About Lifetime Adoption

Lifetime Adoption Facilitation Center, LLC is a National adoption service. Founded in 1986 as an Adoption Support and Referral Group, the mission was and still is to help families and birthmothers come together.

Completing over 120 adoptions a year, Lifetime's specialty is assisting birthparents in their search to find qualified adoptive families. With the assistance of the Internet, Lifetime is able to provide adoption services and bring together prospective adoptive families and birthparents from all over the nation!

On average, Lifetime receives 300 phone calls daily and is available for emergencies 24 hours a day. Over the years, Lifetime has become known for its caring and genuine concern for birthmothers' well-being before and after adoption.

Lifetime has a national outreach program to educate the public and professionals about the benefits of adoption. Lifetime welcomes the media to call upon us for our expertise and to answer any questions on adoption-related issues.

Lifetime is a member in good standing with the Better Business Bureau of Sacramento, is a member of the Grass Valley/Nevada County Chamber of Commerce and the California Association of Employers.

Caring for Birthparents
Lifetime provides birthparents with compassionate personalized attention and support regardless of the decision to adopt or parent. Birthparents receive quality counseling and help with goal setting and confidential decision-making. Medical, legal, public aid and housing referrals are available, as well as transportation to their doctor's office by bus voucher or by individuals called "Birthmother Angels".

Birthparents, through Lifetime's Open Adoption Program, have the opportunity to choose the baby's adoptive parents and meet the adoptive family. Lifetime encourages birthmothers to take a friend, mother, or the birthfather along with them when meeting a prospective family. With the option to exchange on going letters and photos, birthparents can be assured of their children's well-being in upbringing and children have the opportunity to know their genealogy, medical history and biological family.

All of Lifetime's services to birthparents are free.

Aiding Adoptive Families
Lifetime maintains contracts with families who have a broad range of religions, races, ages and preferences for infants, older children and sibling groups.

Lifetime provides adoptive families with a wealth of information pertaining to the adoption process, alleviating concern and guesswork. In addition to printed materials and on-line counseling, Lifetime offers free monthly informational meetings.

On behalf of adoptive families, Lifetime handles the initial screening of all birthparents on phone and, if possible, in person and through written questionnaire. Only qualified birthparents and adoptive families with matching profiles are linked for further conversations, avoiding false expectations and disappointment. A majority of Lifetime families are matched within a few weeks to less than a year.

In addition to facilitating adoptive family and birthparent matches, Lifetime arranges for the transfer of proof of pregnancy, medical releases and records, and written confirmation of future contact between the adoptive family and birthparents. Lifetime makes available to adoptive families referrals to attorneys and other adoption professionals nationwide, in order to help them complete their adoption. To culminate the adoption, Lifetime prepares a plan for the baby to leave the hospital with the adoptive family.

Lifetime continues with follow-up care after birth and post-placement with both the adoptive family and birthparents.

Lifetime's Founder & CEO
Founder and CEO Mardie Caldwell, is a certified open adoption practitioner and is bonded and fully insured as an adoption facilitator. As an author and recognized expert in the field of adoption, she is often called upon for her experience and knowledge by the media and other adoption organizations.

Our Location
Lifetime Adoption Facilitation Center and its administration office are located in the beautiful Sierra foothills of Rough and Ready and Nevada City in Northern California. These historic gold mining towns are known for their charming shops and award-winning restaurants and attract thousands of tourists from around the world during all seasons. Nevada City is filled with beautiful Victorian homes, historical sites and theaters, and scenic horse-drawn carriage rides and walking tours are available. All located about one hour northeast of the California State Capital in Sacramento and 90 minutes west from beautiful Lake Tahoe.