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The adoption tax credit helps families with adoption-related expenses

The adoption tax credit lets families who were in the adoption process during 2022 claim up to $14,890 in eligible adoption expenses for each eligible child. Taxpayers can apply the credit to international, domestic, private and public foster care adoptions. […]

New Study Finds Millions of U.S. Women Have Gaps in Knowledge About Adoption

Glendale, Ariz., June 9, 2022 — U.S. women of childbearing age (15 to 44 years of age)—about 65 million—possess notable gaps in their understanding of the adoption process and its benefits, according to a new study conducted by Dr. George Barna and the […]

Infant Adoption Podcast: How to Unlock HOPE With an Adoption Support Community

The adoptive families I work with are asked to search out helpful information, websites, books, support groups and podcasts and share what they have learned. I will be posting these helpful resources and comments regularly on my blogs. The following […]

Walk A Mile In Her Shoes

Unplanned pregnancies “I’m Pregnant and Don’t Want to Be … What Am I Going to Do?” She doesn’t want to be pregnant, carry and deliver a baby and just found out that she really is pregnant. She may have cried, […]

Judge Softly

Judge Softly “Pray, don’t find fault with the man that limps, Or stumbles along the road. Unless you have worn the moccasins he wears, Or stumbled beneath the same load. There may be tears in his soles that hurt Though […]

Holidays, Sharing Adoption & The Adopted Child Part I

Whether Christmas, Thanksgiving, Mother’s Day or Birthdays, during these times of the year children who have been adopted may have thoughts and concerns that seem to come out of nowhere and often come as a surprise their adoptive family/adoptive parents. […]

Holidays And Adoption: Placing Parents

During the holidays, I receive many calls from Parents that have completed an adoption plan for their babies whether it is Thanksgiving, Christmas, or Easter though especially Mother’s Day and the baby’s birthday. Family holidays can be especially difficult whether […]

Holidays And Adoption

Waiting Parents Holidays can be emotional times, no matter what we bring from our history or current situation whether happy memories, disappointments, hopes, hurts, complications, or joys from family interactions. It is not unusual for a sense of melancholy or […]

Part II: Unraveling the truth about finding an Adoptive Family on the internet:

After signing my agreement with the facilitating agency to counsel the expecting mom, I called her to schedule an appointment for our 1st of 3 required visits, this being only a couple of weeks before the baby was born. For […]

What To Do When Faced With A Pregnancy You Aren’t Prepared For.

Child Placing Agency I have been a maternity counselor for over 40 years with AdopTexas a Texas Licensed non profit Child Placing Agency. I have counseled women post abortion and post adoption. There is no easy answer when a woman […]