SSA

Surrogacy Specialists of America, also known as SSA, is a Houston, Texas-based matching agency that works with intended parents and gestational surrogates, and also runs an egg donation program. It operates as a trade name of Parenting Options LLC, a for-profit company, and is a small operation with a team of about two people.

The agency was founded by Greg and Kathy Stern, a husband-and-wife team, with Greg Stern identified in company-supplied profiles as an attorney. That mix shapes how the program is presented: alongside matching, the agency says it provides attorney support and mental-health support through the match and the surrogacy arrangement itself, rather than handing families off once a match is made.

In its own materials, SSA describes itself as a personalized matching service rather than a broker, emphasizing individual attention to each match between intended parents and gestational carriers. Its work covers gestational surrogacy arrangements and egg donation matching, with legal and counseling components folded into the same program.

SSA's services are based in Houston, and the agency can be reached through its website at ssa-agency.com. Eligibility requirements for surrogates, fee and compensation information, and any licensing details on file appear in the sections below.