Established in 1986 Lifetime Adoption was founded in 1986 as an Adoption Support and Referral Group. The mission was and still is to help families and birthmothers come together. The founder and director, Mardie Caldwell, is a certified open adoption practitioner and is bonded and fully insured as an adoption facilitator. Lifetime Adoption is registered with the State of California under the provisions of the Registry of California Adoption Facilitators. Lifetime is also a member in good standing with the Better Business Bureau of Sacramento, a member of the Grass Valley/Nevada County Chamber of Commerce and the California Association of Employers.