Lifeline Children’s Services is a dynamic full-service agency providing international adoption services for China to families across the U.S. Our agency is licensed in the states of Alabama, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee, South Carolina, and Washington and we provide services to families in all 50 states (if you live in a state outside of Alabama, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee, South Carolina, and Washington, you will simply have to seek out a licensed, non-profit (501 c 3), Hague accredited agency in your state of residence to perform the homestudy portion of your Dossier). Our program exists to both place children in need of love and a family in a safe and loving home and provide services to Christian families desiring to adopt one of these precious children.
Lifeline Children’s Services, Inc. provides the following professional services:
Licensed Agency
Alabama-licensed since 1981, Lifeline offers a full-range of adoptive and counseling services, including home study preparation and post-placement adoptive services for domestic and international adoptions (these homestudy services and post-placement services are available in the states in which we are licensed: Alabama, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee, South Carolina, and Washington). For those families residing outside of Alabama, help with obtaining these services is given.
Document Package Facilitation
Lifeline does an exceptional job in assisting our families through the dossier process (the preparation of numerous documents that the Chinese government uses to process an adoption). To assist our families in this area, we walk them through a detailed definition of all the documents required in this package as well as what is required in terms of Notarization, Certification and Authentication. Lifeline supplies all the necessary forms and guidence to complete your paperwork. After the document package is completed by the client, it is reviewed for compliance with CCCWA guidelines.
Information
We spend a great deal of time monitoring what is happening with China adoptions. We also receive updated information from our Chinese facilitator on a daily basis. This information can save countless hours of effort, money and frustration associated with vague and often unnecessary actions. We provide a detailed list of all expenses that our clients are likely to incur so that there should be no unexpected or hidden costs. Keep in mind that many of these fees are set by other authorities and are out of our control.
U.S. Contacts
We have developed contacts in the U.S. that can provide services or information that can be extremely valuable during the adoption process, including document translation, legal help, travel agencies, et cetera.
China Facilitator
A key component in international adoption is having an effective representative in-country. Without question, we believe Lifeline has the finest facilitator in China. She was born in and lives in China. She has developed incredible in-country contacts and professionally oversees the in-country portion of the adoption process. She works directly with the CCWAA as well as with the officials on the local level. She also acts as guide and translator to our clients while they are in China for the adoption.
When you choose to adopt from China, you will be adopting directly from the People’s Republic of China. Lifeline provides our clients with all the information and guidance needed to prepare a complete document package as required by the CCCWA. Lifeline forwards the document package to our China facilitator for submission to the proper Chinese Government officials. As with nearly all adoption, there are some risks involved and we cannot guarantee a successful adoption from China. However, Lifeline’s knowledge and experience has led us to believe that adoption from China is one of the surest and most straight forward of any country. Our Lifeline China Team has maintained high volume success over many years to support this opinion.
Lifeline is excited about your adoption!
We look forward to serving you in your journey to provide a hope and a future for a precious child from China. Please call Lisa Kelley or Logan Gibbons at 205-967-0811 if you have any inquiries. To get started today please complete the Application along with the Doctrinal Statement & Christian Questionnaire located here. A fee of $250.00 will be due when you return the Application to Lifeline (payment can be made online thru PayPal here). If you need special assistance please feel free to contact our China Program Director, Karla Thrasher or our International Director, Dave Wood.
