Here’s a statistic that surprises many prospective parents: almost 40% of families fail their first adoption home study attempt. This doesn’t mean they are unfit as parents; it often stems from a misunderstanding of the adoption home study requirements early on. Many prospective families enter the process with the belief that it’s just a simple…
The foster care application is impossible and only for perfect families.” It is a long-standing myth that has kept many well-meaning individuals away from entering into foster care and has denied vulnerable children the nurturing homes that they critically deserve. The truth is quite the opposite: while the application for foster care is a formal…
Did you know that about 95% of all U.S. home infant adoptions today involve some degree of openness between adoptive and birth families? This radical change from the closed adoption system of yesteryears is a testament to increasing awareness of the positive power of transparency for everyone involved in adoption. An open adoption agreement…