Today, Veterans Day, we want to issue a special thank you to the men and women who serve and protect us in our armed forces! We …
Adoption Specialist Katie House got to add another link to our chain this week! It’s becoming such a fun activity for our social work staff!
Visit our post to see what the chain looks like with all of the adoptions we’ve done this year!
Social media has quickly become one of the most important ways to promote a cause or share something important – like …
Some adoptive families find that adopting a child can put a strain on family finances, so many families rely on the federal adoption tax credit to help offset some of their adoption expenses.
What is the Federal Adoption Tax Credit?
The Federal Adoption Tax Credit can help …
“Open adoption” is a well-known and often-used term when talking about adoption, but what does open adoption really mean?
Because a birth mother has the freedom to choose so many aspects of an adoption, no two adoptions are ever quite the same. This is why it is so difficult …
It’s not uncommon for adoption newcomers to have preconceived notions about who a birth mom is, what her life is like and why she might be choosing adoptions.
But the truth is the brave and selfless women who choose to place their children for adoption come …
As they consider adoption, many pregnant women wonder what life will be like for their adopted child.
A pregnant women gets to choose the path for their own adoption journey (see yesterday’s infographic!) and can select exactly the sort of family she’s looking for.
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Decades ago, domestic adoption did not provide as many opportunities for pregnant women to determine what their adoption plan should look like. Thankfully, adoptions today ensure that pregnant women are in the driver’s seat of their adoption journey.
Sometimes, it’s helpful to think of an …
This morning our staff arrived at work to find a surprise hung by Director of Social Services Jennifer Van Gundy! It’s a paper chain with a link for each adoption we’ve completed to date for 2014. There are more than 200 so far!
What a …
To help kick off National Adoption Month, we’re going to take it back to the basics of adoption this week with a series of Adoption 101 posts. Today, we’ll start at the beginning with the adoption process for pregnant women and hopeful adoptive parents.
Below …
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