Archbishop Robert J. Carlson Adoption Fund

This fund grew from a desire to help families we knew personally who struggled with infertility and chose this loving option to grow their families. Since its inception in 2009, the Archbishop Robert J. Carlson (ARJC) Adoption Fund has helped over 60 families adopt with $337,790 in grant funds. According to The Balance.com, the average cost of private adoption through an agency in the United States is between $20,000 and $45,000.  International adoptions can run tens of thousands higher. The ARJC grant helps adoptive parents offset some of the cost of adding their new child to their family through adoption.

This grant, offered through the Archdiocesan Office of Natural Family Planning (NFP), is available to couples who want to build their family through this loving choice. For more information about the grant, contact the Office of Natural Family Planning at 314-997-7576 or email stlnfp@archstl.org.

Grant applications can be found at bit.ly/ARJC-Grant

Read several of the heartwarming stories of our ARJC Grant recipients here.

Please consider donating so we can help more couples who have chosen to grow their family by adoption!