Growing Families Provider Verification
Ensuring Trust, Transparency, and Professional Standards
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Building strong partnerships with surrogacy and donor IVF providers is essential for supporting intended parents effectively and safely. Our Provider Verification Program is designed to recognise and highlight organisations that are committed to high standards of professionalism and transparency.
Verification is a mark of trust, signalling to intended parents and partners that your organisation adhere to accepted best practices in the space.
Why Verification Matters
Joining the Growing Families Verified Provider Program demonstrates your commitment to:
Professional excellence – showing you operate according to recognised best practices.
Transparency and accountability – providing clear, documented standards of service.
Trustworthiness – giving intended parents confidence when choosing who to work with.
Verification helps you stand out in a crowded market, strengthens your credibility, and opens opportunities to collaborate with Growing Families in referrals, content initiatives, and events.
Benefits of Being Verified
Verified Providers gain:
Recognition and credibility
Show clients and partners you meet Growing Families’ high standards.
Direct introduction to intended parents
Be introduced to intended parents seeking verified providers (view how introductions work)
Opportunities for collaboration
Participate in content collaboration, events, webinars, and other partnership initiatives with Growing Families.
Networking within a trusted global network
Connect with other verified providers committed to high standards of practice.
How the Verification Process Works
Our process is structured, rigorous, and designed to ensure that verified providers meet recognised standards of professionalism and transparency:
Growing Connections Membership
Before providers can be verified, they join Growing Connections, our professional membership network. Membership gives you access to industry insights, educational resources, and networking opportunities.
Submission for Verification
Verification requires submitting a verification form and supporting materials, which may include:
Organisation background, experience, and staffing
Surrogate screening and support practices
Operational policies and client protections, including insurances and complaint mechanisms
Relevant licenses, accreditations, or internal codes of practice
Fee schedules and references from past clients
This ensures a transparent and comprehensive assessment of your organisation’s practices. Verification requirements will vary depending on the type of provider and the services you offer.
Independent Review and Badge
Our team conducts an independent review against recognised standards of professionalism and transparency. Only providers who meet all criteria are granted the Verified Provider Badge, which is visible to intended parents and partners as a mark of trust.
Ongoing Oversight
Verification is not permanent. We continually monitor performance, seek feedback, and reassess providers to ensure standards remain consistently high.
Limitations
Verification is granted when a provider demonstrates alignment with our assessment criteria. Yearly review is required. However, verification does not represent accreditation or endorsement, and it cannot guarantee outcomes.
We rely on provider-supplied information, interviews, documentation, and independently obtained client feedback. While we also consider public feedback and complaints, we cannot investigate every review or claim. Instead, we focus on how providers have responded to complaints, their openness in communication and their willingness to address problems.
Our criteria and review processes may evolve as the industry develops and new standards emerge. Verification status is periodically reviewed but not monitored in real time.
Surrogacy journeys can be fraught with emotional highs and lows, and much is at stake. If you come across credible negative reviews of a provider online, you can raise this with providers. We are also keen to be alerted to negative reviews to assist in ongoing evaluation.
Get Started
If you’re a surrogacy or donor IVF provider interested in verification, your first step is to join Growing Connections. Once a member, you can submit your verification form and begin the process to earn the Verified Provider Badge.
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