Can I Put My Baby Up for Adoption in Colorado?
By Melissa Camacho
If you are a birth mother who is looking for ways to get through an unplanned pregnancy, a Denver adoption is a great option. Although you will not be parenting, you will help place your child with caring adoptive parents by considering adoption. At Adoption Choices of Colorado, we want you to feel comfortable about your decision. We are a diverse, leading private adoption agency that prioritizes every birth mother’s needs. Birth mothers choosing adoption in Colorado come to our agency to get help with issues affecting their pregnancy.
As part of our mission, we strive to encourage our birth mothers to learn as much information about adoption. In doing so, we do not pressure, discriminate, or judge you based on your differences and final decisions. Instead, we welcome you to an adoption journey that allows you to safely manage your pregnancy and become the root of your child’s growth. Our exceptional adoption team will guide you in understanding the purpose of our services to help you pursue an adoption plan.
What’s in it For Me to Choose Adoption in Colorado?
There is so much in store for you by putting up a baby for private adoption in Colorado. All you have to do is search for a Colorado adoption agency near you. We can help get you started! When you reach our agencies in Colorado, you will experience our adoption professionals’ courteous and compassionate services. One thing we can assure you is that as you work with us, we are a team in getting you all the steps of the adoption process.
What are the First steps I Need to Take to Start the Adoption Process?
The first step is to schedule a virtual one-on-one meeting with an adoption specialist. From there, you can discuss the benefits involved when placing your baby for adoption. These adoption benefits include:
- Financial assistance for your monthly living expenses, such as housing, phone bills, utilities, food, maternity expenses, and transportation. That is not limited to medical coverage for prenatal care and other medical needs.
- Safe housing if you need help looking for a safe, healthy, and comfortable place to stay.
- Counseling for birth mothers in need of emotional support to cope with overwhelming emotions of grief, stress, and trauma. Our counseling support services are intended for all birth mothers trying to overcome the hardships and negativity surrounding an unplanned pregnancy.
- Post-Placement Support services are available after your adoption is finalized. Your financial assistance and counseling services are extended to give you some time to recover and get yourself settled.
What are the Different Types of Adoption to Choose From?
While learning about your benefits and adoption options, you will have an opportunity to choose the type of adoption you prefer. Adoption Choices of Colorado will help you weigh out your options to choose between open adoption, semi-adoption, and closed adoption. To establish a relationship where you can have as much communication with the adoptive family, open adoption is the best choice. You and the adoptive family can share information and photos through mail, social media, and family visits.
With a semi-adoption, you can have a more restricted type of communication with the adoptive family. Personal or sensitive information may not be disclosed, and you can securely communicate through an adoption agency or third party. If you prefer not to have any communication with the adoptive family or your child, you may want a closed adoption. We will not judge you on your final decision, whichever is the best type of the adoption of your choice. You can change the type of adoption before you sign the adoption consent papers.
If you need assistance in finding an adoptive family, you can visit our waiting families profile page to filter your options. You can navigate each profile with our user-friendly navigation icons to access digital flipbooks, photos, and descriptions of their backgrounds. To ensure your child will be safe and healthy with the adoptive family of your choice, a home study will be conducted by a caseworker. The caseworker will conduct background screenings and interviews and review legal documents.
How Much Time Do I Have Before My Adoption is Finalized?
After your birth delivery date, you have 48 to 72 hours to sign the adoption paperwork. After that, the adoptive family may request that a court judge approve the adoption. A new birth certificate will be printed with the adoptive parents as the legal parents of your child. If you have proof of any adoption fraud committed by the adoptive family, you have up to 90 days to show proof from the date of adoption placement. Then the adoption may be revoked.
Need to Get Started? Find an Adoption Agency in Colorado Today
Adoption is not an easy decision, and you may need time to evaluate your situation and discover your needs. If you are pregnant and considering adoption and would like to proceed with your adoption options, you can search for an adoption agency in Colorado. Rather than giving up, you are taking the time to place your child with a caring family that will contribute to your child’s growth. Adoption resources are offered if you are looking for local, domestic, and international adoption. Our adoption agencies in Colorado are located throughout Denver, Colorado Springs, and Boulder.
The diversity of our birth mothers is at the heart of an adoption plan with our adoption agencies in Colorado.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!