Considering Adoption and Don’t Know Where to Start? 

If you or someone you know is either pregnant or recently gave birth, and you are wanting to acquire more information about placing a baby for adoption or making an adoption plan, there are a couple of steps to the adoption process. Not sure where to start? These eight steps below will help you to [...]

AFTH Spring and Summer ED Series Seminars

AFTH Spring and Summer Ed Series classes are coming up quickly.  Every semester, a range of courses taught by social workers and specialists on topics families will find interesting will be available.  A number of educational courses, talks, and seminars are intended to help and support families and children. These Classes provide information for adoptive [...]

Simone Biles: An Olympic Adoptee

What comes to mind when you hear the name “Simone Biles”? Inspirational, hard-working, competitive, and Olympian are just a few words that you may think of. At just 25 years of age, Simone has won 30 Olympic medals (mostly gold), is currently tied with Shannon Miller for the most medals won by an American gymnast, [...]

Netflix Documentary Helps Adoptee, Amanda, Find Birth Mom!

Adoptions From The Heart recently got to sit down with Amanda Phillips, a transracial adoptee who was adopted through AFTH in 2001 through international adoption. In this exclusive interview, Amanda talks about her adoption journey, struggles with identity, family and growing up, as well as her connection to the Netflix documentary 'FOUND.' Let's dive in! Interviewer: Tell [...]

Recap of Heart-to-Heart with Adoptees

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 to Think About when Considering Transracial Adoption ?

In domestic infant adoption, it's safe to say that prospective adoptive parents will likely experience transracial adoption. If not themselves, someone they may know or meet during their adoption journey. In most cases, prospective adoptive parents say that they don't care about race or ethnicity. In reality, race and culture will matter, especially to the [...]

The Historic Background Of Delaware County, PA

Adoptions From The Heart's adoption center in Delaware County, PA has sponsored the information in this article on Delaware County, also nicknamed Delco. Delaware County, PA Bordering Philadelphia, Delco is the fifth-highest populated county in all of Pennsylvania with a population of about 566,747 according to the United States Census of 2010. Established on September [...]