Throughout the years Adoptions From The Heart has been a proud supporter of the LGBTQ community. Sexual orientation does not hinder a parent when it comes to loving and providing for a child. Newsweek recently published an article citing the National Center for Health Statistics research on the overall effects of children raised by homosexual parents. The research [...]
Marci and Vorrice’s adoption journey began in 2015 when they were looking to grow their family. They met while living in Washington D.C. where Vorrice was stationed at the Pentagon and Marci was working at the US Agency for International Development. They got married later in life and when they began trying to have children, [...]
An essential step in the adoption process is completing a home study. A home study is an evaluation and overview of prospective adoptive parents’ personal life and background – which will allow the agency to determine if the adoptive parents are able to provide a stable and safe environment for the child. An adoption professional [...]
Since Maxine Chalker started Adoptions from The Heart, then called ‘The Adoption Agency,’ in 1985, the mission and goals of the organization have been focused on open adoption and the importance of supporting everyone in the adoption triad through such kinds of adoptions. As an agency committed to these values, our whole staff knows and [...]
Adoptions From The Heart is proud to work with a handful of expert attorneys like Debbie Spivack who care about the welfare of children, expecting parents, and adoptive parents the same as we do! While adoptive parents are able to choose services when it comes to attorneys, Adoptions From The Heart always suggests a few of [...]
Meet the eight generous organizations participating in sponsorship of this annual event and learn how their donations will help serve Adoptions From The Heart’s mission. Adoptions From The Heart (AFTH), as part of its lifelong commitment to building beautiful families, is gearing up for its annual picnic, one of the biggest events of the year, aimed [...]
Last week, National Infertility Awareness Week was in full swing at Adoptions From The Heart. Not every family who comes through our doors has dealt with infertility, but many have, and we’ve helped them find the beautiful families they have always wanted. To help raise awareness, we took to social media to see what families [...]
Every purchase at the corner store is a lesson about basic arithmetic. Every street sign is another word to sound out. At least that's one theory of how parents can help their children develop academic skills. Whether or not you count out every transaction with your child, it's always true that parents are the first teachers for their children. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
