Adoption & Beyond Podcast

On this episode of a Heart-to-Heart with Adoptions From The Heart podcast we have five adoption social workers from different AFTH offices come together to talk about their experience in the adoption field. With March being Social Work Month we wanted to take a moment to recognize and highlight the lives of the people that make organization run smoothly everyday. Stephanie, Alyse, Ryle, Jackie and Katie join our guest host for this episode, Mayra, to talk about the highs and lows of the adoption social work field.

To learn more about Adoptions From The Heart and the services we provide you can go to www.afth.org.

In this episode of A Heart-to-Heart with Adoptions From The Heart podcast with sat down with Kelly Ellison, Founder and CEO of Your Adoption Finance Coach to answer all you adoption financial questions. In this question and answer episode, we went over adoption tax credits, fundraising for an adoption, grants and loans offered to prospective adoptive parents and much more. 

Listen to this episode to get some insight into all the different ways prospective adoptive parents can finance their adoptions. Kelly answer all the frequently asked questions we get at AFTH regarding this topic. 

If you would like to learn more about Kelly Ellison and Your Adoption Finance Coach, you can visit their website at https://www.youradoptionfinancecoach.com/ 

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In this episode of a Heart-to-Heart with Adoptions From The Heart podcast we wanted to bring you the recording of the LIVE episode we had in November. This time we brought six adoption influencers to talk about their experiences sharing their adoption stories with the world. We were so honored to have had Ashley Mitchel, Taylor Shennett, Grace Otley, Isaac Etter, Courtney Tierra and Melissa Guida-Richards share the ups and downs of using social media to advocate about adoption. 

To learn more about each specific guest, follow their links below: 

Ashley Mitchel 

Melissa Guida-Richards 

Courtney Tierra 

Taylor Shennett

Isaac Etter 

Grace Otley

To learn more about Adoptions From The Heart you can go you www.afth.org 

In this Special episode of our National Adoption Month: Marketing Takeover, we are joined by Councilmember At-Large, Mrs. Katherine Gilmore Richardson, for a very warm episode! During this discussion we touch on her life growing up as an adoptee, finding out she was adopted, searching for her birth family, and how her religious beliefs have kept her grounded and played such a huge role in her successes very early on!

To learn more and stay up-to-date with Councilmember Kathrine Gilmore-Richardson, visit her website as well as follow her on social media at:

Instagram: @CouncilwomanKGR 

Twitter: @CouncilwomanKGR 

Facebook: @CouncilmemberKatherineGilmoreRichardson

In this episode of Heart-to-Heart with Adoptions From The Heart Podcast, we sat down with Kyle, Chantel and Katy to talk about their experience as Birth Parents. Often times people think that there is no life after placement for Birth Parents, but in this episode, we dive into the before, during and after placing their children from adoption. We discussed the reasons why they placed, infertility after placing, importance of support, openness in their adoption triad, and much more. Tune in to learn more about these three amazing Birth Parents. 

For more information about Adoptions From The Heart you can find us in any social media platform as @adoptionsfromtheheart or you can go to our website at www.afth.org. 

Welcome to the third episode of the Marketing TakeOver of a Heart-to-Heart with Adoptions From The Heart podcast. In this episode we were joined by two amazing, adoptive parents, Sheila Kowit and Joan Smith, who also happen to be Adoptions From The Heart social workers, as well!

In this episode, we dive into a deep discussion about openness, tough conversations to have with your adoptee as an adoptive parent, as well as core issues that often arise in adoption, and so much more.

To learn more about Adoptions From The Heart and the services we provide you can go to www.afth.org

Welcome to the second episode of the Marketing TakeOver of a Heart-to-Heart with Adoptions From The Heart podcast. In this episode we were joined by three amazing adoptees: Roslyn, Jackie and Colleen. In this episode we dived into what it was like growing up as an adoptee and the different challenges they faced. We talked about identity, relationships with birth families, struggles, biggest accomplishments, what we can do better as a community to support adoptees and much more. 

For more information about Roslyn Davis and were to buy her book " I am Precious, I am Loved" you can go to: www.authordavis.com 

To learn more about Adoptions From The Heart and the services we provide you can go to www.afth.org 

Happy National Adoption Month! This month, we will be bringing you a new episode every week. The marketing team has given our host Jenna Stocks a break to bring you stories from every member of the adoption triad. This first episode, we focused on the Social Work Experience. Often times, we do not think about the behind the scenes of the adoption world. Many people forget that there are people who work day in and out to ensure that our clients are served. We wanted to start this series, highlighting our social workers. We invited the Adoptions From The Heart Delaware social workers to share their experiences in the field. They talked about everything from work environment, difficulties in the field, self care as social workers, the most impactful moments in their career and much more. Tune into this episode to learn more from Danielle, Amanda and Mykhia as they share what is like being an adoption social worker. 

We hope you enjoy and we will see you next week! 

To learn more about Adoptions From The Heart, you can go to www.afth.org or call 800-355-5500. 

In this episode of A Heart-to-Heart with Adoptions From The Heart Podcast we are joined by two special guests joining us. Katie Young-Wildes and Amanda Aliberti. Katie is the  Senior Communications Specialist at Women Against Abuse. Amanda is the Birthparent Post-Placement Support Manager and Adoption Counselor at Adoptions From The Heart. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and we wanted to take this episode to bring awareness about domestic violence. We talked about what is domestic violence, some of the signs, what can we do to help someone experience this and resources for people in a domestic abuse situation.

If you or someone you know needs help, you can call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233 or text START to 88788. If you are in the Philadelphia area, you can reach out to Women Against Abuse at 1.866.723.3014.

Learn more about Women Against Abuse:

Website:  www.womenagainstabuse.org 

Instagram: @womenagainstabuse

Facebook: @womenagainstabuse

In this episode of a Heart-to-Heart with Adoptions From The Heart Podcast with invited Chris Peszka, Chris is the District Supervisor of New Jersey and the Regional Supervisor of Wynnewood, PA office at Adoptions From The Heart. He has over 30 years of experience in the adoption field and will be joined us to talk about foster care, kindship care and private agency adoption.

If you need resources to learn more about Kindship Care please visit the Child Welfare Information Gateway: https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/outofhome/kinship/

To learn more about Adoptions From The Heart and the services we provide, please visit www.afth.org