Prospective adoptive families with Open Adoption & Family Services.
Our waiting adoptive families have chosen to work with us because they genuinely value openness in adoption and want a lifelong relationship with you. Birthparents may choose from 65 to 85 families seeking an open adoption through OA&FS. When you call us, we’ll send you a booklet of family introduction letters.
You may also request the full family profile for families that you’d like to learn more about. Because we and our families respect your need to know as much as possible about the adoptive families you are considering. Learn more about choosing an adoptive family
Over the years, we've come to understand that the strongest family ties aren't made by blood or law, but by the heart. We're all very much looking forward to expanding our family again. With a new child, of course, but also with a new birthfamily. Read more …
We look forward to celebrating birthdays and holidays together, in addition to creating new traditions with our child’s birthparents and extended birth family. Read more …
We value education, and hope to raise a thoughtful, considerate person who has the confidence to thrive. Plus, Brian really wants someone with whom he can watch Star Wars. Read more …
As parents, we are remarkably in sync. We provide the love and structure that helps young kids learn and thrive. At the same time, we have learned the art of being flexible. Read more …
We are nerds at heart, and enjoy playing video games, talking about science and politics, and watching movies together. We have built an amazing life together and believe our life will only get better when we become parents. Read more …
We value inclusion, equality, and the inherent dignity of every person. Those values are, and will continue to be, reflected in our parenting, and in our relationship with you. Read more …
Open adoption appeals to us because honesty is essential to the trusting relationship we hope to build with our children and their birth parents. Read more …
Openness is important to me. I want my child to feel like they are not separate from anyone but part of everyone who plays a role in their family. Read more …
We have lots of love to share and are looking forward to expanding our family through open adoption and welcoming another unique little person and their birth family into our lives. Read more …
We cherish being parents, sharing our love of life, and we have fun doing anything- just as long as we are together. Read more …
Open adoption has been such an amazing experience for us and we look forward to beginning this journey once again. Read more …
We are excited to grow our family in such a meaningful way, centering our world around a child but also gaining extended family in you. Read more …
Our family and community are ready to support our child, their birth family, and us as we grow together as a family. We are grateful to be part of such a loving and supportive circle, and look forward to expanding it even further through open adoption. Read more …
As educators, we have long believed in the importance of respecting and loving every child for who they are. This led us to open adoption. No other approach offers more respect to the child and where they come from. Read more …
The biggest thing to know is that we are so excited to be parents again, and Odin is so excited to be a big brother. We are ready for this journey, with eyes and arms wide open. Read more …
Adoption feels like our calling and a natural fit. We both look forward to sharing this experience with you so that our child will always know who they are and that they are loved by many. Read more …
We love being parents. We will give our children the best opportunities we can: a great education, a multicultural experience, and a strong connection to their birth families. Read more …
I have a great life with wonderful friends and family. I vote early and often, I engage with the world around me, and I occasionally have solo dance parties to the best of ABBA. Read more …
For us, a bigger table is a happier table. We have cherished welcoming Addie’s birth family into our lives and look forward to welcoming our second child’s birth family to our home and table as well. Read more …
Equality is one of our strongest personal values and we love how open adoption treasures the perspectives of everyone involved. It is a lifelong relationship and we are looking forward to starting it. Read more …
Our home is full of laughter, goofy made-up songs, puzzles, books, great food, music, gardening, and art projects. We love cooking, reading together, hiking, traveling, walking to the farmer’s market, and spending time with our friends. Read more …
We became adoptive parents in 2017 and hope to grow our family through open adoption once more! When love is shared, it multiplies! Read more …
We choose open adoption because we believe that having a nurturing relationship with their birth family allows a child to have a more successful, secure, and fulfilling life. Read more …
We value mutual love and respect and believe these things have the power to turn strangers into friends and acquaintances into family. Read more …
Our relationship stays in balance with the strengths each of us bring to the table. We have a strong community including family members and close friends, and we are excited to welcome a child and their birth parents into our family as well. Read more …
We are Kari, Jessamyn, and Maud, and we share a mutual love of video and board games, animals, fantasy and sci-fi books, nature, movies, music, and learning about other cultures, along with a commitment to our community. Read more …
Together we enjoy time as a family whether it is reading, dinner around the table, spending an afternoon at the park or going on a weekend trip to visit our families, including Kean’s birth Mom and brother. Read more …
We love the farming lifestyle; caring for animals and working in concert with the seasons. Since the first days of our relationship, 13 years ago, we have always wanted to create a family farm with children and animals running around. Read more …
Open adoption fits with who we are. We feel lucky to have close friends who have been part of open adoptions, both as birthparents and adoptive parents, and have witnessed how positive their relationships have been. Read more …
