Oct 26, 2016 | Adoptions, Uncategorized
The IRS recently announced that the maximum adoption tax credit for 2016 will be $13,460.00. The adoption tax credit, established in 1997, has helped multiple thousands of families afford to adopt. Remember that a tax credit is different from a tax deduction–it’s...
Oct 13, 2016 | International Adoptions
When adopting children internationally, parents can struggle to select an educational program that offers solid academics within a context of empathy and understanding about their child’s situation. Children who have been in institutionalized care often don’t perform...
Oct 6, 2016 | International Adoptions
Most adoptive parents plan to take a brief leave from work during the first few weeks after the arrival of their child. Many international adoptive parents spend several weeks in-country so their bonding time is spent there, and some companies offer...
Sep 29, 2016 | International Adoptions
Adopting an older child brings joy, but it also brings a unique set of challenges. Adopting an older child is a big transition for everyone involved, and many adoptive parents can be left wondering if what they are experiencing is “normal” or not. Even if adoption is...
Sep 22, 2016 | Domestic Adoptions, International Adoptions
Many people have heard of Postpartum Depression, a period of depression suffered by a mother directly following childbirth. What many people don’t know is that a similar type of depression can affect adoptive mothers. It is estimated 18% – 26% of mothers who become...
Aug 18, 2016 | Adoptions, Domestic Adoptions, International Adoptions
Newness and expectancy is what makes beginnings so exciting, but so often in life we enter into the next stage with a certain naïveté. When we were young, we may have been excited about the first day of Kindergarten, but we had never been to school before. We entered...
Jul 28, 2016 | Adoptions, International Adoptions
When adopting internationally, you will have to travel to your child’s birth country. Most families stay several days, bonding with their child and completing paperwork. Families adopting through our Poland program often visit Wroclaw, and they often report that...
Jul 13, 2016 | Domestic Adoptions, International Adoptions, Uncategorized
We all know one of the biggest concerns for many prospective adoptive parents is cost. It’s also the biggest hindrance and the reason many people don’t even consider adopting. There are many ways adoptive parents can fund their adoption, such as grants and savings...
