Adoption Information and Resources
Every woman facing an unplanned pregnancy has her own questions and concerns about adoption. In the articles and links below, you will find answers to many adoption questions. Adoption Choices of Colorado is committed to providing you the information and resources that you need during this time. If any of your adoption questions aren’t answered in these articles, our Adoption Specialists are here to help.
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Adoption Topics A-Z
Adoption Process | Plan
For Birth Parents:
6 Important Things to Put into Your Adoption Plan in Colorado
How to Create an Adoption Plan
Best Practices for Your Adoption Plan
Placing Baby for Adoption in the Hospital: Last Minute Adoptions
Placing Your Child for Adoption with Adoption Choices of Colorado
A Birth Mother’s Role in the Adoption Process
Understanding Your Adoption Plan and the Adoption Process
A Birth Father’s Role and Responsibilities in the Adoption Process
Birth Mother Adoption Plans: What to Expect
For Adoptive Parents:
Preparing Your Home when Adopting
Reasons You Shouldn’t Give Up while Waiting to Adopt
For Both:
Adoption Stories
Birth Parents:
He Deserves the Best Life Possible
6 of the Top Benefits of Adoption for a Birth Mother
Military Adoption Success Story
Adoptive Parents:
Katie Sullivan’s Adoption Story
Opening Pandora’s Box:
Addiction, Pregnancy, and Adoption
Communicating Adoption
Talking to Birth Mothers
Questions to Avoid Asking Birth Mothers
Talking to Your Child:
Talking about Adoption with Your Son or Daughter
Talking to Friends/Family:
Teaching Your Friends and Family about Adoption
Handling Criticism with Your Choice of Adoption
Adoption at its Core:
The Top 5 Questions Adoptees Ask
Considering Adoption
Difficult Pregnancy|Adoption Circumstances
Financial Assistance
Birth Parents:
Birth Mother Adoption Assistance
We Provide Pregnant Women Housing when Choosing Adoption in Colorado
Financial Assistance for Birth Mothers in Colorado
Adoptive Parents:
Adoption Assistance for Adoptive Families
Adoption Tax Credit:
Holidays & Adoption
Gotcha Day
Mother’s Day
Honoring Your Child’s Birth Mother on Mother’s Day
A Guide for Self-Care during Mother’s Day
A Month to Celebrate All Mothers
Father’s Day
8 Ways to Celebrate Birth Fathers on Father’s Day
Holiday’s
Starting an Open Adoption Holiday Tradition as a Birth Mother
Finding Support as a Birth Mother during the Holidays in Colorado
Waiting to Adopt during the Holidays
National Adoption Month
Matching Process
Open Adoption
Unplanned Pregnancy
Are You Facing an Unplanned Pregnancy?
Unplanned Pregnancy in Colorado
6 Reasons to Place Your Baby for Adoption
More Reasons to Choose Adoption as a Birth Mother in Colorado
Placing Another Baby with the Same Adoption Agency
Resources Available to Birth Mothers Choosing Adoption in Colorado
Placing a Baby for Adoption in Colorado
8 Top Reasons Birth Fathers Choose Adoption
How You Know Placing Your Baby for Adoption is the Right Choice
Pregnancy
Eating Healthy during Pregnancy
Pregnancy Support through Your Adoption Journey
Exercising during Pregnancy:
Sleep during Pregnancy:
Finances
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.
Brittany is the Office Manager and Paralegal for Adoption Choices of Colorado. Brittany is the newest member of the Adoption Choices family and has loved every minute of it! Brittany first became involved in adoption while working at an adoption agency in Utah. She started as a child care provider to the birth mothers, worked up to birth mother helper and lastly worked as Administrative Assistant, answering phones, having constant communication with adoptive families, maintaining the adoptive family files and running a monthly adoptive family training. Brittany traveled all over for adoptions in different states and would be there to support both sides during this amazing experience. It was through working at the Utah adoption agency that Brittany discovered her love for adoption and legal work. Her career path had been decided, Brittany moved to Colorado in 2010 to go back to school to become a Paralegal. At Adoption Choices of Colorado, she does all of the filing for adoptive parents and birth parents, preparing documents and supporting the staff with any task given to her. She is in daily contact with families, and loves helping each and every one of them on their journeys through adoption. Each day is different and that is the biggest thing that she loves about adoption. There is always something new and a challenge to overcome. Brittany sees the true meaning in adoption and the real “why” in the work that is done with adoption agencies. Seeing an adoptive family with their baby is the best feeling, knowing that a dream came true for that family! In her free time Brittany enjoys each moment with her husband and 2 daughters. Brittany also enjoys camping, hiking, vacationing, baking and reading.
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.
Amber Klein started her career in the marketing and advertising world and quickly learned all about various types of communication, how to talk to people and how to effectively market any business. But she always knew that she wanted more. In 2016, she started to feel as though she wanted to give back in some way in her career and marketing wasn’t fulfilling that need for her. After a well-timed stint at jury duty (which she found fascinating and was actually disappointed to not be placed on the jury), she knew that she’d found the industry she wanted to be in and embarked in an intensive paralegal certificate program. Upon completion of the program, she started working at Adoption Choices of Colorado as office manager and paralegal. At Adoption Choices, she does all of the filing for adoptive parents and birth parents, preparing documents and supporting the staff with a variety of tasks. She’s so thrilled to have found a place where she can combine use her education and love of law to help better the world one family at a time. In her free time, Amber enjoys spending time with her family and friends, attending concerts, reading, experiencing her native Colorado backyard and running agility with her dog, Kirra.
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.