Healthy Infant and Toddler - Domestic Program
This program's goal is to provide a healthy infant and toddler of any
ethnicity into a loving home of a couple who has infertility and is
longing for a child to complete their family. You will be working with
dedicated staff who will be caring and supportive to you as you walk on
this life long journey of adoption. They will serve as a guide and
advocate for you by providing your home study, education, post placement
services, and license as required by the State of Illinois.
The healthy infant and toddler program works alongside ECFA's Pregnancy Support Service team. Women who come to ECFA for services receive free confidential counseling, assistance, and support. If a woman chooses adoption for her child, she will be able to view profiles of the families in the healthy infant program. The birth family then has the opportunity to choose the family they would like to see raise their child. (View waiting families)
Together, we provide education to our families and prospective birth parents regarding adoption and more specifically openness in adoption. (See Openness Definition and Myths.) Most birth mothers want to meet the adoptive couple before and after the birth of their child. They prefer to have letters and pictures on a regular basis as well. ECFA will help facilitate that relationship with the hope that a relationship will be built and sustained throughout the child's life. The highest priority is what is best for the child.
