Eight Ways to Keep Foster Parent Candidates Intere...
At Binti, we work with more than 40 agencies across the country, who serve over 40,000 children in care. In the past year alone, we’ve helped our agencies process more than…
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Three Strategies That Helped San Francisco Increas...
The San Francisco Human Services Agency (HSA) was getting about four to five inquiries about foster parenting each month. Today they routinely get more than 20 per month. Here are three strategies San Francisco and Binti employed in developing a wider network of resource families…
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6 Candid Tips from Birth Mothers to Help Expectant...
Is adoption right for me and my baby?” While hindsight can be 20/20, it can be hard to figure out the right thing to do when the unexpected has happened to you. That’s why we’ve invited some birth …
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Beating Birth Mom Stigmas
“Birth parents are such a misunderstood and underrepresented part of adoption, so even if I don’t want to speak out, someone has too.” — Kelsey, on speaking up against birth mom stigmas Read more about what Kelsey has …
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How this couple decided that adoption was right fo...
“We’d always wanted a larger family, and we tried other fertility options, but those didn’t work. That was an emotional roller coaster with its ups and downs, but we came to terms with the reality that it wasn’t …
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She Was Placed for Adoption as a Baby. Years Later...
“Adoption is love. Adoption is sacrifice. Adoption is family.” — Jori, on her relationship with adoption as an adoptee and birth mother Read more about Jori’s story
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8 Things Not to Say to a Pregnant Woman Placing a ...
#7 “Wow…that must have been extremely difficult. I don’t think that I could have given up my child.” Adoption is not for everyone. Also, it’s impossible to know what we would each do when faced with a difficult …
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What one woman wishes she’d known before pla...
“Even though I was not prepared for the grief, I would do it all over again because it was the best decision for my son. My love for him made breaking my own heart possible.” — Brina, on …
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Becoming Juno: A story of adoption
“So I’m not Juno Macguff. I wanted to be like her when I was sixteen years old, but I never imagined myself in her situation, pregnant and unable to parent, trying to figure out what to do with …
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How do women feel after placing their baby for ado...
“We love our children. They are not unwanted, they were just unplanned. There are so many birthmothers in hiding that people don’t realize they might know someone who is a birthmom who is not comfortable telling them about …
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