Gladney Center for Adoption

This place has truly made us feel like family. They are upfront about the adoption process and provide with loads of training. They have been in business over 125 years and made a movie about the founder Edna Gladney.

My husband was adopted through Gladney over 30 yrs ago and heard nothing but great things from my in-​laws. We also had a great experience 4 yrs ago. Everyone we worked with was patient and understanding through it all. We were also willing to drop everything we were doing to attending anything that was asked of us.

The people at Gladney are amazing. We struggled with infertility for many years and were terrified that we wouldn’t be «good enough» or rich enough to adopt. After so much bad news, we really needed someone to give us hope. Gladney did just that. They never lied to us, were always honest about how long and sometimes hard the journey might be. But for the first time someone said to us, «WHEN you have your baby…» instead of «IF you ever have a baby…» Such a powerful thing that one little word. Gladney’s staff from the initial paperwork help to the day we brought our beautiful son home 19 months later was caring, efficient, responsive, and honest. We are particularly thankful for Melissa and Amy, the caseworkers for us and our son’s birthmother. We truly believe that without both of them working so hard together we would not have achieved our goal. We will forever be grateful for Gladney’s help in helping us get to our miracle!

I really have to wonder about this facility. First of all it looks like a fancy museum. I am wondering where they get that much funding to keep the lights on in that huge building. Secondly, They are not forth coming with every step that must be carried out. Thirdly, to proceed you must attend a training session. This session is offered on a quarterly basis.
I had a uneasy feeling about this organization because of several red flags in this process. When I started asking questions, the workers attitudes changed. Eventually, I went to the manager and reported all my concerns. I found that my concerns were not welcomed at all. For the next few months I was black balled by the workers until I closed my account. Please do not consider this organization for your adoption needs.