Adoptive Parents
A Angel Adoptions is always seeking applicants for our adoption program. You may be undergoing infertility treatment or you may be at the point where you’re ready to move forward with your adoption journey. The adoption process is often very different from the way it is portrayed in the media, movies, and talk shows, etc. It is always helpful to have a licensed agency guide you through the adoption process.
One of the best places to begin educating yourself on the adoption process is to read adoption related books. We recommend Raising Adopted Children by Lois Ruskai Melina, Dear Birthmother, Thank You for Our Baby(3rd Revised Edition) by Kathleen Silber and Phyllis Speedlin, The Open Adoption Experience by Lois Ruskai Melina and Sharon Kaplan Roszia, and Inside Transracial Adoption by Gail Steinberg and Beth Hall.
The majority of adoptions today involve varying degrees of openness. Initially, many adoptive couples have a lot of fears about openness in adoption. Through education and talking to others who have experienced openness themselves, most fears can be dispelled. We are happy to share a reference list of adoptive couples for you to contact. Many birth mothers want to meet you and have contact during the pregnancy. Post-birth, most birth mothers request letters and photographs throughout the years. Many birth mothers want ongoing direct contact (within boundaries) with you and the child.
We accept adoptive applicants, case by case, from within and outside the state of Alabama.
For additional information, please call 205-621-0316.
Services provided to adoptive parents:
- Adoption education, including legal issues, openness in adoption and talking to your child about adoption
- Adoption home studies
- Adoptive placements
- Post-placement visits and reports
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A Angel Adoptions was absolutely amazing to work with! They were SO supportive, encouraging, and with us every step of the way. We felt that they genuinely cared about our little family and were so kind. We cannot thank and recommend A Angel Adoptions enough. Their communication, clarity and flexibility were super helpful and we are grateful to have worked with them!
Justin Leary
April 21, 2025 -
We adopted our baby boy through A Angel and we were so glad to have Suzanne, Susan, and Emily to walk us through this journey. We did a lot of research before choosing an agency, and A Angel was by far the best option for us and seemed to be the most ethical and concerned with the needs of the adoptees and their birth families both during and after placement. We felt like everyone cared about us and treated us like family. As our son grows up, we can't wait to share with him the story of how he joined our family and the awesome people who helped make our dreams a reality.
Anna Pinyan
January 31, 2025 -
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 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!
Natalie Brown
September 6, 2024 -
Our 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 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.
Jill H.
August 30, 2024 -
We 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 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,... read more
Caitlin Copes
April 29, 2024 -
I 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 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... read more
Tam Y
March 31, 2024 -
Suzanne and Emily were wonderful to work with! We could not have asked for a better agency!
Noelani Okawara
January 29, 2024 -
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 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!
Megan Kevin
August 29, 2023 -
I 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 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... read more
August 29, 2023 -
I 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 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... read more
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