Teen Pregnancy: How to Choose Adoption in Colorado
Having a teen pregnancy can be scary. You may feel like you are alone and that there are no options for you. Your family values, education, and other life experiences are suddenly put on hold. However, know that adoption is an option if you do not want to raise the child. As a teenager, we can empathize with your situation and work with you in creating an adoption plan. If you are experiencing an unplanned teen pregnancy in Colorado, Adoption Choices of Colorado can help. We want to make the process simple and easy. There are many choices regarding adoption type and the services we provide.
Adoption Options to Choose From in Colorado
There are three options to choose from when it comes to the type of adoption you want.
- First is closed adoption, when you decide you do not want to communicate with the adoptive family or child due to your valid reasons. No communication of any kind is made between you or the adoptive family. You will remain anonymous and do not have to meet them. Once the child is born, you do not have to meet them in person to deliver them their child. We understand being anonymous may be important to you, so this adoption will respect your rights.
- The second is open adoption when you can communicate with the adoptive family and the child. You can know personal information about them such as their address. All forms of communication include calls on video or phone, visits, pictures and letters, and emails. Adoption Choices of Colorado will help make the arrangements and let open communication be continuous.
- The third is semi-open adoption. If you want to create boundaries of communication, then this type of adoption is good for you. Communication will still be through our adoption agencies in Denver, including but not limited to: letters, emails, video calls, phone calls, in-person visits, and pictures.
Colorado Adoption Services Near You
We provide financial and job placement assistance. For example, suppose you need financial support for transportation, food, maternal clothes, and grants/loans. We can help provide for you and get you on track with this adoption journey. In addition, if you need a job and want to save money for yourself and for the future, we offer job placement opportunities that are associate and entry-level. Adoption Choices of Colorado will provide these services.
Education and Living Arrangements for Teen Pregnancy in Colorado
You may be wondering if your unplanned pregnancy may interfere with your educational studies. The answer is no. Your education is a priority for us. We want you to complete your education while having an adoption plan. Your adoption plan is made through your decisions and goes at your own pace. There is no rush. Your priorities are our own.
Suppose you have housing troubles, for example, if your family does not support your decision to put your child up for adoption. We can help provide housing and shelter for you to stay in while you are pregnant. Even after your child is born, we will continue to provide shelter until you can get a place of your own or can figure out living arrangements for yourself. Finding a comfortable and suitable environment for yourself during pregnancy is essential. There are opportunities to get financial support that can be geared toward finding a home for yourself through financial aid.
Free Counseling Throughout Your Colorado Adoption Process
You’re a teen and have all these decisions to make for yourself and your child. You are probably worried about school and having new changes unfold right before your eyes. However, talking about them can do a world of good and help you heal. Your emotions may consist of anger, guilt, shock, shame, sadness. It’s all normal and valid to feel this way. Counseling can help process your thoughts about the pregnancy and give your baby for adoption.
At Adoption Choices of Colorado, we stand by you every step of the way during this pregnancy. As a teenager, you may feel like you have made difficult choices. However, we do not judge those who are doing their hardest to make a decision for themselves and their child. We commend you and are here for any help you need during and after the adoption process. You are the leader of this adoption plan, you call the shots, and we will help you make sure it all goes smoothly and according to plan.
If you need adoption help now, please call or text us at 303-670-4673 (HOPE) or visit us at Adoption Choices of 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.
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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!