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‘Heart Gallery’ Connects Foster Kids With Forever Homes

‘Heart Gallery’ Connects Foster Kids With Forever Homes

Kids looking for their forever families are using the Adoptions Together Heart Gallery in hopes of connecting with prospective parents. News4’s Melissa Mollet reports.

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Heart Gallery Child, Zane
A Pioneering Family Celebrates Double Father’s Day

A Pioneering Family Celebrates Double Father’s Day

“I can’t tell you how fortunate we feel, to have this life with Jake. It is a blessing to wake up every day and realize as a gay man, I am legally married to my husband and that we have a son. I still have to pinch myself to believe this is real. We are part of a growing movement in forming a new type of family. But in the end — family is family. And ours is a solid one.” - Joe Summerill

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Adoptive Family Smiles with Son Putting Arms Around His Dads
HRC All Children – All Families Annual Report 2020

HRC All Children – All Families Annual Report 2020

We are honored to be included in the Human Rights Campaign's All Children-All Families 2020 Annual Report as an Innovator in supporting LGBTQ youth & families for the second year in a row!

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Adoptions Together: Home for the Holidays

Adoptions Together: Home for the Holidays

The holidays are often an extra-challenging, traumatic, and lonely time for children in foster care. Our team worked diligently to unite 6 children in foster care with their forever families before the holidays!

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Young girl smiling at a Pride celebration with her moms
America’s NEXT Motivator: Episode 91 with Janice Goldwater

America’s NEXT Motivator: Episode 91 with Janice Goldwater

Thank you so much to America's NEXT Motivator for featuring our Founder & CEO, Janice Goldwater, on today's show! Get to know her as she dives into her childhood history and shares how it has impacted who she is today and the work that we do.

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Catalogue for Philanthropy Class of 2021-22

Catalogue for Philanthropy Class of 2021-22

We're incredibly honored to be part of the The Catalogue for Philanthropy: Greater Washington's 2020-2021 class!

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News4 Your Sunday: The Adoption Experience

News4 Your Sunday: The Adoption Experience

Pat Lawson Muse spotlights the state of adoption in the D.C. area and focuses on the experience of transracial adoptions. Janice Goldwater, the Founder & CEO of Adoptions Together, discusses how adoption has evolved. Two men who were adopted into transracial homes, Brit Perry and Tony Hynes, also share their journeys.

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