The Adoption Process in Colorado
You are a birth mother in Colorado state and have an unexpected pregnancy. You decide on adoption but don’t quite grasp the adoption process and what’s involved. Adoption Choices of Colorado is the place that will help you with your process and understand the steps going forward. You may have reservations on what to do and how to get started, that’s normal. It’s an overwhelming feeling to start and think about giving your baby up for adoption. However, with the right tools and guidance from us, the adoption process doesn’t have to be scary. What’s great about adoption is that you get to decide how it turns out. Every little thing you want, we can help you succeed. All your preferences and terms will help you make it a smooth process as possible.
If you need adoption help now, please call or text us at 303-670-4673 (HOPE) or visit us at Adoption Choices of Colorado.
Creating a Colorado Adoption Plan with Adoption Types
The first step is creating an adoption plan. When you contact Adoption Choices of Colorado, you will be provided with an adoption specialist who will give you a list of several available adoptive family profiles. There are three types of adoption types you can choose from. As a birth mother, you make all the decisions by choosing the adoption type. The adoptive family you choose must also agree to follow your adoption type.
- Open Adoption: this is when you want to start a relationship with the adoptive family you chose and the child. You want to have open communication. Communication can be whatever you want in terms of in-person visits, phone, and video calls, emailing, letters, and or a combination of all these things. You decide on how communication is established.
- Closed Adoption: this is when you decide you want any form of contact with your child or adoptive family. The only thing to keep in mind is that potentially the adoptive family or child in the future may request medical information from you. If this is the adoption type you choose, we will help you find a family that meets your needs and accepts this type.
- Semi-Open Adoption: like open adoption, communication is something you decide. You may not want a personal relationship with your child or adoptive family. However, you want some consistent updates on your child’s upbringing and progress. Communication can be dealt with through our adoption agencies in Colorado in the form of pictures, letters, and phone/video calls mediated by the adoption specialist.
Colorado Adoption Services
We provide several services that include job placement, financial aid, housing, medical checkups, and finances for transportation.
Job placement can be provided at Adoption Choices of Colorado, where we can find opportunities for you to train or find a position based on your qualified skills and resume. You can ask your adoption specialist and other service providers within our agency for more information.
Financial aid can be geared towards phone services, rent, transportation, groceries, medical assistance, housing, and more.
Housing can be provided to you based on your living situation. We have a local list of shelters and potential housing for you to choose from. We understand that having the right environment is good for your headspace to proceed with the adoption process.
Medical checkups may be hard to afford, or you may not have a doctor at all. No worries, Adoption Choices of Colorado can provide a selection of doctors available in your area. Your medical checkups can be taken care of through financial aid. Your birth plan will also be a topic of discussion with your doctor.
What is a Colorado Birth Plan?
Another important decision you will make is discussing your birth plan with the adoption specialist. Your birth plan decides on who gets to be there or if you don’t want anyone there at all. You also decide the kind of birth you want and if you require pain medicine. No matter which adoption type you choose at the beginning of this adoption process, your comfort and needs are our priority. We will make sure that your birth plan goes smoothly and is to your liking.
Adoption Counseling Service
Free counseling is something we also provide for you. Planning a Denver adoption is challenging and brings up a lot of stress and emotions. Leaving these emotions aside isn’t good for your state of mind. We want to provide the utmost care, and that’s having the time to process what you are feeling and going through.
Choosing Adoption Choices of Colorado can give you a headstart in planning your adoption. We care about you and want to help give you the necessary tools to begin your adoption process. We hope this adoption process explanation helps you decide on choosing adoption with us.
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!