Family Updates

Hello everyone, and Happy February! January was a bustling month for Gladney with a total of 9 placements!!!! Among these placements, seven children were born in Texas, while the other two arrived from Alabama and North Carolina. Notably, four of the children had spent significant time with transitional care families before joining their forever families….

Happy New Year!!! I hope that you and your family had a wonderful holiday season filled with delicious food, laughter, and wonderful time with family and friends!! Now lets get into why you’re here! Gladney had 4 placements in the month of December. All of these placements were with babies born in the Dallas Fort Worth area….

This past month, Gladney had a total of six placements, five of those being from their domestic infant program and one independent placement. Out of the five, three were with some of their longest waiting families. Two out of the six were in the Dallas TX area, two were in the Houston TX area, one was in…

In the spirit of National Adoption Month lets get into the October update! In October, Gladney placed one child who was born in Florida. Additionally, they have three children in transitional care eagerly awaiting their forever homes. Currently, Gladney is assisting 39 expectant birth mothers, each on their unique adoption journey and located across the…

Happy Friday! Gladney had a slower month for September. They placed 3 beautiful babies. One of their placements found its home in the heart of Texas. The remaining two placements blossomed in the states of New York and Iowa. Gladney was able to place with one of their longer waiting families who had waited a…

August was busy and ended up busier than Gladney had expected. They closed August with ten placements! Of the ten, 7 were in Texas, one was in Georgia, one in Pennsylvania, and one in Tennessee. They were able to place with many of their longest waiting families, which is very exciting. Of the ten, 6 were with…

We met with our new case worker, Jasmin, today and she shared a bit about how July looked for us. Gladney had four placements in July. Two of the placements were in Texas, one was in Georgia, and one in Florida. About half of the families were at or above the average wait of two…

Gladney picked up the pace in June and had six placements, including a set of twins! Three of their placements were in Texas, one in Ohio, and two in Pennsylvania. About half of the families were at or above the average wait of two years at placement and the other half were quite a bit under…

Gladney has had a second month with a slower pace with four placements in May. They were all short matches, the longest of which was only 22 days (the same amount of April’s longest match!). Two of the children were African American, one was Caucasian, and one was Biracial-Caucasian and Latino. One placement was in Texas,…

In April, Gladney had four placements. All were in Texas. Three of the four families who took placement waited a bit longer than their average wait of 24 months, with the fourth family still waiting well over a year, but most specifically matching family elements that are important to their child’s birth parent. Two children…