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Children At Heart is a Hague accredited, 501(c)(3) non-profit adoption agency, founded in 1995. We are approved in the state of NY and licensed in the state of NC to facilitate domestic and international adoptions for all US citizens living in any state, or abroad. We also provide home study, post-placement, and post-adoption services for NY and NC residents. Children At Heart is a member of JCICS. |
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Why Children At Heart was started... |
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While adopting our daughter in February of 1994 (pictured to the right, in 2011), we witnessed the plight of the children we had to leave behind in the orphanage. The haunting images of the orphans replayed in our minds as we contemplated how to help them. Knowing that we could not adopt all of the world's orphaned children pointed us toward creating our own adoption agency. Our goal is to find loving families for these orphaned children and to provide humanitarian assistance to those children who are not adopted. |
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Our mission... |
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• To find families for orphaned children. No child should be denied the opportunity to have a loving home and family.
• To assist orphanages with humanitarian assistance (food, medical supplies, clothing and toys) to help care for the children who are tragically left behind. • To bring children to the United States for medical care which can not be afforded them by their own country. • To find grants and funds to place in trust which will generate low interest loans for prospective parents. |
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What makes us different... |
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Since we have adopted five children ourselves, we know what it is like to go through the adoption process - before, during and after. We help our adoptive parents through every step of the paperwork process. We are just an office visit, phone call, or email away. We want our adoptive parents to feel comfortable contacting us with any questions or concerns they might have - it is extremely important to us that the lines of communication are always open. If two weeks go by that we haven't heard from our adoptive parents who are working on home study or dossier paperwork, we will check in with them to make sure things are still going smoothly. Families waiting in our domestic program are encouraged to call or email any time to check in - we know how difficult it can be to wait during the adoption process, and we want to do anything we can to help support our adoptive families during that difficult time. Contact us any time you feel you have a need! When working with birthmothers, we form a personal relationship with them, and that relationship is ongoing after the placement of their child. We work with birthmothers to help them gain access to services in our community if they have needs we cannot meet, and provide them with support and encouragement to achieve their goals, above and beyond the placement of their child with an adoptive family. |
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Adoption programs... |
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Presently we are facilitating adoptions domestically, as well as from Poland. Check our web site for updates on these programs. |
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