What is “Heart to Heart” This July, Adoptions From The Heart hosted its third-ever virtual Heart to Heart event, highlighting adoptees and their stories. Oftentimes, Adoptees are misheard, and their experiences are overlooked. People often make assumptions or stigmatize adoptees before hearing what they say. Adoptees each come from different backgrounds and have their own [...]
What is an "Adoption Home Study" Many hear 'Home Study' and get nervous about what it could mean or what it entails, so to hear that you must obtain an updated home study every year or so can be even more nail-biting. An adoption home study is a next phase in the adoption process after [...]
They say that there's no handbook when it comes to parenting. While this is true, Adoptions From The Heart aims to provide prospective parents with as many informative parenting opportunities as possible. To ensure prospective families are making informed decisions when it comes to generating their profiles. One of the ways we do so is [...]
AFTH Summer 2022 Family Picnic Recap Can you believe it? Our family picnics have now come and gone for the year, and as we reflect on each event, Adoptions From the Heart is happy that we were able to bring them back to their former glory! Being in person for the first time in two [...]
With the Supreme Courts Overturning Roe vs. Wade, Adoptions From The Heart has made it our mission to let our clients and the adoption community know that we, too, are taking a stand in solidarity with everyone who this decision has hurt. Below, you will find Adoptions From The Heart's official comments on the overturn [...]
Adoptions From The Heart (AFTH) is proud to announce WSFS Bank/BRYN MAWR TRUST as one of our main sponsors of this summer’s Heart To Heart with Adoptees event, which will take place on July 13th, 2022, virtually via zoom, from 7 PM – 8:30 PM EST. A WSFS Company is the largest and oldest financial service company in [...]
What Are Post-Adoption Contact Agreements? Post Adoption Contact Agreements, commonly known as PACAs, are arrangements that allow contact and communication to remain within an adoption triad (Birthfamily, adoptive family, and adoptee) once the adoption finalizes. PACAs, also called open adoption agreements, can range from informal, verbal, mutual understandings between the birth and adoptive families to [...]
People often assume that the adoption journey ends once a judge grants the adoptive parents custody of the child. However, contrary to popular belief, adoption can be a lifelong journey. While legally, this may be where the journey “ends,” this is where the emotional journey truly seems to begin. Respecting the feelings of all parties [...]
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On May 17, 2022, Adoptions From The Heart held a Birthparent Workshop hosted by Life Coach Jenn Oglesbee called “Understanding the Cycles of Change” The Cycle of Change Jenn Oglesbee, Certified Life, and LCSW gave a powerful presentation that discussed the 4 stages of Changes in Life and how we grow and evolve through each [...]
