Choosing an Adoptive Family in Illinois

Name: Heart to Heart Adoptions | Nationwide Adoption Agency
Address: US

If you decide on adoption, one of the most personal choices you’ll make is selecting the adoptive family. That’s where your heart and voice truly matter.

Looking through family profiles, talking to real couples, even just scrolling through pictures—many Illinois birth moms say this is where the fear began to settle, and peace started to grow.

You’re not giving up. You’re giving forward.

How Do I Choose?

You’ll tell us what matters to you. Like:

Where do you want your child to grow up?

Is a faith-based family important?

Would you prefer your baby to have siblings—or be the only child?

What kind of relationship do you want with the adoptive family?

Taking Your Information We'll Help You Find a Family

With information about what you want in a family, we will find family profiles that match your preferences. You’ll learn about their lives, their hopes, and their reasons for adopting.

And whether you’re near the Shawnee National Forest or living in the Chicago suburbs, you’ll find families from across the country who are ready to love your baby fully.

Illinois Stories

Kelsey – Rock Island, IL
Kelsey loved the outdoors and wanted a family who shared that. She picked a couple who camped every summer and read bedtime stories every night.

“They felt like old friends,” she said. “We had dinner at the River Front Grill before I went into labor.”

Now they still chat through Our Hearts Connect, and her daughter will grow up hiking trails, just like Kelsey dreamed.

Vanessa – Chicago, IL
Vanessa chose a family who lived just a few hours from the city, near the wide prairie landscape she’d loved visiting as a child. “I wanted my son to grow up with space to run,” she said.

As someone who worked near the massive Chicago Post Office (yes, the one you can literally drive through), Vanessa always appreciated how the city makes room for everyone—and she wanted that for her child, too.

Choosing adoption doesn’t mean losing control. It means shaping a future.

Need to talk it through?
Text us anytime: 801-563-1000
Call us 24/7 at 877-437-3424
We’re here when you’re ready. No pressure. Just real help.

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