Frequently Asked Questions

What is Hands to Hold Resource Center LLC and what service do they provide?:

Hands to Hold Resource Center LLC is designed to provide an adoptive family with additional resources and support that they may need as they work towards a successful adoption plan by providing services such as consulting, education, guidance, support, advocacy, profile assistance and feedback and additional marketing avenues. This is not inclusive of our service to an adoptive family; it is only shared as examples of our commitment to the adoptive families who allow us to assist them in their journey. Each family will have different varying levels of needed assistance.

Our primary focus is to assist families towards a successful journey. Hands to Hold Resource Center is also an Out Reach Provider to the many child placing entity's across the United States. Hands to Hold Resource Center does have a business relationship with each entity that contacts us for assistance. By establishing a professional business relationship with theses entities we are able to provide them with the expanded ability to reach a broader range of families when they have exhausted their internal options and resources. Families registered with Hands to Hold Resource Center will receive information we receive from out Out Reach program before the information becomes available to the general public on any forum board or website.

Is Hand to Hold Resource Center authorized to conduct business in their state and what is their limitation of liability?:

Hands to Hold Resource Center is a Limited Liability Company that is registered with the Secretary of the State of Oklahoma. It has met and completed all of the state and local requirements that allows our company to conduct business in our state of origin.

Hands to Hold Resource Center is an Accredited Business with the Better Business Bureau.

Hands to Hold Resource Center’s Limitation of Liability is limited too and shall not exceed the actual service fee paid. Hands to Hold Resource Center will not be held liable for any financial loss, emotion distress or physical damage resulting from a adoptive family/clients contract agreement with a child placing entity. We suggest families consult legal counsel with any questions.

When was Hands to Hold Resource Center established?:

Hands to Hold Resource Center was formally Hands to Hold Referral. Hands to Hold Referral began working with families in November 2005 in Kansas. In 2007, Hands to Hold relocated their office to Oklahoma where we are located today. Our commitment to our families remain as strong today as it did when we started. It is this commitment that has lead us to expand and provide more resources that families can utilize to reach their adoption goals.

Is Hands to Hold Resource Center a facilitator?:

Hands to Hold Resource Center is not a facilitator nor do we operate as a facilitator. The primary purpose of an adoption facilitator is to provide a “matching” service. Facilitators operate as a independent business entity that are not licensed as an adoption agency or placing agency whose only purpose of business is to engage in a “matching” of expectant/birth parents with adoptive families. A facilitator will advertise for expectant/birth parents as well as adoptive families and they will have a direct relationship with both. Hands to Hold Resource Center does not provide a match service. We do not match expectant/birth parent(s) with prospective adoptive families. We do not work with expectant/birth parent(s) nor do we advertise for them. We do not establish a relationship between an Expectant/Birth parent(s) and the Adoptive family and we do not act as an intermediary between those families. We are not in a position to have any influence on the selection process of an adoptive family and the expectant/birth parent.

Hands to Hold Resource Center is an Out Reach Provider to child placing entities across the United States. Only those entities that we have a business relationship with are involved directly with the expectant/birth parents and with their decision process. Our relationship is with staff members of the entity and at no point do we have any contact with the expectant/birth parent(s). Hands to Hold Resource Center will not have any influence on the staff or the expectant/birth parent(s) in their selection process. Hands to Hold Resource Center will not have any control over the entities process, fees, policies and/or requirements.

Can Hands to Hold Resource Center work in all 50 states?:

According to the many attorney's we have spoken with and those with whom we currently work closely with, the answer is "Yes". As noted above we are not conducting business as a facilitator. We do not provide a matching service or solicit/advertise for expectant/birth parents for the purpose of "matching" them with adoptive families. Hands to Hold Resource Centers business objective is to provide resources through education, consulting, support, guidance, advocacy, profile design and marketing avenues to an adoptive family.

ONLY a licensed attorney can provide legal advice on this manner. Consulting an attorney is vital to the success of a legal adoption.

What is the average adoption cost?:

The fees vary according to each individual entity. Hands to Hold Resource Center does not have any control or influence over the fees associated with each entities Out Reach Provider request. The average cost associated with each out reach request can range between $23,000 - $50,000. We encourage all families to remain pro-active in their journey as there are other avenues and available resources that may better fit the adoptive family’s goals. Visit our Additional Resource Links for useful tools.

Does Hands to Hold Resource Center charge a fee for the services provided?:

Hands to Hold Resource Centers has a service fee of $2,500.00 which is due upon the execution of a contract acceptance with an entity for which Hands to Hold Resource Center was instrumental in providing education, consulting, guidance, support, advocacy, marketing and/or profile assistance on behalf of the adoptive family/client. The service fee is non-refundable as services are provided up front and are considered rendered at the time of executiont. The fee paid to Hands to Hold Resource Center will roll over should a adoptive family/client have a disruption thru no fault of their own.

How does an Adoptive family know their on-line registration was received?:

Once the registrant selects the "Submit" button on the on-line registration form, the registration is received and the registrant is directed to another web page which "Thanks" the registrant for registering with Hands to Hold Resource Center. This page only appears when the registration is processed successfully and received by email in Hands to Hold Resource Center's email box. You WILL NOT receive a follow up email to acknowledge your registration - the additional web page takes care of that process. You may email or call us if you have additional questions or concerns or simply want to check to verify your registration was received.

We ask that you be gracious enough to keep your registration information up to date. If you are no longer seeking our service please let us know so that we may close or update your file. If you change emails or contact information we will need that new information in order to reach you, and if for any reason you wish your file to be closed please send us an email with that request.

Hands to Hold Resource has grown and continues to grow by remaining committed to the true meaning of adoption

- creating and building families.