Category: Adoption

New Book: International Adoption of a Pre-School Child

We like to stay updated on new books that birth parents and adoptive parents write about their experiences. We heard about the following book from our friends at Hand In Hand International Adoptions. The following text has been taken from Hand In Hand’s May 2014...

Adoption Tax Credit Grassroots Campaign: Part 3

If you’ve been following our updates from the Adoption Tax Credit Grassroots Campaign, then you already know how important this advocacy campaign is to save something that is extremely important to any past, present, and future adoptive families. We received the...

15 Great Quotes About Mothers

Here at Adoption & Beyond, we really care about mothers. We wouldn’t have gotten where we are today without the love and support of birth mothers and adoptive mothers who have come to us for guidance over the past fifteen years. With Birth Mother’s Day...

The Do’s and Don’ts of Adoption Financing

If you’re a prospective adoptive parent just beginning the adoption process, then you’re probably starting to realize the financial implications of going this route. While this is going to be a very trying time for you and your family, financing your...

Adoption Tax Credit Grassroots Campaign: Part 3

Are you continuing to follow the news on the Adoption Tax Credit? We’re still getting updates about the Grassroots Advocacy Campaign, and it’s definitely something that all past, present, and future adoptive families need to read up on! Here is the message we...

Adoption Tax Credit Grassroots Campaign: Part 2

Are you following the news on the Adoption Tax Credit? We continue to get updates about the Grassroots Advocacy Campaign, and it’s definitely something that all past, present, and future adoptive families need to read up on! Here is the message we received this...

Adoption Tax Credit Grassroots Campaign

Have you heard of the grassroots campaign for the Adoption Tax Credit (ATC)? The current goal is for people like you to message Members of Congress to fight for the protection of the ATC! Here’s an update on the Adoption Tax Credit, forwarded to us by...

Adoption Success Story Brings News Anchor to Tears

Adoption can be a stressful and uncertain journey, filled with doubt and sudden bumps in the road along the way. For fourteen-year old Ke’onte Cook from Plano, Texas, the journey to find his adoptive parents, Carol and Scott Cook, wouldn’t have been...

8 Great Adoption Books for Children

Do you have a current or an aspiring book-lover in the family? Here are eight great books (in alphabetical order) about adoption that we love for kids. 1. God Found Us You, by Lisa Dawn Bergren. Mama Fox longed for a baby, and then along came Little Fox. Great for...