I have a friend who was adopted through Catholic Charities and his family says it was a very positive experience! The packet we received included background check forms, health physical form/mental health check up to be filled out by MD, Personal/ Financial information form, a list of fees and seminars, it also asks that each adoptive parent writes an essay about their families/interests/hobbies/ why they want to adopt a child and include a photo for your profile.
they also included a list of other resources for different types of adoptions.
For the Infant adoption Program the requirements are : Married Minimum of 3 years, practicing Catholics (valid marriage in the church), residents of the state you are applying in, age limit of 45 at time of placement.
We meet all those minimum requirements except length of marriage , we will be married 3 yrs this coming September so we'll submit after that. ( Although we've been together for 11 years )
my husband and I have just begun researching adoption options, we are pretty confident we will attempt a domestic infant adoption, I just received the massive amount of paper work from Catholic Charities. We are excited ! stalking this thread! good luck in your journey!
