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Discover & Share Adoption Content
We’ve scoured the Internet to bring you the best sources for informative, inspiring adoption content. With the help of our resident experts and social media savvy staff, we’ve created a list sure to put you on the fast track to content discovery. Share this information with your friends, followers, and readers in support of open [...]
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A Look At Open Adoption – Does It Work Better For The Child?
IAC’s Marketing Directors were interviewed by the Pleasant Hill Patch on the advantages of open adoption and the comprehensive services IAC provides to ensure the health and happiness of all parties involved. Read the full article by Sarah Cooke: “A Look At Open Adoption – Does It Work Better For The Child?”
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Tagged adoption advice, discussing adoption, open adoption
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Baseball Legends and Adoption
With baseball season in full swing, we thought this week to highlight a couple famous baseball sluggers that were both part of adoptive families. Babe Ruth – George Herman Ruth, Jr. (February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948), best known as “Babe” Ruth and nicknamed “the Bambino” and “the Sultan of Swat”, was an [...]
Posted in Adopted Children, Adoption Stories, Uncategorized
Tagged celebrity adoption, open adoption
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IAC Sponsors OFC’s Night Out! in Support of LGBT Families
The IAC is proud to be a part of this year’s Night Out! event hosted by Our Family Coalition. Our Family Coalition strives to promote equality for LGBT families through community involvement and educational programs. Night Out! is an annual event celebrating the work of those involved with OFC. This year’s event takes place on [...]
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Tagged gay adoption, LBGT adoption, lesbian adoption, our family coalition
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Adoption Tax Credit Updates
Adoption & infertility information hub Creating a Family published another helpful blog post detailing the protocol for filing for the Adoption Tax Credit. The post also provides time estimates and suggestions for making it go as quickly as possible. Dawn Davenport of Creating a Family also reports that, “…according to the Government Accountability Office, 68% [...]
Mariska Hargitay Adoption Interview
In a recent interview with Good Housekeeping, actress Mariska Hargitay reveals her painful adoption journey that eventually led to two successful infant adoptions, just six months apart. She discusses various defining moments in the adoption process; the dreaded wait, the instant bond formed with a birth mother, the heartbreak of an unlikely adoption reclaim, considering [...]
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Tagged celebrity adoption, mariska hargitay adoption, transracial adoption
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Study Shows Infant Adoption Has Changed, Only 5% Are Closed Adoptions
A study just published by the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute shows that adoption trends have indeed shifted in recent years. Adoption, once clouded by secrecy, now encourages open communication and information sharing throughout a child’s lifetime. Findings from the study show that openness is beneficial for adoptive parents, birth families and adoptees alike. Simply [...]
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Tagged adoption myths, adoption research, open vs closed adoption
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IAC’s Website Re-Design is Now Live!
As we prefaced in our Winter Open Adoption Magazine, we have launched a re-designed website at http://www.adoptionhelp.org . There are many reasons for this change; foremost to keep up with technology in an effort to better serve our waiting families and potential birthparents. We want to highlight a few points of interest: Advanced Family Search: [...]
Independent Adoption Center PSA with Lynn Maggio, Mrs. Alabama America 2012
As the mother of six children — three biological, two through surrogacy and adoption, and one through open adoption — Lynn Maggio discusses how open adoption has impacted her family and why she believes in the work we do here. Her words are genuine and heartfelt — a wonderful spokesperson for the IAC! Read also: [...]
IAC Releases “Families of Open Adoption” Film
We are thrilled to share this brand new film on families of open adoption. Produced by Pixel Fish, this film will be used to show prospective adoptive families what open adoption involves and the caring, compassionate role that the IAC plays in the process. The participants in the film, all IAC clients and staff, share [...]
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Tagged adoption fears, adoptive parenting, birthfathers, birthmothers, discussing adoption, LBGT adoption, open adoption
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