Guidance for your adoption journey
Adoption Navigators can help you at any stage of the adoption process.
Starting the adoption process can be both exciting and overwhelming. That’s why MARE’s Adoption Navigators are here. They'll walk alongside you, providing guidance and support every step of the way.
Since 2011, our Navigators have guided countless families on their adoption journeys. They understand the process and procedures for foster care adoption and can provide information on infant, domestic, and international adoption. Every Navigator is also an adoptive parent who understands first-hand the unique joys and challenges that come with adoption.
What do Navigators offer?
Our Navigators provide both practical guidance and personal support to individuals, couples, and families hoping to adopt. Their services are available to use voluntarily and are free of charge. They can also assist you at any stage of the adoption process.
Here are just a few ways they can help:
- Answer your questions and clearly explain the adoption process
- Guide you on making inquiries, including following up on them
- Connect you with local agencies and supports
- Locate educational resources on adoption and parenting
- Share their lived experience as adoptive parents
- Support you with encouragement and advocacy throughout your journey
- Host Waiting Family Forums and training you can attend for added support, education, and connection
Additionally, Adoption Navigators can help you join our Family Directory and email you each month about children who may be a match for you. If you inquire about a youth before your homestudy is complete, an Adoption Navigator will follow up with you on the next steps.
Everyone who contacts MARE about adopting from foster care has the option to work with a Navigator.
Why families choose Navigators
The adoption journey can sometimes feel like uncharted territory. Our Navigators are here to be a trusted compass—offering direction when things feel uncertain, encouragement when the process feels long, and celebration when your family grows through adoption.
Their blend of personal experience and professional knowledge means you’ll have a partner in the process and never feel like you’re on the journey alone.
Our Adoption Navigator was incredible! She helped me so much, and I could tell that she really cared. I had a lot of questions, and she never made me feel judged for asking them all. She took her time to be sure I had all the answers I needed. --Hannah
Take the first step
Getting started with an Adoption Navigator is simple. Contact us via any of the methods below to get connected.
- Call 1-800-589-6273
- Request information about adoption
- Message us on our contact us page
