While our road to parenthood was rocky, Abrazo helped us find the expectant mother who we were meant to match with. Their focus on open adoption and always doing what is best for the child has really helped to facilitate the wonderful ongoing relationship we have with our daughter's first family. Their genuine care and concern for our daughter's birthmother was so appreciated during the placement process and afterward, as they continued to provide emotional support.
I never thought I would be placing one of my children for adoption but when I came across
Abrazo Adoption Associates from the start they welcomed me with open arms and did not judge me for my choices.
Abrazo has created families by extending grace, love & professional services to birthparents & adoptive parents. Their extended care beyond the moment of placement continues to be a blessing & gift to us, even 20+ years later. Their reputable, trained staff that is genuine & full of comfort has helped me since I placed my son.
We worked with Abrazo in both 2012 and 2016 to adopt our 2 children. They are very focused on assisting all three sides of the adoption triad, with the most focus on the child. Abrazo provides support groups and services before and anytime after the birth of the child. It is a real community and family. I would highly recommend working with them if you are considering adoption.
It’s been many years since we adopted our son through Abrazo. We continue to have a strong relationship with his birth family in San Antonio. Often we attend the camp the agency puts on at a dude ranch. It’s so much fun and we get to meet other families like ours. Abrazo has followed through on their lifelong commitment to our son’s birth mother and her well being. Everyone we have met through Abrazo is like our extended family.
I am an Abrazo Grandma, and I am very thankful for this agency! The fact that they are non-profit is an automatic plus. But primarily, it is the fact that whether you are a prospective birth mother or father, or hopeful adoptive parents, Abrazo has everyone's best interest at heart. They have many resources to help educate about the process, and supportive services to aid emotional needs. Their staff provides support throughout the process, which does not end after placement.
Abrazo encourages open adoption to the point that birth parents are comfortable. Although this may look different for different people, it is so beneficial to the child to see the people who love them working together and communicating.
The staff at Abrazo are truly a blessing and make it a point to maintain their connection with families over the years. They do this through planned events, but also by making themselves available if someone has a question or just needs to hear a supportive and friendly voice.
I thank God every day for my two beautiful grandchildren, and I wish everyone well in their journey to becoming a family.
My family has worked with Abrazo Adoption Associates twice for domestic infant adoption; both of our experiences with them were phenomenal. We could not be more thankful we found Abrazo. After many months of research prior to our first adoption journey, we found Abrazo to be the best fit for our family for many reasons.
Abrazo is a nonprofit adoption agency, they keep their agency fees low for adoptive families and are some of the lowest nationwide. Their knowledge on adoption is remarkable.
Abrazo Adoption Associates strive to serve all triads of adoption to the best of their ability. Abrazo specializes in open adoption. If you are not familiar with open adoption, it is very beneficial for all parties involved in an adoption plan. Through open adoption, we maintain contact with both of our children's birth families to their level of comfort. While every adoption is different, we respect the level of openness each birth family wishes for. While one of our children's birth family wishes to maintain openness only through text message, the other enjoys text. phone calls, video chats/ facetime, and in person visits. We have found open adoption to be beneficial and appreciate the education Abrazo provided us as hopeful adoptive families when we began our adoption journey four years ago. As a second time adoptive family, we completed more education on adoption and open adoption. Abrazo continues to provide us resources and education on open adoption and many other topics that help our family.
Abrazo offers a small community atmosphere from the time you begin your adoption journey. That sense of community never goes away. As a family, we have grown to know many other adoptive families through Abrazo. The sense of community started with our initial contact to Abrazo in December 2017 and has never stopped. The sense of family is one of a kind. You never feel alone during your journey or after; we truly feel that through this journey we not only gained our children, but we also gained their birth families, and many friends through Abrazo. Abrazo supports their adoptive families and birth families before, during, and after the adoption process.
