Adoption facilitators are typically unapproved or unlicensed, paid intermediaries. They assist couples in locating and matching adoptive couples with birthparents. Adoption facilitators can be friends, family member, doctors/nurses, or religious figures with the sole intent of helping potential adopting parents are legal.

Adoption facilitators who seek payment for their services, however, are illegal in almost all states. In some states, any activity by an adoption facilitator is illegal. Facilitators may be used in international adoptions if the work with an agency but in a foreign country.

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