me most was the care, compassion and respect that they showed to the birth mother. These ladies have truly found their calling.
August 29, 2023I am so grateful to have worked with A Angel in adopting my beautiful baby, and, without hesitation, I would recommend A Angel for other families considering adoption! Suzanne, Susan and Emily are truly a blessing! When I initially met with Suzanne, I knew practically nothing about the adoption... read more process (and had more questions than answers about so many things). Suzanne patiently answered each of my questions (and I had more than an hour's worth of those – LOL) and assured me that she would be with me every step of the way – and she did just that! If I could not reach Suzanne or just had a question along the way, I could reach Emily, who was always willing and able to help me. Susan, my social worker, was so incredibly encouraging, helpful and warm on each call and during each visit. Honestly, I was sad when those visits ended. But, I will say what impressed me most was the care, compassion and respect that they showed to the birth mother. These ladies have truly found their calling.
May 16, 2023Cannot give Suzanne and Emily high enough praise!! After going through a heartbreaking failed placement with a different agency, we found A Angel Adoptions while doing some online research and made the decision to move on from our first agency. Even though we live 2 hours away from their Helena... read more office, we felt Suzanne was incredibly knowledgeable and would take care of our family (as well as the birth mother) through this process! From there, everything went so smoothly. Suzanne and her staff were quick to answer questions and were always clear communicators. We were fortunate with a quick placement after switching agencies, and Suzanne even helped us link up with a family lawyer for the next steps. Our beautiful daughter just celebrated her first birthday recently! Adoption is never an easy journey, and we had a very negative experience with our previous agency to the point we were close to giving up on our dream of growing our family. A Angel Adoptions restored our faith in this process, and we pray they can grow your family as well!
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We simply cannot recommend A Angel Adoptions enough. Suzanne and Emily are true angels who walk alongside you during your adoption journey. We could not have been blessed with better people or a better agency to work with during the adoption of our precious daughter. They were... read more kind, loving, and helpful - we never felt as though we were a bother and they were always available to answer our questions or help us. Thank you A Angel Adoptions for helping us to complete our family!
April 16, 2023We have adored working with A Angel Adoptions in the adoption of our daughter. They were incredibly organized, professional, made each step of the process feel seamless and showered our family with love in every moment. Cannot recommend them enough!
April 16, 2023Suzanne, Emily and Kate gave us the gift of family! We could not be more thankful for A Angel and their level of care and support. They have genuine hearts for this process and love their birth mothers and adoptive families so well. Anyone looking to grow their family by... read more adoption would be blessed to work with them. Without a doubt, when we are ready to adopt again we will work with them! We love these ladies so much!
April 16, 2023This was our first time adopting. After exploring other agencies and adoption options, Angel Adoptions was the only choice. When we started this process, I called Angel Adoptions. Suzanne spent an hour with me going over the process of adoption and helped me understand why some of her birth mothers... read more choose the path of adoption and the risks involved. You could hear the care in her voice and the empathy she has for both the adoptive families and the birth parents. After that conversation, she would not take my application! I was dissapointed. To my dismay, it was all for a purpose! Suzanne does not take millions of applications and keep families waiting and spending money. She keeps a select number of families so not to overwelm and confuse the birth mother and also to provide intimate support to the adoptive families. The birth mother has the support she needs and would be comforted to know that Suzanne just doesn't choose any family to represent. She did a very thorough examination of us. In my opinion, her adoption agency is the only choice in Alabama. In addition, she does not require thousands of dollars up front like most agencies. The fees are paid after you have been placed with a child. She also did not require that I use her agency for the home study. I used Rebecca Connor, and independant social worker who was also wonderful. After my home study was approved, I waited roughly 7 months before calling Suzanne again. Roe vs. Wade had been reversed and I thought maybe she would accept our application. Well, after being with Angel Adoptions only 2-3 months, My Angel baby arrived in August of 2022. Little did I know, we were waiting on her to get here! We are thrilled and blessed beyond measure that her birth mother choose us to raise her baby. Our baby girl was everything we had prayed for!! The remainder of the process was smooth and I wouldn't change anything for the world. Suzanne and Emily were fantasic and if you are considering adoption, whether as a birth mother or an adoptive family I wouldn't recommend any other than Angel Adoptions!! with love, the Grices 🙂
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Suzanne and Emily are absolute angels! There was never a time that we felt unprepared or unable to ask questions. They were both always there for us, checking in, taking our calls and e-mails whenever they could. My family could not recommend a angels enough to anyone going through the... read more process. We are so appreciative of them!
