The Embryo Adoption Awareness Center was established in 2007 by Nightlight® Christian Adoptions after receiving a grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services specifically to increase awareness regarding embryo donation and adoption as a family building option.

[Public Law 107-116, the Fiscal Year 2002 Department of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act]

Nightlight Christian Adoptions pioneered embryo adoption in the United States when they added the Snowflakes® Embryo Adoption Program in 1997 to the 50 year old agency's domestic and international adoption programs. Since that time, more than 315 children have been born to families adopting through the Snowflakes program.