Statement of Purpose

Gift of Love International Adoptions, Inc. has been building families through intercountry adoption since 1994.  Our philosophy in serving children and prospective adoptive families is to provide comprehensive assistance and oversight of the intercountry adoption process and to find adoptive placements in the best interests of the children and families served.

 

Gift of Love International Adoptions, Inc. has helped bring hundreds of children together with families, all over the United States, through our intercountry adoption programs in Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America.  The staff in Iowa and our foreign supervised providers offer adoption support and education following a detailed service plan ensuring that registered prospective adoptive parents receive direct or oversight services during all stages of the pre-adoption, post-placement and post-adoption processes.

 

Gift of Love International Adoptions, Inc. maintains a variety of different intercountry adoption program each serving different age groups of children and with different parental eligibility requirements.  Throughout this website you will find more program-specific details.  We encourage you to review the options available to you and to contact us to visit further.

 

Our Mission

Our mission is, through adoption, to give children from around the world the gift of a forever family, with stable, caring parents who can provide them a happy and loving home. Believing all children are a gift, they deserve nurturing parents, whether biological or adoptive, who will give them the opportunity to grow and blossom as a member of a family.

 

Our History

Gift of Love International Adoptions, Inc. is a private, non-profit, licensed child-placing registered in the State of Iowa and is certified by the Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c) 3 organization.

 

Gift of Love International Adoptions, Inc. began its journey to serve children and families through intercountry adoption in 1994.  Since that time we have overseen the placement of hundreds of orphaned and abandoned children with families throughout the United States through our intercountry adoption programs in China, Guatemala, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine and Vietnam.  

 

Our Strengths

Our expertise IS intercountry adoption.  We work closely with all intercountry government offices for the children and our adoptive families.  We are small enough to be able to offer prospective adoptive parents professional and personable attention throughout the process, but large enough to know and understand the detailed and sometimes complex workings of inter-governmental laws, regulations, requirements, procedures and processes within intercountry adoption.

 

For the Children - Our mission serves the children first, while as your partner in the intercountry adoption journey, assisting YOU to bring YOUR child home.  Additionally, knowing that not all prospective adoptive parents wish to adopt from one particular country nor that all prospective adoptive parents will fit the eligibility criteria for any specific program country, Gift of Love International Adoption, Inc.’s intercountry adoption program options have grown and now include China (1994), Russia (1994), Ukraine (2000) Kazakhstan (2003), and Vietnam (2000 and 2006).

 

Education – Education is paramount to being prepared in the best possible way to welcome your child home and understanding that adoption is a lifelong experience.  Gift of Love International Adoptions, Inc. feels strongly about educating prospective adoptive parents about all areas of the adoption process, the intercountry adoption program, and what to be prepared for coming home, and over the years as they grow. Gift of Love International Adoptions, Inc. has invested much time and passion into the creation of a comprehensive educational curriculum for all prospective adoptive parents that walk with Gift of Love International Adoptions, Inc. on YOUR adoption journey.   Within our service plan, Gift of Love international Adoptions, Inc. will provide you with a minimum of 10 hours of education, as required by The Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption as well as pre- and post-adoption education and support.  In addition, Gift of Love International Adoptions, Inc.’s staff actively involved in community education with about adoption issues, both domestic and international adoptions. As an example, staff from Gift of Love International Adoptions, Inc. teach a class through Des Moines Public Schools Community Education called “If You’re Thinking about Adoption” which covers all adoption options available to Iowa families.  

 

Diplomacy - Through our years of working in the intercountry program countries, we have established strong, professional working relationships with our foreign supervised providers, intercountry adoption officials and offices, and other key individuals and offices that assist in the processing of your intercountry adoption. We strictly adhere to the rules and regulations established by the US government and each intercountry adoption program.  Our role, in supporting you though our professional and personable services, is to be your partner and hold your hand while navigating all of the steps you will take along YOUR adoption journey. We are working on your behalf and our goal is to make your dreams of parenthood a reality. To do this, we need you to be completely open and honest with us and discuss any fears or concerns you may have.

 

Ethics - Our commitment to you is a straightforward and honest approach to all aspects of YOUR adoption journey. You will be informed of any and all events occurring within the program, as a whole, and for your adoption specifically, as those changes are reported from the intercountry adoption program or involved offices or representatives. We strive to ensure that every process and procedure that is completed is done in the best interest of the child, first, and the adoptive family, by following all of the rules and regulations set forth by all involved parties.