How To Plan for An Extended Stay During The Placement Process

Frequently, especially with emergency placements, there's no definite time frame for how long prospective adoptive parents will need to be away from home once they get that call saying an expecting mother has gone into labor. There are many things to consider, like: How far you live from where the mother is giving birth If [...]

Birth Fathers and Open Adoption

There is an abundance of information for birth mothers about open adoption, the process, and the role that they will play. For birth fathers, although they are equally important, it can be harder to find information about the role they play throughout the adoption process and after their child has been adopted. The role of [...]

AFTH Domestic Violence Birthparent Workshop

On February 28th Adoptions From the Heart hosted a virtual birthparent workshop that touched on the topics of Domestic Violence and Intimate Partner Violence. Free for Birth Parents to attend via Zoom, the workshop went over many topics of discussion. These include: Learning how to identify typical characteristics of an abusive relationship. Learning how to [...]

Random Acts of Kindness Day

This Friday, February 17th, is random acts of kindness day, designated to appreciate and encourage Random Acts of Kindness. On this day, there are many things you can do to participate, such as paying for the person behind you in the coffee line or leaving kind notes for the people around you. However, here are [...]

Diving Into 5 Of Our Favorite Education Podcast Episodes

  If you know Adoptions From The Heart(AFTH), then you know that education is among our top priorities regarding the clients and families we serve. In doing so, we've created platforms where we create content with and for our clients, discussing every part of adoption planning and its process. In the last few years, our [...]

Adoptions From The Heart: Official 2022 Recap!

2022 brought along so many exciting new chapters for Adoptions From The Heart. To name a few, in just one year, we've: Launched New Education Webinars   Established New Workshops and Support Groups for our clients  Made new relationships with influencers and professionals Featured extraordinary guests on AFTHtv and A Heart-To-Heart Podcast And so much more! [...]

Giving Tuesday 2022 with Adoptions From The Heart

Join Giving Tuesday 2022 with Adoptions From The Heart! As a professional adoption agency dedicated to open adoption for 37 years, our mission is to provide safe, supportive, and loving homes and quality comprehensive services to adoptive families, birth parents, and children.   We are looking forward to increasing our fundraising goal by 50% and [...]

Heart-to-Heart with Adoption Influencers Event Recap

This past Thursday, November 17, 2022, Adoptions From The heart hosted our very first Heart-to-Heart with Adoption Influencers event. It was an incredible night getting to hear from all our panelists and getting to meet and hear from our amazing AFTH Family! During this LIVE conversation, we were joined by adoptees and Birth Parents as they shared [...]

National Adoption Month Special | Meet the Hatfield Family

I’ve never been pregnant. Yet I have a smart, beautiful, and funny daughter. She’s adopted. She grew in my heart. It’s safe to say most people wanting kids expect the traditional route will work, so adoption is not on the radar in the early days. That was the case for my husband and me. We [...]