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December 2022 by Dad Reads and Cooks Meat
We had a very good experience with TFN with both our adoptions. One was legally difficult because of ICWA issues. They explained the legal risks to us and helped us through the process. Here we are 7 years later and we couldn't be happier!
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September 2022 by asha stoddard
We used the family network for our home study and other services including applying for AAP. We used them in addition to an adoption lawyer. Everything was going smooth and we really enjoyed the person we met with for our home study.Then, near the end of our adoption journey, something changed from the state where they no longer reimbursed private adoption agencies for AAP applications. This company, right before our adoption was to be finalized, charged us an additional $2000 to cover the loss on their end and held finalization of the adoption until paid. Stating that since we were receiving money(that is supposed to be for the care and needs of our son, not for agency fees) we should be able to pay it. This fee was never mentioned in the fee schedule we signed at the start and we were not warned that these fees could even be a possibility when they knew they could be losing funding. When I asked for a breakdown of what this was paying for, they said they could do that but would charge us even more! Our hands were tied, as they would not proceed with the adoption until these additional fees were paid. It felt very unethical.
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December 2019 by K. B.
I have read a few of the reviews and am so glad I am not the only one to think this agency is very simply awful. I would never, ever recommend them. They are rude, gruff and greedy. I adopted from Uganda. It was a very long arduous process. I wound up being there almost 2 years. 2 years away from my life, my older son, my house. I had not planned on being gone that long. It was very stressful trying to keep things going on the states end, while supporting myself and 3 children in Uganda. My home study (done by The Family Network) expired during this time. Audrey was so abrupt and unsympathetic to the fact I was almost 10,000 miles from the documents she was requiring to renew it. She was going to charge me well over $2000. When I questioned her and told her all the other adoptive families only had to update medicals and financials, she basically told me I was rude and could find another agency. I was stunned. Had I 'sighed' too many times when I spoke with her? How could she say that! I felt so abandoned and betrayed.......so far from home and in a country with no real systems in place and now my home study agency wasn't going to help me. I begged and apologized for any frustration that might have come through my voice. I was desperate. THANKFULLY another person put me in touch with a social worker accredited by the states but living in Uganda. She was the most helpful and sweet person! It wasn't until I worked with her that I realized the Home Study people could actually be trying to HELP rather than hinder, debase, and just plain......be mean. It is almost as if this agency (The Family Network) wants to wield their power over people and be as mean as possible. So thanks to this new and wonderful lady, I was able to update my home study (JUST medicals and financials as I thought) for only $350. I was SO thankful for her. When I finally got back to the states I had to contact The Family Network for my post adoption reports. I had already paid for some of them. I adopted two children instead of the original one child. So they were going to charge me for both. I was to be charged $2100 per visit for two children and travel. There were to be 4 visits over the course of this year. I was able to find another agency who is charging me $500 per visit. This covers both children and travel. Georgia is as bad as her daughter, Audrey. They are just a very antagonistic pair. Georgia did my original home study. She went on and on about how she started the agency to help people. As far as I am concerned they are there only to take out there personal vendettas on people. I have never met a more unhelpful agency, ever! And again, they are just plain....mean. I can't think of any other word to describe them. I had to wait until I was sure I didn't have to use them to write this. They seem very vindictive and I believe would have made things very difficult. I DO NOT recommend them!!!!!
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November 2019 by erin f.
Simply cannot say enough good about The Family Network. They conducted our home study at the beginning of our adoption journey. Going through the adoption process can unfortunately sometimes show you the worst in people and make an already difficult experience even worse. Throughout the entire process and the 8-10 adoption entities we wound up working with, The Family Network is the only one who I would jump for joy to recommend. Simply so helpful, so professional, so caring at every turn. Even after our home study was complete they went out of their way to be available to answer any questions we may have had (sometimes via LONG phone calls!) and go above and beyond to help us in ways far beyond their job descriptions. It's clear how much they care about people and are passionate about building families.
