Sparrow Family Care Grant

Some say adoption is not for the faint of heart. In many ways, adoption is all about being faint of heart. It’s not easy. The 6 lbs. of paperwork that will eventually come together as your dossier or family profile may be considered the easiest part of it all. Preparing for what growing your family through domestic or international adoption will bring is really important. Our Sparrow Family Care Grant program is designed to help you do that.

Our grants are pretty unique. Our grant awards families growing through adoption individualized, pursuing care until they are home for a full year. We provide that care in a number of ways including providing resources; offering couples a Prepare-Enrich marriage assessment to create opportunities for couples to experience healthy dialogue about expectations and growth areas as they prepare to adopt; providing a referral review from a narrative, family systems framework; and offering pretravel consulting and attachment coaching that considers the unique needs of each family.

Typically, grant means funding. Our grant does offer some financial assistance. But, that’s really only one small part of how we care for our families. The financial assistance is designated specifically to help families cover the cost of utilizing the services of medical doctors who specialize in adoptive medicine. We want to make clear the way for families to access experts who engage with families prereferral, help them work through any and all medical information provided about a potential expectant mother and/or child when they are considering a referral, and offer other postplacement support so that families are best set up to thrive as an adoptive family.

We want to come alongside families, to care for the caregivers and provide personally tailored support to meet their individual needs. That’s the heart behind our Sparrow Family Care Grant. That’s why we’re here.

We know you’ve got questions; everybody always does. We’ve made a list of the most frequently asked questions and have answered them here.

Click HERE to start the application process.

How to Prepare for the Application Process:

Gather the documents you need to submit with your online application: (1) a copy of your initial home study and the most recent update (if applicable) and (2) a letter from your adoption agency verifying your adoption process (click here for a sample).

We accept applications from January through March and again from July through September. We will review all applications received during those open application windows and contact all applicants in April and again in October.