How to Choose an Adoption Agency in Colorado?
Choosing adoption is a tough decision you may be considering, which means as a birth mother, you might be weighing all the odds about a Denver adoption. The stigma surrounding such a process and letting another family raise your child might sway your decisions if you choose adoption, which is a process when a child is legally placed into the care of another family. We also know choosing adoption can be mentally challenging as well, much like terminating the pregnancy. That is why picking an adoption agency that will be there for you emotionally and physically is vital.
We are Adoption Choices of Colorado, come to us for our assistance, and we will definitely show you the care you deserve. As a private adoption agency located in Colorado, we have been in service for years serving those seeking adoption. Often, there is a notion that you need to rush and choose adoption, but that is not the case. We give time and understand if you contemplate giving up your baby for adoption.
If you need adoption help now, please call or text us at 303-670-4673 (HOPE) or visit us at Adoption Choices of Colorado.
What can my adoption agency do for me with my financial struggles?
If you decide to come to our agency during your adoption process, we can definitely support and assist you with your financial struggles during pregnancy. There is no limit on the issues you may face when it comes to money while pregnant. That is why we are here to help and assist you financially if need be.
Where can I go in Colorado for adoption?
You can come to Adoption Choices of Colorado! As a leading adoption agency in Colorado, we have been helping birth mothers in Colorado since 2002. With a license in adoption, we assist birth mothers like yourself. Apart from birth mothers, we help families seeking to adopt a child. When doing such a beautiful process, we are trying to end the stigma surrounding adoption that affects mothers’ decisions every day.
Though different non-profit adoption agencies in Colorado serve for adoption, we are the number one agency in the community and will show you care and love when putting your baby up for adoption.
I want to keep in contact with the adoptive parents. What type of adoption do I pick?
There are three different types of adoption: closed, semi-open, and open. We suggest all birth mothers thoroughly understand each type of adoption before choosing which one they will utilize. Keep in mind that you will always have the right to choose the family that will adopt your unborn child with the provided parent profiles we give you no matter the type of adoption you choose.
To have a more in-depth understanding, open adoption is when you have an open line of communication between the adoptive parents and yourself. Information will be abundant concerning the potential adoptive parents on the parent profiles, such as their last names and home. Also, when choosing the adoptive parent, you will be there physically or virtually instead of the information and questions from both parties going through your counselor. Therefore, you will very much be able to be physically active in your adoption process with your baby’s adoptive parents. To add on, once the baby is adopted and in the care of the adoptive parent’s contact will still be enacted. Different forms of communication are utilized: calls, text, emails, and more. Sometimes both parties become so close that you will be like another family member to them.
Facing an Unplanned Pregnancy Become Part of Our Family
If you face an unplanned pregnancy and are considering putting your baby up for adoption, come to us soon! We will be happy to support and help you. While we are helping you, we can build families while ending the stigma surrounding pregnancy. If you would like to contact us, you can call us, text, or message us through our portal system!
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.
Meet the Author: Imani Agbionu is a recent graduate from George Mason University, earning her Bachelor of Science in Marketing. With a history in writing for her former university’s online publication, Her Campus, she aspires to become a successful journalist who can provide for herself and her family. She is from Washington, DC, where she has lived her whole life, but one day wants to move to experience and call another state home. Her mother is from Washington, DC, and her father is from Nigeria, part of the Igbo tribe. As an introvert, she loves streaming platforms, with her favorites being HBO Max, Netflix, and Disney+. Unfortunately, she can’t pick one due to all playing a vital role in her life on a daily basis. She enjoys reading, with her favorite book being The Shining by Stephen King, which she sees as unusual since she is a fearful person that avoids horror at all costs. Listening to music is a vital mechanism that helps her stay calm and deal with her anxiety at times. As an inspiring Journalist, she likes to write about a plethora of topics that some may look at as controversial, but she believes in staying true to herself. She doesn’t mind having conversations with people as long as opinions are being respected.
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!