Adoptive Parents

A child is truly a bundle of joy and can add a lot of meaning to your life. If you are unable to have a child of your own, then adoption is a great way to fill the gap that exist in your life. There are many agencies that facilitate adoption and these agencies help […]

        ACT OF LOVE ADOPTIONS offers an Outreach Program and Services for Individuals and Other Agencies.  Families that are looking for a home study and/or post-placements for private domestic adoptions can receive those services.  Act of Love offers full-services to its clients, as well as individual services to adoptive families and birth

Act of Love is excited to offer a great opportunity for adoptive families to add a video component to their on-line AOL profile! Recently, birth parents have shared with Act of Love their wishes to be able to see videos of prospective adoptive families on-line. Watching the video allows birth parents to see the interaction

  Dear Act of Love, We are so excited to be able to tell you all that our baby girl Ava’s adoption is final!  It took a while to finalize the adoption due to the courts, but we are enjoying being a family!  So hard to believe that it has been a year since you

“Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.” This quote is, in reality, far from the truth. Words may even hurt more than sticks and stones because the damage is inflicted where the wounds may not heal as quickly. Words have their own special power and should be used with

The power of words and the power of an experience are both unique and bring about many different emotions and experiences. As an adoptive mom of two beautiful children, I can look back on our family journey and remember the feelings of great joy, sadness, uneasiness, anticipation, excitement, insecurity and most of all the happiest

Our experience with AAOL has been nothing short of fantastic. Everyone is extremely knowledgeable, compassionate, sympathetic, empathetic, genuine, professional and always willing to help. You can tell by their actions that they truly enjoy what they do and they are great at it. The staff takes the time to get to know you and your

Adoptive parent(s) have many questions when they are considering adoption. One question that is almost always asked is: “How long will I have to wait?” or “What is the estimated placement time?” This answer is really determined by the adoptive parent(s). As they complete their paperwork and questionnaire about what they are “open” to, adoptive

Act of Love’s new Disclosure of Separate Fees and Expenses will provide adoptive families who have been matched with a birth parent to engage the professional staff at Act of Love to provide individual and personalized services. The decision to adopt a child can be one of the most personal and emotional decisions a couple

Act of Love Adoptions promotes positive adoption language to send affirming messages to those involved with an adoption plan; those considering adoption, birth parents, child and adopting family. Because adoption is a highly-sensitive and personal decision, creating a non-judgmental, safe environment is critical to those choosing adoption. Using positive adoption language and educating others will