Human Services
Adoption & Beyond Inc
Putting the Pieces of Your Adoption Together
Mission
Adoption & Beyond is a not-for-profit child placing agency licensed by the states of Kansas and Missouri. Adoption & Beyond assists with domestic, embryo, international and private adoptive services. Adoption & Beyond strives to meet the needs of children, prospective birth parents and prospective adoptive parents by providing quality services for adoption.
Notes from the nonprofit
WE ARE BY YOUR SIDE FOR EVERY STEP IN THE ADOPTION JOURNEY
Ruling year
2005
Executive Director
Steffany Aye
Main address
16236 Metcalf Ave
Stilwell, KS 66085 USA
EIN
75-3159701
Cause area (NTEE code)
Adoption (P31)
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Communication
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Adoption is a beautiful thing and helps over 100,000 children find families in the United States every year.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Birth Parent Services
Services provided to prospective birth parents considering adoption for their child are provided free of charge. The services include are counseling, education, living expenses related to the pregnancy, placement services, educational scholarship opportunity and post-placement support. In the event the birth parent chooses to parent follow-up services and referrals are provided.
Free Consultations
We provide free consultations to prospective adoptive families to discuss the six different avenues of adoption in order to help a prospective adoptive family determine the right path to pursue for their family.
Home Study Services
The first step in the adoption journey for a prospective adoptive family is an adoptive home study, the adoptive home study is an assessment process to determine whether a family has the ability to care for a child in safe nurturing and healthy environment. In addition, it is an education tool used by Adoption & Beyond to prepare an adoptive family to adopt a child.
Post-Adoption/Post-Placement Services
Upon placement of a child with an adoptive family post-adoption/post-placement visits occur to ensure healthy adjustments for everyone. The reports are submitted to the court or country where the adoption occurred.
Domestic Adoption Program
Adoption & Beyond's Domestic Adoption Program helps build families through adoption. Prospective adoptive families work with our agency to be matched with a local expectant parent to whom Adoption & Beyond is providing adoption support and education. The program allows birth parents to find the adoptive family they feel is best for their child.
Where we work
Accreditations
Hague Accreditation 2020
Affiliations & memberships
National Council for Adoption 2020
Metropolitian Adoption Council 2020
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Charting impact
Five powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Adoption & Beyond is committed to finding nurturing, permanent families for children by functioning as a licensed non-profit child placing agency. Adoption & Beyond is built upon a respect for life and family development. These principles are the foundation of our various adoption services.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
TO PROVIDE education, support and quality services for people seeking to build their families through adoption and to assist in gathering and preparing the social background documents needed in the process. TO ASSIST women and men in looking at all life giving options for their child and by providing for their emotional needs as they prepare and participate in an adoption plan. TO SPONSOR workshops in order to educate the public regarding the positive aspects of adoption by presenting information on various adoption topics.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Adoption & Beyond, Inc. we established in 1998, so we have been around for many years serving families. We are a fully licensed non-profit child placement agency in the states of Kansas and Missouri. In addition, we have the prestigious accreditation of being Hague Accredited. This accreditation allows us to work with families wishing to pursue an international adoption and it confirms we provide ethical adoptions with the best interest of children at the heart of every service we provide.
How will they know if they are making progress?
We conduct a survey after the completion of each adoption service to determine the efficacy our adoption service provided. The number of birth parents reached, and the number of adoptive families and children severed each year, it is also an indicator of how we are meeting an unmet need in the community and around the world.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
We became a fully licensed adoption agency in the states of Kansas and Missouri in 1998. We became Hague Accredited in 2012 and have successfully completed the 4 year re-accreditation process in 2016 and again in 2020. We have successfully worked with thousands of birth parents, adoptive families and their children. We have successfully networked with other ethical adoption providers and most recently developed our birth parent educational scholarship fund. Adoption & Beyond, Inc.'s commitment to ethical adoption practices and continued education and support of all individuals impacted by adoption is on going.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is the organization collecting feedback?
We regularly collect feedback through: electronic surveys (by email, tablet, etc.), case management notes.
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How is the organization using feedback?
We use feedback to: to identify and remedy poor client service experiences, to identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, to make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, to identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, to strengthen relationships with the people we serve.
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With whom is the organization sharing feedback?
We share feedback with: our staff, our board.
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to: it is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback.
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What significant change resulted from feedback
We received feedback from our families regarding our tarn-racial training. As a result we have updated our trans-racial training.
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Board orientation and education
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CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
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Keywords
Child Placement, Adoption, Family Services, Adoption, Adoption Education, Home Study, Adoption Support, Unplanned Pregnancy Counseling, Women's Services, Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents, Expectant Parents, International Adoption, Domestic Adoption, Embryo Adoption, Social Services, Human Services, Community Services, Women & Children, Children & Families, Crisis Pregnancy, Adoption Agency, Domestic Infant Adoption, Post-Adoption Services, Post-Placement Services
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