Hands to Hold Resource Center - Committed to assisting Adopting Families:

Hands to Hold Resource Center is committed in designed to provide an adoptive family with additional resources and support as they work towards a successful adoption plan. We offer adoptive families a variety of services such as:

• consulting and guidance
• education and support
• profile assistance and feedback (Introduction document)
• additional marketing avenues
• sharing available information received from entities through our Out Reach Provider Service (not listed on public forums)
• various other services on a case by case, individual need

****Hands to Hold Resource Center DOES NOT work directly with birth families, or can we be directly involved in the placement of a child. Hands to Hold Resource Center is an Out Reach Provider for various entities that are seeking families. Not all of our out reach information is posted on our website. Many are shared with registered families only.

The above is not inclusive of our service to an adoptive family; it is only shared to provide an understanding of our services and commitment to the families who allow us to assist in their journey. Hands to Hold Resource Center does not guarantee that the services provided will lead to a successful adoption but we will work very hard to provide the resources that can be utilized to achieve each families goals.

Our primary focus is to assist adoptive families towards a successful journey. Hands to Hold Resource Center is an Out Reach Provider to the many 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 from our Out Reach program before they become available to the general public on any forum board or website.

Hands to Hold Resource Center is a Limited Liability Company that is registered with the Secretary of the State of Oklahoma. We have 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 proud to be an Accredited Business with the Better Business Bureau.

Benefits that are are provided to registered families:

Please note: These benefits are NOT free if you are not a registered family

• No Up front fees to register – Registration is FREE
• No fee for presentation of profile to an entity (**Read Terms of Agreement)
• Free Consultations as needed for registered families
• Free feedback from various individuals with regards to the adoptive families profile (Introduction document) (social workers, expectant/birth moms, Attorney’s….) for registered families
• Free avenue for additional marketing and networking with no money out of your pocket until acceptance of a contract agreement with an entity
• Access to available situation/opportunities prior to them being made public via forum boards, emails or websites
• Expanded ability for an adoptive family to have access to and to reach a larger network a child placing agencies with no application fees paid until selected by an agency
• No commitments or application fees to various agencies to be placed on their waiting list – fees only paid once the adoptive family is selected by the entity and the entity has matched them with one of their clients (expectant/birth parent)
• Working with an entity that is a member of The Better Business Bureau

Executive Director/Owner:

Jamie Marlow is the Executive Director of Hands to Hold Resource Center. I hold a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration with an emphasis on Management and Organizational Development. I have worked in the social service field on various levels through out my professional and personal career. In my professional career I have held many high level corporate positions that places the foundation of my business experience in consulting, management, marketing, finance, many levels of administration and counseling. Applying the combination of both my professional experience in the business field and my own personal experience in pursuing adoption, the foundation for the creation of a resource center to assist adoptive families at various stages of their adoption journey became a reality when Hands to Hold began business in 2005. Having traveled the journey to adoption, I understand the emotional difficulties and the financial hardship many adoptive families face as they struggle to create and/or expand their family. Hands to Hold Resource Center will provide compassion, understanding and work hard to provide each families with the resources they can utilize in assisting them in reaching their goal of adding to their family through the joys of domestic adoption. I believe that holding the hand of a child is holding an Inspirational Treasure.

Encouragement:

We encourage adoptive parent(s) to register with us. Registration is FREE and the registration form can be found by following the registration link. Hands to Hold Resource Center does not discriminate but it does reserve the right to decline a registration.

Hands to Hold Resource Center looks forward to being a part of your adoption journey.