What To Expect When You’re Expecting: A Home Visit
Completing homestudy paperwork can be a terrifying adventure – the to-do list seems to go on forever and the questions, sometimes probing, can trigger feelings of discomfort and sensitivity. During your home visit, caseworkers come to get to know you better and to make sure your home has enough room for a new addition. We …
Considering Adoption in Florida? Here are Five Great Blogs to Check Out!
When considering adoption in Florida, beginning your adoption journey, or simply going through the first few years of post-adoption, it’s important that you continue to self-educate and learn more about adoption and parenting. Here are several blogs that we recommend checking out if you’re interested in learning about others’ adoption journeys! Raising A Go Girl …
State Employee/Veteran/Service Member Adoption Benefit
HB61 was approved by the Governor on June 9, 2020 and is set to take effect on July 1, 2020. This extends the existing state employee adoption benefits to veterans and service members. The bill summary follows: “The bill allows certain military veterans and service members who adopt a child through the state’s child welfare system …
Aging Out Of Foster Care During COVID-19
While it is never easy for young adults to transition out of foster care at the age of 18, those who are aging out amid the COVID-19 global pandemic are facing a much tougher challenge. These young adults often have little to no support circle around them and are trying to balance a job with …
Pride Month and LGBTQ Adoption
Heart of Adoptions, Inc prides itself in being an inclusive adoption agency. We proudly assist anyone including individuals who identify themselves as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender whether hoping to adopt as a couple or single parent. Therefore, we’re excited to celebrate and support our LGBTQ birth parents, adoptees and adoptive families during Pride Month …
Transracial Adoption Resources
When hopeful adoptive parents decide to add to their family, the vast majority of them are ready to do so regardless of the child’s race. They know that adopting a child of a different race is no different than raising a child who shares your ethnic and cultural background. However, while your child’s race may …
Ways to Support Children in Foster Care
As May concludes, and Foster Care Month comes to an end, we thought it would be nice to share several ways that you can support children in foster care in Florida without becoming a foster parent. Here are some ideas: Provide Respite Care. When children are in foster care, they must be under the supervision …
Positive Versus Negative Adoption Language
Language is a powerful thing, especially in today’s world. The words we use to describe others, ourselves and the world around us say a lot about who we are and what we believe. When speaking with others, especially on touchy subjects, we tend to reflect more on which words to say in order to not …
National Foster Care Month
Each May, Heart of Adoptions, Inc. looks forward to celebrating National Foster Care Month. This is a time for us to recognize and honor how foster care enhances and enriches the lives of children all across the country. It also gives us the opportunity to look forward and discuss the future of foster care in …
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Another one of our families #builtbylove finalized their adoption over Zoom last week! Help us in congratulating them and wishing them well as a family of 3! #adoptionislove #lovemakesafamily
Congratulations to our amazing Executive Director, Adrienne Elliott, for obtaining her official LCSW in the State of Florida! Since moving to Florida in May, she has worked diligently on this significant accomplishment. Adrienne has been a wonderful addition to the Heart of Adoptions, Inc. family and we know this accomplishment will not only benefit her but our whole team! Congrats, Adrienne!!