We feel deeply that understanding your identity and approaching all things with openness and curiosity is the basis for a happy life. We believe we have so much to offer, but also know our lives have so much room to grow. Read more …
We met in college in 2004. Over the years we’ve taught ourselves how to design and build a tiny house, started and managed an all-ages DIY music venue, and have consistently grown a lot of fruits and vegetables. Read more …
As we have reflected on what family means to us, we realize we have found family in so many ways and in so many people. We value that open adoption offers everyone the opportunity to share the relationships and stories that form their family. Read more …
Maya is creative, disorganized and cares deeply about the people around her. Sam is thoughtful, dependable, and pretends to be more serious than he is. We don't have the same taste in almost anything and are still regularly amused by this. Read more …
We were thrilled to grow our family in 2017 when Maggie joined our family through open adoption. We envision making and holding space for another birth family so that each of our children will witness firsthand that love does not have limits. Read more …
Our home and our hearts always have an open door – to our neighbors, friends, and family. We couldn’t imagine starting a family through adoption without transparency, and welcoming birthparents into our extended family. Read more …
Open adoption is right for us because we want our child to understand why their birth family chose us and how we became one family. Read more …
We are family focused and spend our time playing together, cooking meals, taking hikes and visiting friends and family. Adoption is something that we have always dreamed of doing and feel that open adoption is a wonderful way to grow our family. Read more …
We look forward to experiencing the joys and challenges of parenting. We are excited to learn, make mistakes and evolve as a family. Read more …
We first bonded over a shared love of origami and a shared distaste for putting the wrong things into the trash, recycling, and compost bins. We enjoy working together as a team and have used that ability to get to where we are today. Read more …
We have talked about, imagined, and planned for our family from day one. Our hope for our child is that they have joy, curiosity, and feel deeply and unconditionally loved. Read more …
Family is what you make of it, and we are guided by that intention as we start our family with amazing new people through Open Adoption. Read more …
We are both passionate about our careers in teaching. Kevin teaches physical education and Kristine teaches third grade at the same elementary school. Read more …
Together we have climbed mountains, sailed oceans, and discovered natural hot springs and we look forward to more adventures together with our growing family. Read more …
We are excited to bring a child into our lives through open adoption, expanding and enriching our connections all the more as we involve birthparents in our life. Read more …
Children were always part of our “plan”. When we first started dating, we would talk about how amazing it would be to be the oldest people still in love, holding hands, and be grandparents, watching our whole family and how it has grown. Read more …
We both come from humble backgrounds, know how to stretch a penny, and have learned that what matters most cannot be bought. Read more …
We met at a Halloween party more than 20 years ago, where it was love at first sight. There is nothing more important to us than sharing the big events in life with those closest to us. Read more …
We love traveling-anything from camping in our rooftop tent around the northwest or big international trips like Norway for our tenth anniversary. We look forward to sharing and exploring the world with our child. Read more …
We are Alex and Ryan and are honored that you are taking time to learn more about us. Adoption has completely changed our hearts and lives- and gave us the incredible privilege to parent our toddler son, Sterling. Read more …
Our family values include kindness, creativity, honesty, openness, love of nature, and compassion to humanity. We want to teach our child all of these values, and more! Read more …
Family is very important to us, and we have a big, inclusive sense of what family means. The more people a child has in their life who love and want the best for them, the more opportunity they’ll have to grow into their full potential. Read more …
We understand that open adoption relationships are unique and personal, and we hope to welcome a child and their birth family into our life, our stories and our hearts. We’re ready for the next adventure in our life - to grow our family and our love. Read more …
We’re excited to expand our family and share all the things we love with a kid! We love spending time in nature: finding waterfalls on long hikes, telling stories around the campfire in the mountains, swimming in the ocean, and riding bicycles. Read more …
We’re eager to share our love and experiences with a child, and we’re excited to share in the love and experiences that the birth family will bring. Read more …
We met in 2008. Later that summer, while dancing, Jeff leaned in and said "Let's get married and raise some kids!" Denise smiled and agreed! We are excited to grow our family and to share our love and community with another kid and birth family. Read more …
Since I was very young, I’ve always loved children, and when asked what I wanted to be when I grew up, I would reply “a mom.” I strongly believe the most precious gift you can give your child is quality time and being fully present in the moment. Read more …
Like most parents, we want the world for our child, but we will also keep them grounded. We will embrace our child’s birth family as our own; and we hope that they become true friends. Read more …
We love parenting and are delighted to be living out an open adoption. We hope to continue to cultivate authentic, everlasting connections with our children’s birth families. Read more …
Both of us have east coast roots, but miraculously both of our parents moved to Oregon. We think it’s so we could eventually meet, which happened to be on a blind coffee date, set up by our parents! Read more …
We feel settled and secure in our relationship and community, and ready to embrace a child as they learn to navigate the world while we rediscover and appreciate life more through our child’s eyes. Read more …