Heart to Heart should be named Heartless to Heartless. The CFO Donna Pope is very unprofessional and is a liar. The agency matched us to a birthmother that was not pregnant. Of course, we found this out after we sent the agency $16,000. Due to the circumstances, Donna promised to refund the money if we were matched to a case with another agency before they could locate a case for us. We were matched to a case with another agency 1 year ago, Heart to Heart as yet to refund the funds promised. I would not recommond this agency to my worst enemy. Donna Pope has not communicated with us since we requested the funds. Take our advice - STAY AWAY FROM HEART TO HEART IN SANDY UTAH.
I am sorry to hear that. I was planning on contacting them myself but I'm not sure. Do you mind if I ask what you would do if you had to do it again (besides not go with Heart to Heart) or better yet, who would you go with if you had to do it all over again? Any advise, pointers, etc would be much appreciated. Rose
Rose, Adoptions are not for the middle case family, they are very expensive. You have to be willing to put up thousands of dollars at a time and hope things work out. If you count everything we paid out over the last three years, fingerprints, home study, home study renewal, profiles (Dear Birth mother letters), annual physicals, agency enrollment fees, lost birth mother expenses, lost agency fees, we have paid out over $38k and we have nothing to show for it. We recently enrolled in a State Foster to Adopt program with DFCS, we were required to attend some classes but have not yet paid one penny for a home study, fingerprints, or drug test. In fact, when you get a child, DCFS pays you (some but not a lot).
My advise - Find an agency that does not accept birth mother expenses and agency fees until the child is in your arms. There are not many agencies that do business this way, but there are a few. AAA Partner's in Adoptions in GA does require a small enrollment fee but does not accept the big money until the child is in your arms. I would have used AAA PIA but we never had a case that worked out with their agency. Good luck!
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Unprofessional Adoption Agency
Heart to Heart should be named Heartless to Heartless. The CFO Donna Pope is very unprofessional and is a liar. The agency matched us to a birthmother that was not pregnant. Of course, we found this out after we sent the agency $16,000. Due to the circumstances, Donna promised to refund the money if we were matched to a case with another agency before they could locate a case for us. We were matched to a case with another agency 1 year ago, Heart to Heart as yet to refund the funds promised. I would not recommond this agency to my worst enemy. Donna Pope has not communicated with us since we requested the funds. Take our advice - STAY AWAY FROM HEART TO HEART IN SANDY UTAH.
Unprofessional Adoption Agency
I am sorry to hear that. I was planning on contacting them myself but I'm not sure. Do you mind if I ask what you would do if you had to do it again (besides not go with Heart to Heart) or better yet, who would you go with if you had to do it all over again? Any advise, pointers, etc would be much appreciated. Rose
Unprofessional Adoption Agency
Rose, Adoptions are not for the middle case family, they are very expensive. You have to be willing to put up thousands of dollars at a time and hope things work out. If you count everything we paid out over the last three years, fingerprints, home study, home study renewal, profiles (Dear Birth mother letters), annual physicals, agency enrollment fees, lost birth mother expenses, lost agency fees, we have paid out over $38k and we have nothing to show for it. We recently enrolled in a State Foster to Adopt program with DFCS, we were required to attend some classes but have not yet paid one penny for a home study, fingerprints, or drug test. In fact, when you get a child, DCFS pays you (some but not a lot).
My advise - Find an agency that does not accept birth mother expenses and agency fees until the child is in your arms. There are not many agencies that do business this way, but there are a few. AAA Partner's in Adoptions in GA does require a small enrollment fee but does not accept the big money until the child is in your arms. I would have used AAA PIA but we never had a case that worked out with their agency. Good luck!
Thank you!
Thank you for responding and THANK YOU for the information. I hope everything works out well for you too. Many blessings. Rose