Number of Reasons Why Adoption Could be Right for you in Colorado?
By Melissa Camacho
You are a birth mother who is experiencing an unplanned pregnancy, wondering if a Colorado adoption is right for you. Adoption is a great choice for a birth mother who is unable to raise her child due to a lack of financial or emotional support. Raising a child, especially on your own, requires a lot of time and commitment and is very costly. We at Adoption Choices of Colorado want you to know that we welcome your decision to choose adoption. In doing so, we will present and guide you toward learning why creating your adoption plan in Colorado will benefit you. All birth mothers have their own perspective reasons for choosing adoption.
Birth moms are treated with equal respect and courtesy regardless of the level of circumstances. We are highly resourceful and reliable, and we can make your adoption journey as flexible as possible to manage your pregnancy. So, how can our adoption agencies in Colorado help? You tell us what your needs are, and we will access them in order to launch the adoption process.
Our Adoption Agencies in Colorado Specialize in Financial Assistance
Going through an unplanned pregnancy and placing your baby for adoption is more challenging without financial support. This is because you need the resources to be able to have a healthy pregnancy. It’s essential for you and your baby to survive. If you need assistance with paying for your monthly necessities, you may qualify for financial assistance. Our financial support services can help you pay for utilities, housing, medical, transportation, maternity needs, phone bills, and food. In addition, we can also help you search for affordable housing if you need a safe home environment to live in. For more information, you can contact your adoption specialist.
You Can Choose an Open-adoption, Semi-adoption, or Closed-adoption
With a private adoption agency in Denver, Boulder, or Colorado Springs, you can pursue open adoption. Many birth mothers worry that adoption means just giving up their parental rights and neglecting their child. Open adoption or any other type of adoption doesn’t mean you will be playing a role in parenting. However, it’s an opportunity for you to be part of your child’s love and growth.
Through an open level of communication with the adoptive family, you can witness your child’s development. You can communicate and learn about your child’s progress through family visits, social media, phone calls, and messaging. There is another type of open adoption where you can communicate but implements security measures. This is called a semi-adoption. With a semi-adoption, you will securely communicate with the adoptive family through a third party or adoption agency.
Personal contact numbers, home addresses, and other personal information will not be exchanged and will be kept confidential. If you prefer not to have any contact after your adoption is finalized, you may choose a closed adoption. Keep in mind you can change the level of adoption before your adoption is finalized.
Birth Mothers Can Join Our Monthly Counseling Support Group Sessions
With our private adoption agencies in Colorado, birth mothers come together! Yes, you do not have to go through your adoption journey alone. We can refer you to an adoption counselor. If you need help coping with emotions that affect your mental health. Feel free to discuss anything that you feel can help you manage your pregnancy. Our counseling support sessions cover a variety of topics, such as:
- How to put a child up for adoption and create an adoption plan
- Dealing with a lack of support from your family, peers, and the birth father of your child
- Going through grief and loss when putting up your baby for adoption
- Finding the right adoptive family to raise your child
- Overcoming issues related to mental and physical abuse, such as domestic violence and sexual assault
You will also have the opportunity to seek advice from other birth mothers who have gone through similar experiences. It’s also a great way for you to network with other birth moms and develop a friendly relationships.
We Can Help You Search For an Adoptive Family in Colorado
There isn’t just one kind of adoptive family waiting to adopt children in Colorado. If anything, there are many types of adoptive families who would love to adopt children. An inclusive agency like Adoption Choices of Colorado welcomes all of them! If you visit our waiting families profile list, you can begin navigating through their photos, profile descriptions, and digital flipbooks. You can learn about their interests, beliefs, and backgrounds.
Every birth mother has different preferences as to what she feels works best for her child’s love and growth. Especially with open adoption, many birth moms would love to communicate with an adoptive family they can relate. There are some birth moms that realize it would be better to choose an adoptive family with a different background. It’s entirely up to you.
Through our home study process, a caseworker will conduct face-to-face interviews and background screenings and investigate the adoptive family’s home. This works to ensure your child is placed in a safe, loving, and comfortable home environment.
Post-Placement Support Services Available After Adoption Plan is Finalized
After your adoption is finalized and approved, it may take some time for you to get settled and resume your daily activities. You may decide you want to get back to work or go back to school. If you still feel overwhelmed by stress and emotional trauma, it can take a toll on your energy. Feel free to join our Post-Placement Support services for extended financial assistance and counseling.
We can still help you pay for utilities, phone bills, transportation, medical, and food expenses for up to six weeks if eligible. The same goes for our counseling support services. An adoption counselor will still be available to help you get therapy to strengthen your mental health.
Why Adoption Could be Right for You! Embark on Your Adoption Journey in Colorado Today!
Your adoption journey would not be as successful without choosing a reliable and trustworthy agency to work with. That’s why you choose Adoption Choices of Colorado! Our adoption agencies in Colorado will support your decisions throughout the adoption process without any judgment. Instead, we want you to take the time to weigh out your adoption options. Every birth mother faces different challenges and circumstances. Reach out to our adoption team to customize your own adoption plan today!
We strive to bring adoption awareness to society by embracing the purpose of all birth mothers to choose adoption. 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.
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!