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Financial Risk Policy Change
"Your Birth mother has decided to parent and not place her child with you." These are some of the most difficult words we say to an adoptive family and it is so difficult for them to hear. Though we want to support the birthmother's choice to parent her child, it is hard for the adoptive family matched with her to accept that choice. Especially when they are invested emotionally and financially. We can never remove the emotional pain. But we can remove the financial burden. Heart to Heart Adoptions will not hold the adoptive family responsible for any of the birth mother's expenses if she decides to parent. Instead those expenses will be covered by the agency and all funds the adoptive family has paid will be rolled over to another situation. It is our hope that this will make the adoption process smoother for adoptive families while allowing birth parents to make good decisions. If you have any comments or concerns about this change please contact me at donnap@hearttoheartadopt.com Responses to PolicyWe have had a number of responses about the above policy. Following are some of them.
Just read your New No Risk Policy and we think that is FANTASTIC news!! You currently have our file, but we went through that with a birth mother, with another agency, last spring. We were out so much money that we had to take a break before we could start again. THANK YOU!!! for peace of mind with your agency!! PRAISE THE LORD! The NEW financial risk policy change is such a blessing – THANK YOU! This really means a lot to us – and to others. Others who haven’t experienced the old policy (standard with most agencies) might not be able to appreciate it as much as we do. We have been through 3 failed attempts & 2 failed placements with different agencies – the 2 failed placements when babies were actually placed in our home & then consent was revoked – we lost the babies & thousands of dollars each time. We grieved the loss of a child, and then lost the money we invested, too! It was like rubbing salt in a wound. We knew it was “standard procedure”, but that didn’t seem to help much when we were actually dealing with the losses. Adoption is expensive in more than one way. And when adoptive families invest all the time, effort, & finances required into adopting a child to end up losing it all - - well, it can be a very frustrating, depressing, horrible experience. I am soooo very thankful for this new policy!!!!!! I can’t tell you enough what an encouragement this is to us! I wish other agencies would take note & do what you’re doing! Many agencies take very good care of their birthparents (which is very, very important!), but I think this new policy is a WONDERFUL way to take care of your adoptive families, too. Thank you for being so considerate! We have been hesitant to try a new agency – but we are already so very impressed with H2H! We hope to work with you again in the future J Blessings!Just wanted to say, thank you, for adjusting the current policy. I know this will be of great help to many families, including ours. :-) |
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