Who Can Help Me With an Unplanned Pregnancy in Colorado?
Are you experiencing a pregnancy in Colorado when you didn’t expect it? Adoption Choices of Colorado can help! We provide a variety of services for pregnant mothers who need assistance putting their child up for adoption. We are a private adoption agency and have years of experience helping people just like you. We provide financial help to make sure you can pay for food and healthcare. We can make sure you’ll be able to get to and from all of your doctor’s appointments. Plus, when working with us, you’ll have a say in what adoptive family your child is placed with after an adoption. When you call Adoption Choices of Colorado, you can begin building your adoption plan. Read on to learn a little more about what Adoption Choices can do for you!
If you need adoption help now, please call or text us at 303-670-4673 (HOPE) or visit us at Adoption Choices of Colorado.
Building an Adoption Plan for Your Unplanned Pregnancy in Colorado
When you first call Adoption Choices of Colorado, we can immediately get to work organizing a meeting between you and one of our friendly adoption caseworkers. During this meeting, we can teach you about the specificities of the Colorado adoption process and about what services we can provide to you. Remember, meeting with an adoption caseworker doesn’t mean you have to choose adoption! If you meet with a caseworker and decide that adoption isn’t for you, that’s fine too. The first meeting is all about helping you make an informed decision.
Matching You with Financial Resources
Many mothers don’t choose to bring their pregnancy to term because of financial concerns. Especially with teen pregnancy or an unplanned pregnancy in Colorado, mothers worry they won’t be able to pay for a pregnancy. That’s why Adoption Choices of Colorado works to make sure you receive every bit of financial help you deserve. If you’re homeless or can’t work during your program, we will make sure you have reliable housing for the entirety of your pregnancy and some weeks after. Our caseworkers are also experts on local government programs that may be able to help you as well. If healthcare or transportation are concerns, we will make sure those are taken care of. We believe no mother should have to spend time worrying about their next meal when they should be taking care of themselves and their child.
You Choose the Type of Adoption
Domestic adoptions can be done in three different styles depending on your needs. These are an open adoption, a semi-open adoption, and a closed adoption. In an open adoption, you and the adoptive family will share identifiable information with each other. You can interview the adoptive family and may even set up times to see your child occasionally after the adoption. To put it simply, there aren’t any barriers put in place between you and the adoptive family.
In a semi-open adoption, you and the family can still talk before the adoption, but identifiable information may be limited. Still, they can send you pictures and videos of your child through a third party as the child grows up. This option can also be adjusted depending on what you would prefer. These adoption styles all act as a sort of agreement between the birth mother and the adoptive family.
In a closed adoption, almost no information is shared between the birth parents and adoptive parents at all. We don’t usually recommend these, but they remain an option for adoption in Colorado Springs.
Choosing the Adoptive Family
If you would like, you can pick from the variety of adoptive families for your child. Every set of parents has a biography of their lives and some information about their beliefs and hobbies. These all help you get an idea of the environment your child will be going into post-adoption. In an open or semi-open adoption, we can help you set up an interview with adoptive parents to learn a little bit more about them. Getting to talk to the adoptive family is perhaps one of the best ways for you to feel more secure in your choice to put your child up for adoption.
Adoption Choices of Colorado Can Help With your Unplanned Pregnancy
Adoption Choices of Colorado is proud to serve any mother who comes through our doors. Our caseworkers have years of experience helping mothers like you build adoption plans. Throughout your pregnancy, finances and healthcare will never be an issue when you’re working with us. Once the paperwork is done and a plan is made, you can start browsing from the waiting adoptive families to find one that is right for your child. In fact, if you want to see some of the families that could adopt your child, browse the waiting family list at Adoption Choices of Colorado today!
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!