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Region’s Largest Adoption and Family Well-Being Organization Rebrands as Paths for Families After 33 Years
Exciting New Beginnings: Unveiling Paths for Families!
Finding Families: Meet Tino, a Kindhearted Teen who Loves Puzzles and Needs a Forever Home
News4’s Melissa Mollet introduces Tino, a ninth-grader who enjoys going for walks, playing video games and painting.
Verywell Family: Best Adoption Agencies of 2023
Thank you so much to Verywell Family for naming Paths for Families as the best adoption and family well-being organization for LGBTQ+ families since 2020! We're committed to working with every child, every family, every step of the way and it's an honor to do the work that we do.
News4’s Melissa Mollet Talks Finding Families with Potomac Lifestyle Magazine
The magazine highlighted her family’s adoption story and work on the News4 series that helps children from Adoptions Together find their forever homes.
A Home for Every Child
Adoptions Together joins NBC4 to highlight children in foster care, City Lifestyle reports.
Finding Families: Meet Latoya, a Loving Eighth Grader Still Looking for Her Forever Home
News4’s Melissa Mollet reintroduces Latoya, an eighth grader looking for her forever home. Latoya is a foodie who loves going to the pool and wants to help other foster kids.
Finding Families: Meet Stefany, a Sweet, Artistic Teen Hoping for a Home
Stefany likes making art, wearing quirky earrings and dreams of studying interior design at college. News4’s Melissa Mollet is highlighting local children in need of a home through Finding Families.
Finding Families: Meet Greg, Outdoor-Loving Kid Looking for Forever Home
Greg likes reading, going outside and taking care of animals and says he wants someone to play with. News4’s Melissa Mollet is highlighting local children in need of a home to call their own through Finding Families.
National Foster Care Day: Why News4 Today Is Wearing Blue
Tuesday is National Foster Care Day, calling attention to the 400,000 young people across the U.S. who are looking for forever homes. News4’s Melissa Mollet shares a cause near to her heart.
Finding Families: Sweet Teen Chasidy Hoping for Forever Family
Chasidy is a D.C-area teen hoping to get adopted by a loving family. News4’s Melissa Mollet continues our Finding Families series, highlighting local children in need of a home to call their own.
Finding Families: Meet Jimmy, Sports-Loving Teen Looking for Forever Home
Jimmy likes sports and going out to eat and says he wants to find a family that loves him “well.” News4’s Melissa Mollet kicks off our Finding Families series, highlighting local children in need of a home to call their own.
Post-Roe, is adoption a realistic alternative to abortion?
“Adoption is complicated, and it should not be seen as a simple solution to an unintended pregnancy,” says Janice Goldwater, founder and CEO of Adoptions Together, a nonprofit agency in Maryland. Beyond a one-time legal event, she adds, adoption has lifelong implications. “In a sense, we have to go against our biology,” she says. “We’re wired as living creatures to care for our young.”
Finding Families: Marlaysia and Jimmy Are Looking for Their Forever Families
Marlaysia, 15, has a long list of loves, including swimming and dancing, and wants to be in a family with siblings. Jimmy, also 15, loves sports and says he has extremely good handwriting. Learn more with Melissa Mollet of NBC4 Washington.
Spotlight on Adoptions Together: Every Child, Every Family, Every Step of the Way
November is National Adoption Month and today we're highlighting a wonderful organization that has been helping children and families for more than 30 years. Janice Goldwater joined us to discuss the mission of Adoptions Together.
