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About our Adoption Agency
Adoption Consultants is a licensed adoption agency offering
professional adoption home study and post-placement supervision services to
Nebraska residents. Nebraska
families adopting internationally or domestically, through attorneys or other
agencies, receive precise and timely handling of adoption paperwork. Our clients enjoy personal service and we are
committed to ensuring that our families are well educated about adoption
issues. Adoption Consultants is a 501© 3
organization, which means we are a nonprofit organization. Our staff has
over 50 years of combined adoption experience in
Nebraska.
Our Mission
and Commitment
Our work is guided by the belief that every child deserves a
loving family. We will provide you with
competent, caring and timely services.
Our knowledgeable staff, will work in partnership with you on your
journey to parenthood. We strive to make
the adoption process more understandable and manageable for each of our
clients.
How To Get Started
Please feel free to contact any of the staff at Adoption
Consultants. We would be happy to have a
phone conversation, e-mail conversation, or a conversation in person with you
to discuss your adoption plans. It is
often overwhelming to know where to begin.
Talking with a staff member will help educate you on your many
options. Following conversing with
Adoption Consultants’ staff, an Application will be sent to you. Or, please request an application online and
return it to our office. Upon receipt of
your completed Application and home study fee, Adoption Consultants will send
you a Home Study Packet. At that time
your Home Study worker will contact you to schedule your first appointment.
Services & Fees
Adoption Consultants is
an adoption and child-placing
agency assisting families throughout Nebraska.
All families are guaranteed access to services without regard to race,
religion, age or socio-economic status. We provide comprehensive and flexible services
to meet your needs through each step of the adoption process. We are pleased to
offer the following services as we assist families to reach their goal of
adoption:
Our services include home studies, pre-adoption education,
seminars for those seeking to adopt, referral and assistance throughout the
adoption process, and post-adoption supervision, counseling, and support.
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International Adoptive Home Studies
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$
1,400.00
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| International Adoptive Home Studies
with dossier paperwork
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$
1,600.00
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| Domestic Adoptive Home Studies
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$
1,200.00
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| Relative Adoptive Home Studies
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$
900.00
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International
Adoptive Home Study Update
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$
350.00
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Domestic
Adoptive Home Study Update
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$
250.00
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International
Post-Placement Supervision
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$
350.00
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Domestic
Post-Placement Supervision
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$
250.00
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Domestic
Post-Placement Supervision Interstate
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$
300.00
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Home Study Addendum
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$
100.00
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Adoption Consultation
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$
25.00 per hour
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Adoption Educational
Seminar
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$
75.00 per person
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Adoption Related Counseling
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$
75.00 per hour
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Mileage (if applicable)
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$
.45 per mile
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Travel Time (if applicable)
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$
10.00 per hour
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Our Staff
Nancy Morris, LCSW – Western &
Central Nebraska
205 Apache
Drive, McCook, NE 69001
(308) 340-6242 nancy@adoptionconsultantsinc.org
Barbara
Swanson, CPC, LMHP – Western & Central Nebraska
1021
Arthur Street, Holdrege, NE 68949
(308) 991-4702 barbara@adoptionconsultantsinc.org
Michelle Warner, LCSW – Eastern
Nebraska
1702 S. 110th
Street, Omaha, NE
68144
(402) 679-1807 michelle@adoptionconsultantsinc.org
Adoption Consultants’ staff has over fifty combined years of
adoption experience in the areas of infant, domestic, international, private,
and special needs adoption.
Professional Memberships
NAAA - Adoption Consultants is a member of the Nebraska
Adoption Agencies Association.
Adoption Consultants Provides Assistance with Paperwork Necessary for Your
Adoption
Adopting Internationally:
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If you
are adopting internationally we can provide you with forms and
instructions for making application to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service
(USCIS). We can also provide you with Form DOJ-361 that Nebraska CIS
requires in order to communicate with your home study or placing agency
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We can
also provide you with forms that are specific to the Nebraska Secretary of
State’s Office for authentication and apostilles. Each state has their own requirements
and process and Nebraska
has some specific forms that must be used for some documents. http://www.sos.state.ne/business/notary/pdf/auth_docs.pdf. Additionally, we review, file, and
monitor the USCIS review process and ensure that you are always in
compliance with U.S.
government regulations.
Adopting Domestically
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We will help co-ordinate your travel, placement,
and return to Nebraska
with your placing agency and your placing State’s Interstate Compact Office.
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Adoption Consultants will serve as your
“Receiving Agency” and co-ordinate necessary paperwork and post-placement
supervision reports with the Nebraska Interstate Compact Office.
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