April 16, 2023We are so grateful for the work A Angel Adoptions does to serve moms, kids, and families! We worked with A Angel Adoptions to adopt our beautiful baby daughter. Suzanne and Emily were wonderful to work with throughout the process. All communication was clear and timely. ... read more They connected us to a terrific attorney to support all the legal components. All financial items were clear and accurate. Most importantly, we felt like Suzanne and Emily truly cared about us and our adoption dream. They were positive, encouraging, and hopeful throughout the process. Our specific adoption story involved a stork drop adoption with a very short timeframe between match and placement, and Suzanne and Emily walked with us with grace during that whirlwind of a week! Kate Kruse, who cared for our daughter for the week before we took placement, is an angel in disguise and we are grateful to her and her family for loving our daughter so well during that week. We would highly recommend A Angel Adoptions to other families considering adoption. We thank God for Suzanne and the whole A Angel Adoptions team!
January 16, 2023After two failed matches with another agency, we were feeling very defeated in our adoption journey and had lost a substantial amount of money. Then we met Suzanne and her team at A Angel! Wow! What a sweet answer to prayer! A Angel is unlike any other agency we’ve come... read more across. Their service to both adoptive parents and birth moms is unparalleled. Suzanne brings a ton of experience and knowledge to this process. She is kind and compassionate, and was completely upfront and transparent about cost and expectations. She and Emily were available to us always, answered question after question, and supported us every step of the way. We adopted during COVID, which created some major challenges, but that didn’t stop them from giving us their full support. They loved and advocated for our birth mother so well throughout the process, which made us feel confident and assured in the placement. We are forever grateful to Suzanne, Emily and Kate for all their hard work and support in bringing our baby home. These three are true angels in the adoption industry!!
May 16, 2022We have nothing but stellar things to say about Suzanne and A Angel Adoptions. We talked to several agencies before deciding to work with A Angel, and after our initial call, we knew we would use them for our adoption. Just our first call was almost 2 hours, and Suzanne... read more took the time to answer every question we had thoroughly, honestly, and transparently. Even though A Angel is a smaller agency, they gave us a real confidence in the process. They were great at communicating throughout, and are great at educating you about adoption, both the good and the hard so you’re adequately prepared. Susan and Emily were amazing to work with, as well. They made what could be a stressful process enjoyable, and we felt like we gained 3 new friends along the way. Suzanne and Susan are amazing at caring for birthmoms, constantly checking in and offering counseling, even if that means traveling on the weekend. We’re so grateful for each of them and their role in our adoption story! We couldn’t imagine working with anyone else.
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Our experience with A Angel Adoption was nothing short of Grand Design ... from the initial phone call with Suzanne during our application process to the day we met at the agency office to hold our beautiful baby for the very first time. We couldn't have been happier with how... read more everything was handled. Suzanne, Susan and Emily make an adoption dream team! The level of advocacy in both directions (for birth mothers and for adoptive parents) never ceased to amaze us. We are forever grateful A Angel Adoption was a part of our adoption story ... our family wouldn't be complete without them!
May 16, 2021A Angel Adoptions is absolutely fabulous. They helped us with everything and always answered all of our questions. They do an amazing job of not only supporting adoptive parents but also truly caring for birth mothers. Every interaction was full of compassion for birth mom, baby, and us.
May 16, 2021We adopted our beautiful girl from A angel and had a great experience. We found A angel adoptions to be knowledgeable, compassionate and helpful every step of the way.
May 16, 2021I highly recommend A Angel Adoptions. We adopted our youngest daughter through them in 2019. They were always upfront/transparent with costs, time frames, and sharing their wonderful wisdom/perspective (from doing this so long). They walked our birth mom and us step by step through the whole process. Suzanne... read more is very comforting, encouraging and quick to get a hold of any time. She and her teammate, Emily, visited the hospital every day from right after the delivery to discharge. They became dear friends through the whole process. Don’t take my word for it. All you have to do is call Suzanne and you’ll know from her patient, kind voice and the time she takes to answer all your questions that she is totally dedicated to what she does and the women and men she helps. Our adopted daughter is our third and most likely our last kiddo, but if we wanted to adopt again, I would not hesitate to use A Angel again!
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We had a great experience with A Angel Adoptions from the very beginning. Suzanne was very kind and helpful as we navigated our first adoption. I would recommend this agency to other hopeful adoptive parents, looking to grow their family through adoption. We plan to work alongside this agency again... read more in the future.
May 16, 2021Suzanne was so helpful in walking us through the adoption process, from education beforehand to support after placement. She truly cares about each child, birth mother and family.
