Adoption Resources Available at Adoption Choices of Colorado
By Rose O’Connor
The decision to choose adoption is not an easy process to go through as a birth mother. When you are placing your baby for adoption, you may feel scared and alone. You may be researching how to put a child up for adoption. That is why Adoption Choices of Colorado is here to let you know how important it is for you to stay healthy and well taken care of. Therefore, we are here to support you through your journey. We will offer you all of the possible resources to help you with your adoption journey.
If you need adoption help now, please call or text us at 303-670-4673 (HOPE) or visit us at Adoption Choices of Colorado.
Adoption Resources that are Offered by a Private Agency
Choosing an adoption agency in Denver can help you with your journey through the many resources offered. With that, these are some of the main resources that can benefit you in your journey.
There is Main Counseling Support for Choosing Adoption
We provide counseling to you as a birth mother who chooses adoption. We want to make sure that you have a good support system for you and your child.
Financial Assistance When Choosing the Adoption
At Adoption Choices of Colorado, we will provide living expenses (court-approved) if you need assistance. We can help with expenses, such as rent, utilities, food, and your phone bill. The amount of court-approved expenses may vary, depending on your state’s residence. We will also guide you to find assistance in paying the medical expenses resulting from your pregnancy and delivery. If the portion of your medical expenses is not covered by state funding or private insurance, it will be provided by the adoptive family. Additionally, your worker is there to assist you with finding and scheduling prenatal appointments.
Housing and Transportation When Choosing Adoption
Adoption Choices of Colorado will help you with transportation to your necessary needs. If you need further assistance, such as trips to the grocery store or a ride to work, your worker can help arrange that for you or provide a bus pass if you choose to do that. Moreover, we can assist you in finding or applying for housing, as well as help with paying your rent during your pregnancy and up to four to six weeks after your delivery date.
We Offer Post-Placement Support for Choosing Adoption as Well
You may be feeling overwhelmed and sad post-placement, especially when you give a baby up for adoption at birth. That is why Adoption Choices of Colorado provides support even after the journey. We want you to have a great support system.
How will these Resources be used Before, During, and After the Adoption Process?
These resources will be provided when you are going through the steps of the adoption process. Here are the main steps of the adoption process and how these resources will be imported.
Step 1: Contact Adoption Choices of Colorado
You can call or text us at 303-670-4673 (HOPE) or visit us at Adoption Choices of Colorado.
Step 2: Schedule an initial meeting with Adoption Choices of Colorado
This is one of the resources that is provided, which is supported throughout the process. Meeting with an adoption specialist will benefit you. The task includes going over your specific needs. You will complete the paperwork and begin developing your adoption plan. We want to make sure we understand your comfort with the adoption options. We can meet in a setting that is comfortable for you.
Step 3. Prenatal care, Financial Assistance, and Selecting the Type of Adoption.
This is where you can think about our resource of financial assistance! We want to make sure you are comfortable with your decision to choose adoption. Our private adoption Colorado agency will provide court-approved living expenses if you need them. You will also be selecting the type of adoption: open adoption, semi-open or closed.
Step 4. Choosing an Adoptive Family with Adoption Choices of Colorado
Your adoption specialist will help you find the best adoptive family for your child. We will make sure the families that are being reviewed will provide a loving and nurturing home for your child. Therefore, we will bring you family profiles to review. All of the families are carefully screened and interviewed so that the process will be easier for you.
Step 5. Pregnancy, Birth, and Hospital Plan
With this step, you can use the resources of housing and transportation. But first, A hospital plan can outline your whole hospital stay. This includes who you want with you during delivery. Creating this outline beforehand can benefit your delivery process. It can help organize and narrow down your needs. The resources of housing and transportation can still be used at any step of the adoption process. But during your hospital planning stage, it can be beneficial if you need a place to stay while going through later steps.
Step 6. Post-Placement Support from Adoption Choices of Colorado
With this step, you can use our provided resources for Post-Placement Counseling. The Post Adoption journey can be emotional and overwhelming. That is why we offer this support to ensure that you are taken care of. We will provide all of the necessary needs for you and your child.
You are not Alone in your Adoption Journey
Facing an unplanned pregnancy can be scary and overwhelming. You may be searching on how to put a child up for adoption. We are here to tell you that you are not alone and that we are here to support you. Adoption Choices of Colorado will provide you with all of the necessary resources for you and your child.
