Meet Amanda The 2020 Spring Birth Parent Scholarship recipient is Amanda McDonald. A southern girl at heart, Amanda was born in Clovis, New Mexico and later raised in Dallas, Texas. She enjoys rock climbing and drawing in her free time. Drawing, in particular, became Amanda's escape over the years. "Drawing is like therapy," she revealed. [...]
National Social Work Month is all about celebrating our agency's dynamite adoption social workers. It is not a secret that a social worker's job extends beyond the hours 9 to 5, Monday-Friday. There is so much more that goes into being an adoption social worker than just holding meetings and showing up at the hospital [...]
So, tell us about yourselves - Where are you from? What internship title do you have? Caitlin: Hello! I’m from the Northeast area of Philadelphia. I started my internship with AFTH in August of 2019 and ever since I have been working closely with the marketing/public relations team. Jessica: My name is Jessica [...]
Everyone involved in the adoption process can have difficulty understanding the situation. Despite whatever adoption triad member you are, somewhere down the line, this conversation will come to the surface. Particularly for birth parents, explaining adoption to their older children can be an emotionally trying and tough situation. The exact age of your child [...]
#GivingTuesday2019 with Adoptions From the Heart.
Adoptions From The Heart Receives Donation from Wynnewood's New Bakery On July 25, 2018 the new bakery on the block Nothing Bundt Cakes presented Adoptions From The Heart with a check of over $400. Nothing Bundt Cakes generously donated 20% of their sales from their July 13, 2018 grand opening. This bakery first opened in [...]
Meet Maxine Maxine Chalker, Founder and CEO of Adoptions From The Heart, leads an agency that set the standard for open adoption. Moreover, she is a businesswoman, a mother, a grandmother and an adoptee. Her story begins long before, open adoption agencies existed. A time when closed adoptions were the norm and preferred - and [...]
We Can Help Thousands of families have been affected by the recent closure of the Independent Adoption Center (IAC). The agency closed its doors after filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, leaving prospective adoptive parents and expectant and birth parents across the country with abandoned adoption plans. IAC closing does not mean your adoption journey has [...]
When you are searching for the right adoption agency for you, the choices can be overwhelming. There are some things that set Adoptions From The Heart apart from other adoption agencies and we compiled a list for to help in your decision making process. Education and Support from Knowledgeable Staff The social workers at Adoptions [...]
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 [...]
