Adoptions From The Heart announces three birthmother’s who will be receiving academic scholarships for the Spring 2016 semester. Adoptions From The Heart (AFTH), as part of their lifelong commitment to their birthparents, is happy to announce three new birth mothers, Chelsea Belcher, Tammi Cox and Chaunelle James, who will be receiving the AFTH Birthparent Scholarship. [...]
This is another topic we learned about in a Human Rights Campaign webinar. The All Children All Families initiative aims to achieve safety, permanency, and well-being by improving practice with LGBTQ youth and families. AFTH is proud to be a supporter of the LGBTQ community and we will be sharing some of the information provided [...]
Adoptions From The Heart, a Virginia adoption agency, is proud to provide its pioneering adoption services to expectant parents and prospective adoptive parents in Fredericksburg. Officially established in 1728, Fredericksburg, Virginia has played an important role throughout American history. Home to one of the nation's founding fathers and a strategic location during the Civil War, Fredericksburg has [...]
Hi! We believe that your brave decision is giving us a chance to continue to grow our family through adoption and will always be grateful to you for it. If you choose our family, your child will always feel loved, secure and happy. We look forward to building a relationship with you and staying a [...]
After making the decision to pursue an adoption journey, you are often faced with paperwork, educational courses and the seemingly daunting task of creating your adoption key and profile book. We are here to outline some tips of the trade as well as some advice from adoptive parents who have gone through the process. The [...]
As in many professions, adoption agencies need to be licensed to provide their services. Agencies are licensed by the state where they operate, usually by a state Department of Health & Human Services. Lots of people who provide adoption-related services, like facilitators and online matching companies, aren't licensed. They don't have to go through a state government's [...]
Hello!! We are James & Corey. We appreciate you taking this opportunity for us to introduce ourselves. First we would just like to say that we thank you for having the courage, strength, and love to consider the path of adoption. We love the idea of an open adoption. How great that the child gets [...]
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2016 is well underway, but we still like to reflect on how happy the holiday season was for our Adoptions From The Heart families. We rounded up all the recaps from our holiday gatherings to share with you! Connecticut The Connecticut holiday party was held in December at First Church in Glastonbury and we were [...]
Hello! We are Pat, Marne, Emma and Camden. We sincerely thank you for considering our family to parent your child. Your brave and selfless decision is giving us the chance to grow our family through adoption, and for that we are eternally grateful. If you chose us, we will fill your child’s life with love, [...]
