about us donate calendar blog careers Aunt Bertha login YOU ARE: HOMEWHY ADOPTION? Foster Care Adoption Prevention Community Contact Us Latest post Rudolph Round-Up Holiday Toy Drive Posted:Thursday, September 30, 2021 We invite you to join Heartland for Children in our 17th Annual Rudolph Round-Up Holiday Toy Drive. With your help, our goal is to help make incredible holiday memories for WHY ADOPTION? There is a great need throughout the State of Florida for families to open their hearts and their homes to children and teenagers in need of a forever family. We believe that there are loving, caring families who can provide a forever home to a child or sibling group who cannot safely return to their family. Many times this may be a teenager, a child with special emotional and/or medical needs, or a sibling group. These children and teenagers enter care through no fault of their own due to abuse, neglect, or abandonment by their parents. Adoption through the foster care system can be challenging at times, but is a very rewarding experience. These children require a strong family, who can provide a loving, safe, and stable environment to help them develop and feel comfortable as part of the family. Throughout the United States, there are thousands of children available for adoption and waiting for a forever family. Heartland for Children has children right in your local community that are waiting for a forever family through adoption. Florida’s state adoption system offers many unique benefits to adopting children, teenagers, and sibling groups such as tuition waiver, secure legal process, assistance with services and supports, etc. To explore the current children available for adoption within Polk, Highlands, and Hardee Counties, please visit www.heartlandforchildren.org/gallery If you live in Polk, Hardee, or Highlands Counties and would like to register for our next adoption training course, please call 863-519-8900 ext. 223. For additional information about how to adopt a child, please contact Arline Herrera at: (863) 519-8900 ext. 219. Stay informed with our updates: © 2013 Heartland for Children. All rights reserved. 1239 E. Main Street Bartow, Florida 33830. | (863) 519-8900 Designed by Madden Brand Agency Heartland for Children (HFC) does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices based on disability, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, or any category protected by law. HFC will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities unless doing so creates an undue hardship for the organization. Sponsored by: State of Florida Department of Children and Families