Welcome to the world of Adoption… 
Welcome to International Child Foundation!
We believe our destiny as humans rests on our ability to love each other as brothers and sisters. Adoption creates families from across the US and many parts of the globe, mixing heritage and culture, bringing the world together. Adoption expands our identities and widens our horizons.
International Child Foundation is an Arizona state licensed and Hague Accredited non-profit adoption agency. We serve children who need families throughout the US and all over the world. ABC Infant Adoption is the name of our domestic adoption program.
Our philosophy is that every child deserves a loving family and that every family deserves an adoption agency they can trust. We have helped many families become parents to children… helped them learn about adoption and prepare to bring a new child into their home. International adoption is an essential option for children worldwide, who face a bleak future without loving families.
Children are relinquished and orphaned all over the world. Poverty, illness, social stigma all contribute to why a birthmother and father would choose adoption for their child. Our mission, through our families, is to provide the best possible opportunity for an orphaned child to grow up in an atmosphere of love and acceptance.
Our domestic adoption program, ABC Infant Adoption, provides FREE services to birthmothers and fathers. If you choose to place your child for adoption, we have wonderful, caring and open-hearted parents waiting to love your child as their own. We help birthmothers and fathers explore their options and come to a decision about what they feel in their heart would be best for their child. Birthparents and adoptive families may agree upon open, semi-open or closed adoptions.
In adoption, it takes many people to form a family. Birthparents, adoptive parents, agency staff and a host of government personnel, all working together to ensure a bright future. All working together to protect the rights of the child and comply with the laws of the US or foreign country.
Adoption can be complicated. We are here to help.
Adoption takes vision and inspiration and… hard work.
For adoptive families, there are many uncertainties and risks.
We will help you understand and handle them.
Call International Child Foundation for…
an Arizona Adoption Home Study for certification, International Adoption, Domestic Adoption, adoption education, adoption resources and referrals to adoption-related service providers. We can prepare home studies for any country. We can also recommend other agencies who provide adoption services for other countries.
Our Commitments ~ honesty, compassion, straightforward information, a listening ear, empathy, expertise, integrity. Families find us to be supportive and knowledgeable and to have a sense of humor as well as being serious about adoption! We’re human, many of us are adoptive parents, we truly want to help children find forever families, help birthparents make choices that feel right to them, and adoptive parents enter into adoption as prepared as possible.
We are more than an agency… we are an adoption resource for all families.
For detailed information on international adoption and the Hague Convention,
please visit the US Dept of State at www.adoption.state.gov
We recommend these great books for adoptive families, and many others…
Raising Adopted Children by Lois Ruskai Melina
The Boy Who was Raised as a Dog by Bruce Perry, MD
There is No Me without You by Melissa Fay Greene
Holding Time by Martha Welch, MD
The Weaver’s Craft by Mary Hopkins-Best
Nurturing Adoptions by Deborah D. Gray
The Connected Child by Karyn Purvis, PhD, David Cross & Wendy Lyons Sunshine
