Everyone involved in the adoption process can have difficulty understanding the situation. Despite whatever adoption triad member you are, somewhere down the line, this conversation will come to the surface. Particularly for birth parents, explaining adoption to their older children can be an emotionally trying and tough situation. The exact age of your child [...]
On December 4, 2019, the AFTH Wilmington, DE office held its monthly Birth Parent Support Group. Each month allows the women in this group to come together and not only enjoy one another, but to be one another's "rock" and "hype woman." The holiday season often goes hand-in-hand with the term "family time," which can become [...]
What is Open Adoption? Open adoption, also known as “cooperative adoption,” allows for some form of communication between the birth parents, adoptees, and adoptive parents. This can range from pictures, letters, and phone calls to contact through an intermediary, to open contact between the parties themselves. Not many people are exposed to or have knowledge [...]
We are twenty days away from the end of this year. Adoptions From The Heart has had many supporters throughout the year, and we want to thank you all! Here's a little recap of our 2019 events and fundraisers that have helped Birth Parents all around the country: Find Her Footing 5k - April [...]
Anyone who wants to adopt a child is legally required to complete a home study first. No one is an exception to the home study rule, even if the prospective adoptive parent is the president of the United States. Adoption laws vary from state to state, however, the home study is a mandatory prerequisite across [...]
#GivingTuesday2019 with Adoptions From the Heart.
AFTH Scholarship Recipient The Fall 2019 Birth Parent Scholarship recipient is Lucy Amidon. Since a very young age, Lucy has been exposed to the adoption world. An adoptee herself, Lucy was born in Reading, PA. She was adopted at birth and spent the first 5 years of her life in Virginia with her family. They [...]
The medical term neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) refers to babies prenatally exposed to drugs. Just like a grown adult, a newborns struggle during the withdrawal process from narcotics. It is hard for a newborn to transition to life outside the womb, much less survive without the drugs they have learned to depend on. Today there [...]
Adoptions From The Heart held the 3rd Annual Share Your Heart Benefit Concert at Manayunk Brewing Company on Thursday, November 7th. Over 80 people joined us for the four-hour event that kicked off the National Adoption Month. The event benefitted the Birth Parent Scholarship Fund, a fund that provides financial assistance to birth parents [...]
On November 22, 2019 Adoptions From The Heart (AFTH) will be partnering with The Extraordinary Give. The Extraordinary Give is a day for organizations and generous donors to connect. The cyber doors of the Extraordinary Give will be opened to the Lancaster, PA community. At that time, donors will then log on to the donation [...]
