As you know, the social workers and staff at Adoptions From The Heart are the backbone to our entire operation – making open adoptions possible every single day. On our Facebook page, Adoptions From The Heart, we have taken time every Friday afternoon to highlight someone at our agency and share their thoughts, feelings, and [...]
Adoptions From The Heart has been devoted to helping families for thirty years, even families who live outside our service area. We call these families “out of area families.” Don’t worry, it you are an out of area family, we can still help you to reach your dreams of adopting as your placing agency, here’s [...]
If you and your spouse are older, you might think that you’re too old to adoptive parents. That’s not true, however. Here are some tips and information to help you through the process. Rely On Your Experience If you’re a parent to older children who have moved out of the home, you’ve already been down [...]
Prospective adoptive and birth parents are not always completely aware of the differences between adoption facilitators and adoption agencies due to the fact that the use of adoption facilitators is a somewhat new notion in the adoption community. The American Academy of Adoption Attorneys (Quad A) website states: “A facilitator is a person or organization [...]
Adoptions From The Heart (AFTH) is celebrating thirty years of service to adoptive parents, birth parents and the adoption community with the Building Beautiful Futures event hosted by Cory Wade. Cory Wade is a model, musician, television personality, and LGBT spokesperson with a personal connection to adoption. He sought out for superstardom and fame from [...]
Hi! We are Christine and Glen. Thank you for taking the time to get to know us a bit better. We have so much respect for you for choosing life, and are very excited about the idea of open adoption. We’re hoping our profile gives you a glimpse into who we are. We were introduced [...]
Adopting an older child comes with many benefits, but there are also many challenges. If you’re considering adoption at this stage, there are several things you should think about before adopting a waiting tween or teen. For example: Commit To The Child How much time can you commit to the child? When the waiting child [...]
The month of August means it is time to soak up the last bit of summer and start preparing for the inevitable return to school. Adoptive parents need to be prepared for adoption issues that may arise in a school setting and the most recent Creating a Family Radio Show, School Issues for Adopted Kids [...]
Every year the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute (CCAI) hosts the Angels in Adoption Gala in Washington, D.C. and this year one of the attendees is very near and dear to the hearts of those at Adoptions From The Heart. What is the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute? The Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute (CCAI) [...]
Hello, we are Liz and Jason and we want to thank you for taking the time to take a look at our profile. We have known that we wanted to become parents since we were first married and we will consider ourselves lucky and blessed if that should happen through adoption. Liz is a fundraiser [...]
