Making an adoption plan in Colorado
By Jessica Exstrom
Deciding to place your baby for adoption is a difficult choice for any new mother. With this decision comes figuring out how to put your baby up for adoption and actually creating that adoption plan. Creating a plan can be complicated and feel overwhelming, but there is a lot of assistance offered to help you through the adoption process. With our services in Colorado, we can aid you in the process of planning an adoption gracefully, helping you make the best decisions for you and your baby. Let’s walk through the process of placing your baby for adoption in Colorado with Adoption Choices of Colorado by your side.
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 Choices of Colorado is here to help
The most important thing to remember when planning an adoption is: you are not alone. Adoption Choices of Colorado are the adoption agencies in Colorado here to help you put your best foot forward in the adoption process, and we will support you every step of the way. We also stress the idea that you are not giving up on anything or anyone when you “give up” your baby for adoption; You are giving a chance at a controlled and planned life for you and your baby.
With support in various cities in Colorado, including adoption agencies in Denver, we offer the convenience of multiple locations. Us and these locations offer private adoption, an option many new pregnant people don’t often realize. Through your private adoption in Colorado with us, you are offered the opportunity to participate in selecting and setting up a post-birth contact plan, like having a closed or open adoption. These opportunities allow you to still be involved in planning your baby’s future, helping both of you in the best way possible.
Creating a great adoption plan for you and your baby
An unplanned pregnancy often creates a lot of chaos in a person’s life, but we are here to help you every step of the way. Whether it is considering adoption at the beginning of your pregnancy or giving up your baby for adoption at birth, we can accommodate all of your needs. Figuring out what steps and what order to go in for creating an adoption plan can be complicated, but we have strategically planned out the steps for you and your baby. With these planned steps and multiple services of support, Adoption Choices of Colorado is here to help you create an adoption plan.
Here are the three steps in our adoption plan for you:
- Reach out to us and/or schedule a first meeting
- Allow us to help you with care, finances, adoption selection, and choosing a family
- Feel at ease and happy with the decisions you have made with our help
Through these attainable steps, Adoption Choices of Colorado can help you create the plan that you want, under your terms, and that is in the best interest of you and your baby’s lives. These steps, paired with our types of support, can help you create your adoption plan.
Support we offer in the adoption process
Not only does Adoption Choices of Colorado offer you multiple agency locations, a thought-out adoption plan, and detailed steps, but we also provide additional services. Learning how to place your baby for adoption is very difficult, and we understand that, so we have created different services to support you through the entire process of placing your baby for adoption.
First, we offer ongoing support throughout your pregnancy. Before, during, and after, we will help you with various types of care. Second, we can provide 24/7 counseling. This counseling is specifically for during pregnancy and during the adoption process. Last, care is provided during pregnancy, along with financial assistance. Prenatal care, care that is specifically for expectant mothers to maintain a healthy pregnancy is a way for us to support you in your journey. Expenses are also often difficult during pregnancy, so we can help you find financial assistance for medical expenses. All of the support we offer is in an effort to provide you with quality care during your pregnancy and a smooth experience from start to finish.
An adoption plan will only benefit you
No matter your age, experience with pregnancy, or adoption knowledge, our goal is to make your pregnancy and adoption plan simple and attainable. With detailed steps, multiple areas of support, and convenient locations in Colorado, Adoption Choices of Colorado will help you have a great experience planning your baby’s future.
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!