Resources Available to Birth Mothers Choosing Adoption in Colorado
If you are a birth mother considering placing your baby for adoption, there are tons of resources available to you. Adoption Choices of Colorado offers many services to support you on your adoption journey. We know that an unplanned pregnancy can be overwhelming and scary. We value making sure you have the support, education, and resources to make the choices that are best to you and to not feel alone in the process.
Services Adoption Choices of Colorado Offers Birth Mothers
- Free Counseling
We offer free counseling services to birth mothers who are wanting to process their thoughts and feelings about choosing adoption. These services are also available to birth fathers and the birth mother’s immediate family. An unplanned pregnancy may bring up a lot of complicated emotions. Our trained professionals offer a safe and supportive space to talk through what’s going on.
We support our clients through compassionate listening and education in order to empower you to choose the best option for you and your child. You do not have to be committed to placing your child for adoption to utilize this resource.
- Case Management
We provide adoption placement services for birth mothers. This means that you will be assigned an adoption caseworker who will assist you in looking through adoptive parent profiles and conducting interviews, if you wish.
Once you’ve chosen your child’s adoptive parents, your adoption caseworker will assist you in creating a personalized adoption plan that includes what type of contact you desire to have with your child, and a hospital plan.
- Post-Placement Support
Adoption Choices of Colorado knows that placing your child for adoption can bring up lots of emotions — both joyous and painful. We offer continued support for birth mothers through counseling services and support groups. We want to help you to process, grieve and thrive in all areas of your life.
Other Resources for Birth Mothers in Colorado
- CO4Kids
CO4Kids provides advocacy and support services around child abuse and neglect in Colorado. If you are a birth mother living in an physically, emotionally, or sexually abusive situation and need to protect your child from abuse and/or neglect. CO4Kids provides support, as well as a hotline service, to help keep you and your child safe.
- Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault (CCASA)
If you are a survivor of sexual assault of any sort, CCASA provides support services to help you process and heal from the awfulness of this trauma. Sexual assault can lead to longterm issues, such as PTSD, making support services crucial to helping you recreate a sense of safety and support.
- 211 Colorado
211 Colorado provides a long resource list of mental health and addiction support and management resources. If you are struggling with mental health or substance abuse issues, reach out and get the support you deserve. Ongoing mental health care and stable support networks are key to your recovery journey and living your best life.
Resources Available to Birth Mothers in Colorado
Facing an unplanned pregnancy can be a scary and unknown time. We are here to support you throughout your adoption journey and offer you professional care. Know that you are not alone and there are resources available to you during this time.
Reach out to us today to schedule a free counseling appointment.
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: Kara Bringewatt is an English major and psychology minor at Queens University of Charlotte. She plans to get her masters in social work and work at a nonprofit as a case manager for at-risk youth. She loves using writing as a means of creating community and bringing attention to causes she’s passionate about.
Kara is particularly interested in educational and mental health interventions for young people in foster care. She’s worked as a tutor, professional caregiver, preschool teacher and acting instructor, and loves being able to utilize her wide range of passions to support young people and plans on being a foster and adoptive parent.
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!