Children's Service Society of Utah - Salt Lake City, Utah

Tia

We adopted our oldest daughter from here and there are honestly no words to say what a positive experience we had. From beginning to end of the adoption process, we had a caring representative who worked closely with us as well as the birth mother to ensure that everything was accurately represented, she was a very effective communicator, and she truly cared about us and the birth mother. We have adopted through other agencies and our experience paled in comparison to our experience at Children's Service Society. We are preparing to adopt again, and CSS is definitely our first choice as far as agencies are concerned.

Angy K.

We had a fantastic experience adopting through CSS. After doing some research on various agencies in Utah, we were convinced that we should adopt from a different state. Luckily, we eventually stumbled on CSS and quickly realized that they are an extremely ethical and compassionate agency- just what we were looking for! Liesl and Allison kept us well informed and grounded throughout the whole process and treated us as well as our daughter's birth mother with a tremendous amount of respect. We no longer live in Utah, but plan to fly back when we decide to adopt again, just so we can work with an agency we trust.

M M.

The experience we had with CSS was incredible!
Allison, Liesl, and Becky feel like a part of our family.
They helped us navigate through some emotional times, good and bad. We ALWAYS felt love and support from this team.
The knowledge these ladies have between them about adoption and life after adoption is by far greater then I have ever seen anywhere else.
We highly recommend CSS and encourage anyone to use them so you too can feel like the love and support like we did through a emotional yet very rewarding journey.

Kayla S.

Our experience with CSS was pretty great! We had no idea what we were doing this was our first adoption and they helped us out tremendously. With that being said though we had a few moments of miss communications between our lawyer and them. But they were wonderful other than that they truly care about the kids not only that they truly care about these mothers putting there babies up for adoption. Even though we used there services only for a home study and to help our birth mom out cause we had a private adoption they were great Allison was such a sweetheart and Liesl all though we never met her helped our birth mother out so much! So thank you ladies! Also if we ever adopt again we would love to use this adoption service again and recommend it to anyone.

Kevin A. V.

We have adopted one child through CSS 10 years ago. We are now using their services for post adoption counseling. Liesl, Ali and Becky have been absolutely wonderful to work with. Adoption has so many different variables for each family and CSS has been able to help us immensely. We have dealt with other Adoption Agency's in Utah in the last eight years. Hands-down, CSS is absolutely the most ethical. They are equally concerned about birth mothers, birth father's, adopted children and adoptive parents. If you are considering their services, do not discount any of their advice or requirements for child placement in your family. They know exactly what they are doing. Other agencies may have easier requirements but that is not in your best interest or your potential adoptive child.

Aaron Q.

When my husband and I started our adoption journey, we had so many questions and anxieties. As a gay couple, we were unsure of how the process might be additionally complicated for us. We did some research into a few local adoption agencies and were disheartened, feeling like there wasn't an agency nearby that would fit our needs or meet our ethical standards. We figured we would have to coordinate adoption from another state.

In our quest to find a local agency to perform our home study, however, we stumbled upon Children's Service Society (CSS). We ended up in conversations with Liesl and Allison about their adoption program. They were very helpful in answering our questions and explaining their practice guidelines. We were quickly impressed by their level of professionalism and commitment to ethical practices. After consideration, we decided to seek adoption through CSS.

Liesl, Allison, and other CSS staff treated us with respect and sensitivity throughout the entire process. They all helped us feel at ease throughout the match meetings, birth planning process, day of delivery, and post-placement visits. We were lucky enough to form a connection with both our birth mother and birth father. CSS helped to foster these relationships, which we believe helped make the process go very smoothly. We have felt very comfortable and supported during our adoption journey thus far.

Our son was born in March and we are nearing finalization. We feel very fortunate to have gone through this process locally, with closer support and lower costs than we would have otherwise faced. We feel very grateful to have been connected with the adoption program at CSS and would recommend it to others.

Callie V. W.

We used CSS for our home study and post placement visits. They have been so amazing! We love Liesl and Ali. They always answer our questions quickly and respectfully. They have been a great resource for us, especially after coming home with our son. I recommend them to anyone who is in need of adoption services!

Brant W.

I don't even know where to start with saying how great our experience was with css. From facilitating the meeting with our birth Mom, to being there (all night) while our birth Mom was in labor. I feel like they helped us all along the way and answered every question we had. Adoption is often times confusing and very emotional. They knew how to help us and the birth family through the process. Not only were they there all night with us but they were there early the next morning to continue guiding us through the process. So grateful for them to help us through everything!