Why Choose Cradle of Hope

Our Track Record is Outstanding:

Cradle of Hope has placed more than 3,000 children from the former Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, China, and Latin America. Our extensive experience in many countries means adoptions are completed as quickly and smoothly as possible.

Many Cradle of Hope families return to adopt another child through our programs.

Cradle of Hope works with families across the United States through a series of network agencies that provide local services and support to Cradle of Hope families.

Cradle of Hope Adoptions are Final

Children in our programs are adopted through a final and binding administrative or judicial process in their birth countries.

Cradle of Hope Staff are Professional, Knowledgeable, Responsive

Each adopting family works with a team of professionals - a social worker and an adoption assistant, who is an expert at preparing documents required for international adoption.

Cradle of Hope Provides Excellent Support before, during and after the adoption:

Cradle of Hope works with families across the country through a series of network agencies to ensure that each family receives as much guidance and support during the process as necessary.

Individualized case-management.

Information and guidance through every aspect of adoption.

Homestudy services for MD and VA families.

Assistance with document preparation and immigration approval.

Monthly bulletin and meetings for waiting families.

Foreign country cultural education and travel preparation.

Caseworker support while overseas.

Post-placement services for MD and VA families.

Ongoing support for adoptive families after placement.

	Cradle of Hope is a licensed, nonprofit adoption agency founded in 1990 by adoptive parents.
	We have placed children with families across the United States and abroad.
	We can assist families living outside the United States
	We have placed more than 3,000 children from the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, China and Latin America.
	We also work actively in China and Guatemala, where primarily healthy infants are available.
	We are a member agency of the Joint Council on International Childrens' Services, and the National Council for Adoption.

Welcome

by Linda Perilstein, Executive Director

I would like to offer a warm welcome from all of us at Cradle of Hope and tell you about our work helping children and families. My husband and I adopted our son domestically and our daughter from Romania in the late 1980s. International adoption was a new and complicated process in Eastern Europe at that time, and many families asked for assistance. Several other adoptive parents and I founded Cradle of Hope in 1990.

Cradle of Hope placed 80 children from Romania in our first year of operation. In 1991, we expanded our focus to the former Soviet Union and have since brought together more than 3,000 orphaned children and loving adoptive parents. We have active programs in Russia, China and Guatemala. Additionally, for the many, many children who remain behind in orphanages, we are committed to humanitarian aid relief to help improve the quality of their lives. We have sent and distributed large shipments of clothing, developmental toys, medical supplies and equipment, and provided funds for the repair and maintenance of orphanage buildings.

Having personally experienced a domestic agency adoption as well as an independent international adoption, I can truly appreciate the support and knowledge that adoption professionals provide. The adoption process can be an emotional and procedural roller coaster. We have an excellent staff whose trademarks are competence, compassion, responsiveness, and solid ethics. Your Cradle of Hope team will guide you through each step of your international adoption, and will be available to support you throughout the process as well as after your child comes home.

Thank you for your interest in Cradle of Hope. We look forward to the opportunity of working with you. I encourage you to contact us to discuss how we can help bring your son or daughter home to you.

Linda