Can You Adopt a Baby in a Different State? Your Interstate Guide

Don’t limit yourself to your home state. Adopting a baby from another state is easier than you think and could bring your baby home months sooner.
Read the StoryAmerican Adoptions of California is your local affiliate of American Adoptions, a national adoption agency providing unparalleled service.
We work with all types of waiting families across the country, giving you hundreds of hopeful parents to choose from. Why is this important for you? It gives you a better chance of finding your perfect match.
Your child deserves the best life you can imagine. That's why we work with the best adoptive families in the country, using advanced screening and matching methods to help you find the right one for your baby.
Our staff includes people who have personally been through the adoption process. We've been where you are - which means we provide better support to make this process as easy as possible for you.
Lindsey was already the mother to one baby with special needs when she found herself pregnant again. A single mom in the midst of a divorce, she knew adoption was the way to give both her daughters what they deserved.
Read the StoryWe are excited to announce that American Adoptions, Inc. and Family Connections Christian Adoptions have joined forces to create American Adoptions of California, dba Family Connections Christian Adoptions. After 20 years of working together (but as separate entities), this old-but-new agency draws on the depth and strength of FCCA s 40 years of service to California adoptive families and American Adoptions 30 years of dedicated service to adoptive families and birth parents across the US. ...
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American Adoptions of California is committed to the continual improvement of the adoption community. Every person touched by adoption deserves the resources and tools needed to navigate their story in a healthy and successful way.
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