Adoption Services
If you are hoping to adopt, you have come to the right place!
26Health’s adoption services include home studies, adoption counseling and assistance in arranging the legal services to conclude the adoption.
A Lifetime Dedicated to Service
By Julie M. Waxman

For over fifty years Marge Snider has dedicated her life to creating families. She has placed over 4,000 children into safe and loving homes. Marge’s reason for forging her life of service is simple, she was born into it. The daughter of a nurse and a chemical engineer, both of Marge’s parents volunteered with the local fire rescue in their time off. Marge’s father was designated by the police department to calm domestic violence in lower income neighborhoods while her mother found adoptive homes for abandoned babies. As registered foster parents, Marge’s parents welcomed various children into their home for months at a time. The altruism Marge’s parents instilled in her at an early age inspired some of the most important moments of her life. Read more...
The Road to Fatherhood and Me
By Robert Baker-Hargrove
 
Being a dad is something I always wanted. Growing up, for the first 12 years or so of my life, my mother raised me as a single parent. She worked hard to provide for me and make our lives special. I was fortunate to live where I was surrounded by my extended family. For 15 years, I was the only great-grandchild, grandchild, nephew and child of my family. This gave me an amazing sense of family and the love that family gives. Read more...
Formalizing what the Heart Formulates
By Jessica D. Thomas, Esq

In 2011, when I became a Florida Bar Attorney, the aspiration to help my community was more than just a profession; it was my passion. The desire to use my skills to help others found a perfect nexus in family law and adoption. Having served as a Guardian Ad Litem for over a decade, I have seen the glaring need for children to have stable families with love and resources. Unfortunately, serving in our dependency system, has shown me how often that is not the case. However, adoptions provide children with the permanency that they so rightly deserve with families who can provide well beyond all their basic needs. Read more...
Estate Planning for the Adoptive Parent
By Matthew Rosenthal, Esq.

Congratulations! You are about to become a parent. You have gone through all the steps, jumped through all the hoops, and are finally coming to the end of the adoption process. You can now review your checklist of things to accomplish. Check mark after check mark, as you make your way down the list, there is one item at the very bottom you may have forgotten– An Estate Plan (if you already have an estate plan, stick around, you may need to make changes).
What does estate planning entail? And how can it be used to ensure that your wishes are followed? Read more...
The Journey...
By Marge Snider

Tatiana Quiroga and her wife Jen have experienced the highs and lows of the adoption process twice. Though their situation is a little different than most with Jen being the biological parent of both children, their story resonates with all couples hoping to adopt. Read more...
What it's like to be a transgender dad
 LB Hannahs
The story of a parent's transition and a son's redemption
 Paula Stone and Jonathan Williams
8 Reasons to Share Your Story
By Angela Martinez

Real stories are a powerful way for families to understand the benefits of foster care and being adoptive parents. Whether you are a birth parent, adoptive parent or adoptee, adoption changes you. 

If you have been involved with the adoption process, here are eight reasons why you should choose to share your adoption story with others and with the families and individuals who share your passion for adoption.

You may be surprised what details in your story will connect with someone!
 
  1. Educate people about adoption or foster care.
  2. Bring awareness to adoption or foster care.
  3. Give someone hope for their future adoption plans.
  4. Encourage those who are in the middle of adoption.
  5. Change the language used when talking about adoption.
  6. Strengthen your sense of community with others.
  7. Explain the highs and lows of adoption or foster care.
  8. Remind yourself of how you’ve been blessed.

Each time you share your story with someone, you will be reminded how all the pieces of your adoption or foster care journey came together.
Adoption Takes Time
Patience is truly a virtue when you are seeking to adopt a child. The orchestration of social, legal and governmental issues is sometimes frustrating and usually dependent on the skill, judgement and experience of those in whom you have placed your trust.
 
Please contact Margaret Snider, MSW
Adoption Coordinator
for more information at
321-800-2922 ext. 1650
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