You will also find Abrazo Adoption Associates to be one of the most ethical adoption agencies available. They assist expectant families with counseling, ensure their basic needs are met (housing, food, and clothing), and are able to provide them with resources within the community to benefit them during a time of crisis. Abrazo's process of the expectant parent choosing an adoptive family is also different than many other agencies and we find Abrazo's process much more ethical. Their process allows expectant families to review all of Abrazo's waiting family profiles. After looking at profiles, expectant parents narrow down the prospective adoptive families that they think will be a good fit for them. They are then put into contact with the hopeful adoptive family via phone. This process can be nerve wrecking for both parties (I know it is for hopeful adoptive families) however, I truly believe it provides more comfort for all parties involved. We have found that after both matches, we have built a phenomenal relationship with our children's birth families and truly believe that we were all placed in each other's lives for a reason. We have not only completed our family through open adoption, but we have also gained two other families.
Abrazo Adoption Associates is a phenomenal nonprofit adoption agency. They are knowledgeable, ethical, and supportive to all parties involved in an adoptive plan. We could not be more thankful for them.
My husband and I came to Abrazo in 2018 and while we did eventually adopt with them the process was an unnecessary nightmare filled with constant threats and anti-semitic posturing. We had to endure their abuse because they had every penny we could gather for the adoption and if we left we'd be unable to get the funds together. They knew we were Jewish before we gave them the check and despite having a Jewish employee they took every opportunity to make a point of that after our initial caseworker who was the jewish employee stopped working as a caseworker and switched to bookeeping.
When we finally did adopt we had to face months of harassment and threats to take away our child. Their reasons? They had none. For example: The day after our child was born the caseworker A "joked" that if they had known she would be white that they wouldn't have matched us (their assumption was that the child would be biracial). When bio-mom was kicked out of her hotel and we were exhausted from daily doctors visits with our child (she has multiple health issues that we were trying to get diagnosed despite the difficulties of being out of state) and we were told that they would take our baby away if we didn't spend the entire day (including cancelling a vital doctor's appointment) moving bio mom to a new hotel. When the child was in the hospital for surgery they reminded us that if she died that there would be no refunds and they didn't owe us another baby. I cannot be adamant enough about how disgusting this was to say. Caseworker A was bad but I had no idea she was this bad. I would literally rip my own heart out for this child and here they are treating her like she's a thing. I wouldn't stomach someone saying this about a dog or a cat let alone a human child. Exec Director/Owner of the agency acts like a child when she faces any criticism. She was offended that we blocked her on social media after seeing one of our photos used without our permission to advertise the agency. And she refused to finalize the adoption. FIRST she wanted us to go to Texas during the height of the first pandemic wave even though the courts were completely virtual. When we pointed out that she started screaming at us. OK then. Then she had issue with the middle name we put on the forms and sent our forms to the bio grandma. The bio mom had chosen a middle name and we added to it. Instead of calling us and talking to us about it like a normal adult she threw what can only be described as a hissy fit. She threw a fit when some photos were late (because there's a pandemic) and threatened to take away our child because we only sent the photos via email and they had to wait for them in hard copy. They extended the finalization period and required us to get yet another home visit which was a significant cost. Our local social workers who each were in the adoption biz for over 30/40 years said that they had never run across anyone like Exec Director in their lives. The expensive attorney in Texas we hired to deal with E also said that in decades of adoption she had never seen someone like Exec Director. Finally she and Exec Director's attorney went to court and finalized it without Exec Director's signature. It was truly a bizarre and insane experience. We knew at least five other families who were adoption bound who we were able to convince to not go with Abrazo. One of those families decided to not do adoption at all after seeing our experience. This agency needs to be closed down and the Exec Director needs some serious help with whatever the heck is going on with her. She screams and throws fits. She forces people into therapy and then refuses to believe the therapists who say that there's nothing wrong. honestly, I don't think this place is a scam so much as a vehicle for Exec Director's narcissism and paranoia. I wouldn't recommend this agency to anyone, not even my enemies because I don't have enough hate in my heart for anyone.
Our family was formed through adoption. I have known Abrazo’s Executive Director since 1997, when we first started our journey to parenthood through adoption. In my experience, Abrazo Adoption Associates cares equally for each member of the Adoption Triad. Birthparent(s), Adopted Child(ren) and Adoptive Parents are all treated with the same utmost care and respect. The dedicated professionals at Abrazo are there for you throughout your adoption journey, and even beyond finalization. You’re not just a “client,” you’re family.