If you are facing an unplanned pregnancy and want to learn more about your adoption options, contact Adoption Choices of Colorado by email, phone, or text: Email Us, Text us: 720-371-1099, Call us: 303-670-4673 (HOPE). If you are hoping to adopt, please contact us here.
Stephanie joined the Adoption Choices family in 2014 as the Child Placement Supervisor. Her love for adoption began in first grade when she made friends with twins adopted from Vietnam. Her heart grew strong over the years for adopted children and ultimately led her to graduate school where she continued her focus to her dream of working in the adoption field. Stephanie earned a Master of Social Work degree from the University of Denver in 2001. Over the past 15 years, Stephanie has worked as a pregnancy counselor and as an adoptive parent counselor for foster care, international adoption and domestic adoption, writing hundreds of home studies for families, and helping build their forever families. Stephanie is married and has three boys ages 12, 9, and 5. Together with her family she enjoys riding bike, playing games, watching her three sons compete in their various sporting and musical activities and go on vacations.
Christy Ikeler, is our Executive Director and Birth Parent Director. Christy has been with Adoption Choices Team for 18 years, since opening the doors in 2002! Christy has a true passion for what she does and her true love is working with and helping each birth parent. Whether she is up all night on the phone talking with them, taking them to doctors appointments, out for their favorite treat, providing counseling or at the hospital during labor and delivery, Christy is very involved every step of the way. She has a contagious laugh and a spunky personality that our birth moms all can bond with and relate to. As an adoptive parent herself, adoption holds a very special place in her heart and she can relate on every level with both birth parents and adoptive parents. In her free time Christy loves spending time with her daughter, gardening, baking and taking vacations with her family. Christy is an excellent leader for our team at Adoption Choices and is truly one of a kind!! As Executive Director, Christy spends time with the staff, birth parents and adoptive families in order to ensure that the agency is running smoothly. She has placed a huge emphasis on community outreach and programs for birth parents. Christy loves the opportunity to lead the agency into a brighter future.
Ms. Mackenzie has built a successful counseling career over the past 20 years, supporting mothers and families, people of all ages and genders, students, community professionals and fellow clinicians. Liv values a diverse professional focus, including the entrepreneurial life of a sole proprietor, the evaluative process of certifying foster/adoptive homes, the insightful and mindful one-on-one one work with enthusiastic clients, and serving as an advocate for underserved populations. Liv is a Licensed Professional Counselor and holds a BA in Pre-Law and Economics from American University, an MA in Counseling from Adams University and a certificate in Human Resource Management from Villanova University. Away from work you will find Liv spending time in nature, biking to the farmer’s market and adventuring with her family.
Catherine A. Madsen, joined the Adoption Choices family as legal counsel in 2013. Catherine is responsible for providing legal guidance to the Agency, training and updating staff on developments in adoption law and legislation, and program development. Catherine
Virginia Frank is an adoption attorney accredited since 1991 with the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys. Ms. Frank is a leader in the field of private adoption and has completed over 4,000 adoptions in her career. Ms. Frank has a law degree from Oklahoma City University and a BA in both Political Science and Communications from the University of Oklahoma.
Cassidie has been with Adoption Choices since 2015, she has her bachelors in Interdisciplinary Affairs with concentrations in both Sociology and Business Management. Cassidie has additional training in Victim Advocacy, foster care and has been working in women’s services for over 10 years. Cassidie has always had a heart for adoption and it was her career dream to work in adoption. She started off doing volunteer work for advocacy programs, adoption organizations and worked in High Risk Maternal Fetal Medicine through the University of Colorado Hospital and Children’s Hospital of Colorado. Cassidie is also blessed to have personally experienced an adoption of her own in 2012, completing her family of five! Cassidie loves what she does as a case worker from initial phone calls, meetings, doctor appointments, interaction with the adoptive families to delivery and counseling. Cassidie has a passion for those in need and strives to help make a difference in the lives of the people she meets. She is a firm believer in being kind, compassionate and open minded in all situations. “Unless you’ve walked in their shoes, there’s no place for judgment. A kind word or compliment can go a long way!” The bittersweet moments in adoption reminds Cassidie each and every time, why she loves what she does!