Services Provided

Complete Adoption Services:
We will meet all of your international adoption needs from start to finish. This includes guidance while choosing a country program, home study services for most California residents (or help locating a home study agency if outside our service area), assistance with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS, formerly INS), parent preparation classes and support groups. In any of our country programs, we will also identify a child who is eligible for intercountry adoption and facilitate the adoption through its completion. We provide travel resources or arrange escort services (when available). While abroad, our contacts provide complete support services through adoption finalization and American Embassy interviews. Once you return home, we are available for post-placement support and re-adoption services.

Home Study Services:
We provide a thorough and complete home study process for most California residents who are adopting through our programs, are working with another facilitating organization or those who have located a child through their own resources. Our home study department offers friendly, efficient service at a cost-effective fee with no wait. We will tailor your home study to meet the requirements of your facilitator and the country from which you adopt. We also assist families from all states by identifying and networking with organizations offering programs other than our own.

Relative Adoptions:
We provide adoption services for those wishing to adopt a relative who is under the age of 16, legally free for adoption in the country of origin, and who meets the CIS definition of an "orphan" (which does not require that both parents be deceased). Assistance for adopting a relative includes a home study and CIS support as well as post-placement services when required.

Please note that Across The World Adoptions is a social service agency. We do not provide legal services. If you have questions on adoption, immigration, tax or any other legal issues, please consult an independent attorney.

Free Orientation - RSVP REQUIRED Country Programs         Japan         Kazakhstan         Guatemala (PROGRAM ON HOLD)         Russia (PROGRAM ON HOLD) Waiting Child Photolisting The Home Study Resources and Post Adoption Support U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Financing Options Request More Information Download an Application The Hague Convention: What You Need to Know ANNUAL ADOPTION STATISTICS Records of the agency's adoptions are available upon request. The provided information will be based on the three previous calendar years and will include the following: Number of adoptions Number of adoptions which are still intact Number of adoptions that have disrupted or dissolved Number of adoptive applicants Number of children eligible for adoption and awaiting referral This information may be requested at any time by sending a written request to ATWA, 395 Taylor Blvd., Suite 116, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523 or by contacting our office at 800-610-5607.

You may contact us at:

395 Taylor Blvd., Suite 116
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
(800) 610-5607
(925) 356-6260
Fax: (925) 827-9396
adopt@atwakids.org

Directions to Our Office To reach our office, take Highway 680 to the Willow Pass Road exit. If you were heading NORTH on 680, turn LEFT onto Willow Pass Road at the bottom of the freeway exit. If you were heading SOUTH on 680, turn RIGHT onto Willow Pass Road at the bottom of the exit. Once on Willow Pass Road you will come to a large intersection with a shopping center on your right. When you cross Contra Costa Boulevard, Willow Pass Road changes names to Taylor Boulevard. At the second stop light after Contra Costa, turn LEFT onto Lucille Lane and make another immediate LEFT into our parking lot. All spots are marked, but you may park in any space. Our office is located on the first floor of the second brown building by the U.S. post boxes, next to the small pond.

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A Special Thank You A Special Thank You to Brittany's Hope for providing grants and helping to bring home so many ATWA children. Oakland Children's Hospital and Research Center This International Adoption Clinic serves children and families by providing the most current evidence-based information and recommendations to those who seek to build families through international adoption. They also serve as consultants to health and adoption professionals. www.internationaladoptionclinic.org