That all depends. The cost of any one placement will be unique, depending on how you adopt and how the many variable expenses of adoption stack up as the process moves forward. Agency-assisted adoptions usually cost between $30,000 and $45,000. In most cases, using an adoption attorney will be less expensive, but not by much. Fostering to [...]
Adoptions From The Heart (AFTH), will host their 4th Annual Find Her Footing 5K Walk, Run, and Kid’s Dash on April 10, 2016 at Delaware County Community College in Media, PA. Last year, over 180 people registered to run the course and many others came to cheer on the athletes and participated in the other [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Last year, Adoptions From The Heart attended an amazingly informative webinar hosted by the Human Rights Campaign and the All Children All Families initiative and AFTH is a recognized leader in supporting and serving LGBT families. The goal of this campaign in particular is to achieve safety, permanency, and well-being by improving practice with LGBT [...]
Legally, all expecting parents have the same rights when it comes to adoption. This means that fathers have the same rights as mothers in relation to parenting or adoption. In order for a child to be placed for adoption, both expecting parents have to formally consent to the adoption. This process of consent is intended [...]
