a full service agency
Greater Hopes operates a full service Child Placing Agency. We are licensed by the State of Michigan to perform private infant and early childhood adoption.
License # CB410252631
what are the things that make greater hopes unique?
NO WAITING
We believe in starting to work on your Home Study THE VERY FIRST DAY you apply. We are also able to expedite Home Studies when requested.
Matching Services
Many times there will be an opportunity to get to know your potential birth parents before placement. Your adoption professional will be there, right by your side, to help that process along.
The Legal Process
Our staff includes attorneys as well as the former Kent County Court adoption specialist. We have seen most every legal aspect of adoption. Our team is uniquely qualified to handle legal issues that may arise.
GROUPS & ACTIVITIES
Greater Hopes is a community of Adoptive Families and Friends. We have ongoing support and activities groups to help during your adoption process.
Birth Father Services
Engaging and involving the birth father is an important part of the adoption process. We work very hard at this, starting early on, to ensure that the father's rights are properly addressed so that everything goes smoothly.
Continuing Community
Your life-long adoption journey is still just beginning when your adoption is finalized. We are here for you if you run into issues and to help with your on-going relationship with your child's birth parents. All at no cost.
greater hopes
More than an adoption agency
Greater Hopes is unique in West Michigan in that we not only operate a Full Services Child Placing Agency, but we also operate a Family Services Organization dedicated to mothers and children in need. Many of the moms we work with who become adoption minded only want to make an adoption plan with a Michigan family.
From a birth mom
What just one of our birth mothers has to say about us
Greater Hopes helped me in ways that I didn’t think an adoption agency could. They took care of me so well, just like I was family. I felt supported and loved, and they were always there when I needed them. They have such a great support system and a real love for each birth family, and how birth families can heal!
During a difficult time in a single mom’s life of needing to place her child for adoption there will be a lot of sadness. But what I just wrote didn’t sound like a sad story did it? Because it’s not. Greater Hopes made me feel better in a situation where it can be heartbreaking.
family
definition:
family
fam·i·ly /ˈfam(ə)lē/ /ˈfæm(ə)li/
noun
A group of people who are related to each other, such as a mother, a father, and their children.
greater hopes' definition:
family
fam·i·ly /ˈfam(ə)lē/ /ˈfæm(ə)li/
action verb
Family is what you actively do and what you make it. We have families that start as a Single Person, a Husband and a Wife, a Husband and a Husband or a Wife and a Wife. No two families look exactly the same, they are all unique. And this is precisely what our birth mothers want and need.
What does family look like in an open adoption?
Open adoptions are created by birth families and adoptive families together, with the best interest of the child at heart. Adoptive and birth families work together to plan a relationship that goes beyond the placement of their child; this relationship is ongoing and involves different kinds of contact with each other. This contact with the birth family allows children to grow up with a full awareness of the love that went into their adoption plan. Through openness, children grow up without secrets and with knowledge and information about their birth family.
Learn all about open adoption by joining us for our free adoption talk for families
We will discuss the most common questions and fears about open adoption.
The most common questions about adoption
- How long is the waiting period to adopt?
- How large is your prospective parent pool?
- How many of your placements are infants?
- Are there any restrictions on who you will work with?
- How do birth mothers find Greater Hopes?
- Who are the expectant mothers we work with?
- How is the adoptive family chosen?
- Does open adoption mean that we are co-parenting?
- How much does adoption cost? Are there ways to help pay for it?
- Will our wait be shorter if we go with a matching only service ?
The most common fears about open adoption
- Having contact with the birth family will be an intrusion on my family.
- I’m afraid the birth parents will try to undermine my relationship with my child.
- Open adoptions do not allow for boundaries. The birth parents will visit whenever they want.
- I’m afraid if she is in our lives, I will feel jealous of the birth mother.
- Open adoption will be confusing for my child. Ongoing contact will only benefit the birth parents.
- When my child is a teenager, he will want to live with his birth parents.
Join us for our free adoption talk for families
We will discuss all of the above and answer any questions you may have
We will share stories and experiences from our work with birth mothers and birth fathers. We will talk about insights we have gained into how they feel about their adoption journey and what they hope for in their adoption relationship.
Orientation To Private Infant and Early Childhood Adoption
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Monday Night Adoption EducationWeekly
The Open Hearted Way to Open AdoptionWeekly
Tuesday Night Adoption EducationWeekly
Orientation To Private Infant and Early Childhood AdoptionRepeating Event
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contact info
Phone
(616) 451-0245 call or text
Email Address
info@greaterhopes.org
Office Address
2453 28th Street SW, Wyoming, MI 49519