A Child’s Hope Adoption Agency — Creating Forever Families through Adoption

A Child's Hope: A premier North Carolina Adoption Agency

Since 2000, A Child's Hope adoption agency has placed nearly 500 babies and children with loving families. Our focus remains on matching birth mothers with prospective adoptive parents in North Carolina.

Adoption Counseling Across North Carolina

Our network of eight professional adoption counselors serves birth mothers and adoptive families across the state. Our headquarters is in downtown Raleigh, and our counselors serve the greater areas of Durham, Chapel Hill, Asheville, Greensboro-Winston Salem, Charlotte and Jacksonville, North Carolina. We provide personalized, in-person or video adoption counseling no matter where you live in North Carolina.

North Carolina Adoption Services for 25 Years

A Child's Hope offers comprehensive domestic adoption services throughout North Carolina. Founded by experienced adoption attorney E. Parker Herring, our agency has successfully placed nearly 500 babies with loving families since 2000, with hundreds more through independent adoptions.

What Guides Us

At A Child’s Hope, these three pillars shape every step of your adoption journey – ensuring you feel empowered, included, and fully supported from start to finish.

Empowerment

You deserve to feel confident and in control as you navigate your adoption journey. At A Child’s Hope, we empower you with clear information, compassionate guidance, and the freedom to make choices that reflect your unique hopes and circumstances. By putting you at the center of every decision, we help you move from uncertainty to confidence, so you can shape your family’s story with clarity and strength.

Inclusivity

You and your family should be welcomed and celebrated for exactly who you are—regardless of race, gender, background, or identity. At A Child’s Hope, we actively embrace and support families from all walks of life, including LGBTQ+ parents, and ensure every child finds a loving, affirming home. We honor your individuality and work to create a community where diversity is not just accepted, but truly valued and reflected in everything we do.

Support

You shouldn’t have to face the challenges of adoption alone. From your first questions to the years after placement, A Child’s Hope walks beside you with personalized care, open communication, and lifelong resources. We’re committed to being your trusted guide and advocate, so you always have the support, understanding, and connection you need to thrive at every stage of your adoption journey.

 

We serve birth mothers and prospective adoptive parents across North Carolina.

A Child’s Hope specializes in newborn adoptions, supporting families and birth parents with compassion and integrity. We value diversity and inclusivity, ensuring children from all backgrounds and those with special needs find loving, supportive homes. Our experienced team is dedicated to guiding you through every step of the adoption journey with care and understanding.

Personalized adoption services for both birth parents and prospective adoptive parents

Counselors available to meet online or for an in-person meeting across North Carolina.

Thorough screening process requires at least five in-person meetings before approval.

Small waiting list minimizes wait times and personal care to each party.

Respect for privacy while offering options for open, semi-open, and closed adoptions.

Multilingual adoption counselors available for ESOL adoptive mothers.

Are You Pregnant?

Speak with one of our adoption counselors. 


Call or text the Pregnancy Hotline 24/7

(919) 971-4396

Interested in Adoption?

Get guidance on opportunities & next steps.


Our office is open in Raleigh, NC.

(919) 839-8800

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