May 16, 2021We adopted our daughter through A Angel Adoptions in 2018 and we are so thankful the Lord led us to A Angel! They are simply amazing and have been there through every step of the way. They are truly loving, professional and would do anything to help expectant mothers and... read more adoptive families. The love they demonstrate on a daily basis is nothing short of the love they truly have for adoption and helping others. We highly recommend A Angel Adoptions and know you will truly be blessed by them if you adopt through them or if you are considering placing your child for adoption. Suzanne will give you all the care and guidance through every step of the way and we are confident you will be just as thankful as we are that A Angel is a part of your adoption story forever!
May 16, 2021My husband and I adopted our son through A Angel Adoptions in 2020, and we are so glad we chose this agency. Suzanne walked us with great care and professionalism through each step of the process, carefully explaining and encouraging along the way and always ready to answer our questions.... read more The adoption process often comes with difficult moments of loss, and she was an empathetic and comforting presence in those moments. Thanks to the diligence and kindness of Suzanne and Susan, the home study process went smoothly and didn't drag out. The post-adoption experience has also been overwhelmingly positive. Our post-placement home visits were genial, with the sense that we were not just being evaluated but genuinely cared about. Six months later, Suzanne has facilitated a few visits between us and the baby's birth mother, and she offered a perfect blend of helping us get to know each other and making sure everyone was satisfied with the exchange of pictures & information so far. Throughout the entire process, communication with Suzanne and Emily (the administrative assistant) was prompt and clear. A few things stand out as unique at A Angel Adoptions. One is the level of experience Suzanne and Susan have in the field of adoption. From counseling birth mothers to advising adopting parents to providing post-placement services, their combined decades of experience result in the highest level of knowledge, both about the human needs on all sides of the process and about navigating the necessary systems (healthcare, social services, legal, etc.) to get things done efficiently. Another aspect I appreciate is Suzanne's obvious compassion for birth mothers. Of course she wants all babies who come into her orbit to find stable and loving permanent homes, but she also strives to make sure birth mothers' physical and emotional needs are met and that adopting families are able to empathize with the gravity, difficulty, and selflessness of a woman's decision to make an adoption plan. This was a great gift to us as well. One more thing I'll mention that we appreciated was the amount of self-education the agency asks of adopting parents. There's a required reading list, and we found these books to be extremely helpful as we began the adoption process (and even still as we raise an adopted child). No matter how strongly you feel about wanting to adopt, there are essential things you need to think through first, and these books - as well as conversations with Suzanne - were useful in walking us through those considerations. Adoption is life-changing for all parties involved - you can't afford to have a bad experience with the agency. We were in the best of hands at A Angel Adoptions and will absolutely return there when it's time to apply for a second adoption.
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We have worked with several agencies over the years and Suzanne and her team are superior in every way!
May 16, 2021We adopted a beautiful baby boy from A Angel and it was a whirlwind of an experience, but I wouldn't have changed a single thing. We heard about A Angel through a friend and were initially interested because of their lack of upfront costs, which is rare (at least where... read more we live). We submitted all of the required materials in April 2018 and just a few months later, got the call that would change our lives forever. We are so grateful for our son's birth family, Suzanne and Emily, as well as Kate, who took care of our son for a few days while we hurried to get our paperwork together and booked our travel to AL. Kate was incredibly kind and we continue to stay in touch with her to this day.
May 16, 2021A Angel Adoption Agency made what is a very special and emotional process as seamless as possible. They gave us the gift of hope for our family and that is priceless!
May 16, 2021From the moment we started working with A Angel Adoptions, we knew there was something different about them. When there was a birth mom interested in our family, Suzanne took the time to call, on multiple occasions, to get to know us better outside of what had been presented in... read more a profile book. We could tell right away that to Suzanne and A Angel, this was more than a business, this was about finding the perfect, forever home for someone else’s most treasured gift. After being matched, Suzanne and Emily walked us through every single step. There was never a moment we felt out of the loop. Many times Suzanne would call just to check in and talk about how excited we all were for our sweet baby that was on the way. When we were told that no money would exchange hands until the birth mother signed over her rights, we were shocked. This was not what we were accustomed to seeing from other agencies. This solidified again that to Suzanne, Emily and A Angel Adoptions, the business side of things was not the priority, it was finding a loving home for a precious baby. Still to this day, 19 months later, we can reach out with any questions and we know that we will get an email or a phone call in response. We are honored to recommend A Angel Adoptions, and we are blessed to call them friends. They changed our lives, and we are so thankful they are a part of our adoption story.
May 16, 2021