Journeys of the Heart

Journeys of the Hear Adoption Services

332 NW Richmond Beach Rd.

Shoreline, WA 98177

503-681-3075

www.journeysoftheheart.net

info@journeysoftheheart.net

Areas of service and expertise:

Journeys of the Heart serves the following populations:

* Children, domestic and international, in need of loving and permanent homes.
* Children, domestic and international, who we are able to assist through relief
programs.
* Domestic birth parents who are considering completing an adoption plan for
their children
* Adoptive parent's who meet all the necessary requirements of the adoption
program they are enrolled in and who wish to provide a permanent, safe and
loving home for a child born domestically or internationally.

Journeys of the Heart has established the following priorities for our services:
children are the first priority; domestic birth parents are the second priority
because they are responsible for making the decisions that affect the lives of
their child or children; adoptive parents, who make up an important part of
Journeys' service population, are the third priority since the best interest of
the child comes first.

In a typical year, the children placed by JOH are 80 % minority and 20% Caucasian. Currently, the birth mothers that Journeys works with are 85% Caucasian and 15% minority (African American and Hispanic). Journeys' adoptive families are 95% Caucasian and 5% minority (Chinese, East Indian, Hispanic, and African American).

Being a private agency, JOH is not mandated by law or government mandate to work
with any particular population of children, birth parents or adopting parent's.

JOH promotes our mission by providing information on our programs to anyone in
the service population. JOH shares program information with stakeholders,
through this web site, our newsletter (Heartstrings) education programs, and
through brochures, annual report and other informational packets and mailings.

In July 2003, Journeys became fully accredited as an international and domestic
adoption agency through the Council on Accreditation. In February 2008,
Journeys became accredited by The Hague.

Mission

The mission of Journeys of the Heart Adoption Services is to provide, through adoption, loving and permanent homes to the children of the world who are in need. Journeys uses the best-available support and social work practices in assisting families through the life-long journey of adoption, and through its relief programs, helps improve the lives of children not adopted.