We adopted twice from this wonderful agency. The staff is unparalleled in their dedication, knowledge, efficiency, caring, experience and willingness to go the extra mile for their clients. One and Abrazo client, always family. Our family grew by four little feet and a a loving additional family of birth relatives and client staff. We now have a network of fellow Abrazo families across the country that we call friends. We are forever humbled and full of gratitude for the experience. Trust them, learn from them, and remember , it's not if, but when.
Abrazo helped find my amazing adoptive family in 1996 while also helping me stay connected to my (equally as amazing) birth family. Thanks to them I have a loving relationship with both. I couldn’t recommend Abrazo more.
We adopted 3 different times through Abrazo. They truly know what they are doing and put the needs of the Birthparent and child as top priority.❤️
Abrazo is the best. They are educated, compassionate and accessible. They know the importance of birth family/adoptive family cohesion and they truly want what is best for each child. We were fortunate to have two adoptive placements from this agency and cannot thank them enough for the respect and kindness they showed both us and the birth families.
We used Abrazo in 2019 to bring our son home. They Abrazo team was compassionate and guided us through the entire process, always being available to answer our questions.
We would use them again and have recommended them to friends and strangers over the last few years who are looking to adopt.
In 2002 I was a 42 year old divorced, infertile, teacher who longed to be a mother. A friend had successfully adopted through Abrazo and encouraged me to call them. I did. Everyone at the agency was so kind and compassionate. They really did put the child’s needs first, but they also had the birthparent(s)and hopeful future parent(s) needs up front, too. Once I turned in my paperwork and was accepted into the program, it was a whirlwind from there. The future parents orientation was coming up and I wanted to know if I was going to be able to attend. (Abrazo educates prospective adoptive parents and builds a tight knit community) I called and talked to Kelly and she told me that there was a perfectly healthy baby boy ready to go home and was I interested. That phone call was on Friday and after meeting with the social worker to update my home study, I brought my son home on Tuesday of that very next week. I believe that Abrazo is a nonprofit adoption agency that stands head and shoulders above the rest. They build and maintain a beautiful community that includes all parties involved in an open adoption plan. They’re simply the best!
I placed my birthson through Abrazo. The staff was very helpful in finding the right family and they were always there to support me when I was feeling unsure or sad about my decision. They had lunches where birth mothers could vent and share and that helped me with the healing process. Abrazo is a wonderful agency.
Our experience with ABRAZO was wonderful. I recommend them to anyone who is looking to become a parent through adoption. Through our experience with them we have discovered how important open adoption in. I will admit I was nervous about it at first but now I wouldn’t take anything for the relationship we have with our daughter’s birth family. We were able to celebrate her birth mother’s wedding last year and are now anxiously awaiting the birth of her baby. This openness has allowed my daughter to ask questions and helped her understand that she was loved from the beginning and decisions were made out of that love that brought her to our family. She doesn’t have to wonder where she came from or why she isn’t with her birth family. ABRAZO was easy to work with. They handled so much for us and made the entire placement as easy as possible. We have also adopted through a different agency and there is a difference. Not every agency treats adoptive parents and birth mothers as well as ABRAZO.
We have had an amazing experience working with Abrazo. The staff is incredibly knowledgeable and friendly.
I was adopted in 1994 through Abrazo. I'm now a 27 year old mom myself. Abrazo has provided me with a lifetime of resources to support me over the years, as well as my birth mom, birth family, adoptive family and my twin sister who was also adopted with me! They have been a safe haven for me my entire life and I would hands down recommend their services and resources to anyone seeking them in their area of expertise!
I can’t express how much this agency and its people mean to us. We have used them to adopt three times and each time was handled with such care and honesty.
Great agency to work with! Was with us many years after placement when our birth father passed. It’s great having the support during difficult times.
We adopted twice from this agency. It felt arduous at first to learn the ins and outs of the process, but they provided all the education we needed and helped us to see adoption from an entirely new perspective. Now we are so glad we chose open adoption and we treasure the relationships with our children's birth families. The Abrazo team has supported us for many years and we are thankful for their help in growing our family!