DISCLAIMER FOR HANDS TO HOLD RESOURCE CENTER

• Hands to Hold Resource Center IS a Limited Liability Company that is registered with 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 an adoptive family’s contract agreement with a child placing entity. We suggest an adoptive family consult legal counsel with any questions.
• Hands to Hold Resource Center is not nor do we operate as a facilitator. The primary purpose of an adoption facilitator is to provide a “matching” service. Facilitators only purpose of business is to engage in a “matching” of expectant/birth parents with adoptive families. Hands to Hold Resource Center DOES NOT offer a "Matching Service".
• Hands to Hold Resource Center is an Out Reach Resource Provider to entities seeking adoptive families 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 of an adoptive family. Hands to Hold Resource Center will not have any control over the entities process, fees, policies and/or requirements.
• Hands to Hold Resource Center DOES NOT advertise for expectant/birth parent(s). We do not work directly or indirectly with an expectant/birth parent(s).
• Hands to Hold Resource Center DOES NOT provide legal advice so please do not ask. We do encourage prospective adoptive families to seek legal advice from a professional knowledgeable in adoption within their state and the state of birth. Recommendation would be to seek legal advice from a Quad A Attorney (American Academy of Adoption Attorney's - www.adoptionattorneys.com)
• Hands to Hold Resource Center IS designed to provide an adoptive family with additional resources and support they may need as they work towards a successful adoption plan by providing services such as consulting, profile assistance and feedback, additional networking avenues, marketing of your profile and sharing available adoption situations/opportunities that may otherwise not have be made known to the families (small agency that does not post on the web, primarily advertises locally, lacks resource to recruit additional adoptive families..). 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 in their adoption journey. Hands to Hold Resource Center DOES NOT guarantee that our services provided will lead to a successful adoption.
• Hands to Hold Resource Center will only RELEASE an adoptive parent(s) confidential information with their permission after we have consulted with them and provided them with the information we have received as part of our Out Reach services. Hands to Hold Resource Center will not have any influence on the outcome.
• Hands to Hold Resource Center IS NOT responsible for any actions that may result between the adoptive parent(s), expectant/birth parent(s) and/or an entity. We WILL NOT attempt to resolve actions that may include but are not limited to: negotiate a contract dispute, expectant/birth parent(s) related matters or legal issues between parties.
• Hands to Hold Resource Center IS NOT responsible for any omissions, errors or changes in the information provided to us by the contacting entity. We WILL make every effort to ensure the information provided to us from the contacting entity is correct and free of errors to the best of their ability.
• Hands to Hold Resource Center DOES NOT have the authority or control over the fee structure that contacting entities charge. Every entity will have their own fee structure based on the needs of their clients and their base fee. If a prospective family is not happy about the fee structure associated with an opportunity, please remember that Hands to Hold Resource Center does not have any control over other entities fees.
• Hands to Hold Resource Center IS NOT responsible for any financial loss resulting in a failed or disrupted contract agreement/placement between an adoption family and the entity they elected to work with. We strongly recommend that adoptive families read, understand and ask questions about any and each contract they receive from an entity before agreeing and signing a binding contract agreement. We suggest an adoptive family consult legal counsel with any questions.
• Hands to Hold Resource Center DOES NOT discriminate against an adoptive family. However we do reserve the right to decline any adoptive parent(s) registration. The entities that contact Hands to Hold Resource Center will have their own policies, fee and procedures for which we will have no control over. Hands to Hold Resource Center must abide by the governing requirements for each entity.

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