Adoption isn’t easy. It makes sense that it isn’t. Growing your family through adoption is a big deal. Our Sparrow Family Care Grant Program is uniquely designed to offer you care along the way.
We offer families in our program individualized, pursuing care until they are home as a family for a full year—no matter how long that takes.
For families adopting domestically, we offer:
- Regular points of connection with a Family Care Partner as a source of ongoing support
- Various resources before and after placement (articles, podcasts, books, etc.) to encourage, equip, and empower you
- A review of your family profile and consultation so that it might best reflect your family to expectant parents considering adoption
- A review of the information you receive from expectant parents by a child and family therapist with a background in infant and early childhood mental health
- Up to $500 to secure a review of the initial profile and any information you receive by a medical doctor specializing in adoptive medicine
- Access to the Prepare-Enrich tool to prompt reflection and healthy dialogue for waiting parents who are married about your partnership and adoption expectations and considerations
- Consulting to help you thoughtfully and intentionally navigate relationships with expectant parents during the wait and with birth families long term
- Personalized support at the time of placement and transition
- Attachment coaching that considers the unique needs of your family following placement and throughout your first year as a family
For families adopting internationally, we offer:
- Regular points of connection with a Family Care Partner as a source of ongoing support
- Various resources before and after adoption (articles, podcasts, books, etc.) to encourage, equip, and empower you
- A review of your referral by a child and family therapist with a background in infant and early childhood mental health
- Up to $500 to secure a review of a referral by a medical doctor specializing in adoptive medicine
- Access to the Prepare-Enrich tool to prompt reflection and healthy dialogue for waiting parents who are married about your partnership and adoption expectations and considerations
- Pretravel consulting to help you thoughtfully and intentionally prepare for meeting your child for the first time as well as your child’s caregivers
- Personalized support during adoption travel and transition
- Attachment coaching that considers the unique needs of your family following placement and throughout your first year as a family
We want to come alongside families and care for caregivers so that families are best able to thrive as an adoptive family long term. That’s the heart behind our Sparrow Family Care Grant. That’s why we’re here.
If you are pursuing adoption to grow your family, we’d love to care for you. We’ve made a list of the most often asked questions and our answers that you can find HERE.
If you are ready to apply, go HERE to start the application process.
We have two open application windows each year. 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 bring new families into our program in April and again in October.