Lifeline Children’s Services is a dynamic full service agency providing international adoption services for Ethiopia to families across the U.S. Our agency is licensed in the states of Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Washington (several other states are in process) and we provide services to families in all 50 states (if you live in a state outside of Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, or Washington you will simply locate a licensed non-profit (501 c 3) agency in your state of residence to perform the home study portion of your Dossier). Lifeline’s Ethiopia Program exists to place children, in need of love and a family, in a safe and caring home. We provide services to Christian families desiring to adopt one of these precious children.
Lifeline Children’s Services, Inc. provides the following professional services:
Licensed Agency
Alabama-licensed since 1981, Lifeline offers a full-range of adoptive and counseling services, including home study preparation and post-placement adoptive services for domestic and international adoptions (these home study services are available for Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Washington State residents). For those families residing outside of Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, or Washington we assist with obtaining these services.
Document Package Facilitation
Lifeline does an exceptional job in assisting our families through the dossier process (the preparation of numerous documents that are used to process an adoption in Ethiopia). To assist our families in this area, we walk them through a detailed definition of all the documents required in this package as well as what is required in terms of Notarization, Certification and Authentication. Lifeline supplies all the necessary forms and guidance to complete your paperwork. After the document package is completed by the client, it is forwarded to our licensed partner, West Sands Adoptions, for all state-side authentications and then mailed to Ethiopia for translation.
Information
In partnership with West Sands Adoptions, we spend a great deal of time monitoring what is happening in Ethiopia, in particular as it relates to adoption. West Sands receives updated information from the Ethiopian facilitator on a regular basis and our Ethiopia Program Coordinator is in constant contact with the West Sands team. This information can save countless hours of effort, money and frustration associated with vague and often unnecessary actions. We provide a detailed list of all expenses that our clients are likely to incur so that there shouldn’t be any unexpected or hidden costs.
U.S. Contacts
We have developed contacts in the U.S. that can provide services or information which are extremely valuable during the adoption process, including document assistance, legal help, travel agencies, et cetera.
Lifeline is excited about your adoption! We look forward to serving you in your journey to provide a hope and a future for a precious child from Ethiopia. Please contact Sarah Temple with any questions. To get started today please complete the Application along with the Doctrinal Statement & Christian Questionnaire located here. A fee of $250.00 will be due when you return the Application to Lifeline (payment can be made through PayPal here).
