Adoption Professionals hosts a monthly birth mother support group called GEMS. All birth mothers are welcome! Our next meeting is: Thursday, January 26 at 6:30 pm at the agency office, 2758 Erie Ave in Hyde Park We are going to be working on your resume, both printed and digital, so that [...]
THANK YOU to all of the adoptive parents who remembered us with a Christmas card this year! We tape them to the windows of our office and enjoy them more than you can imagine! Seeing these children thrive and grow reminds us of the importance of this work and keeps [...]
Waiting Mothers Coffee Saturday, January 21st at 9:30 am Adoption Professionals Agency Office Topic: Transracial Adoption Hope to See You There!
Two birth mothers have contacted our agency this month seeking counseling after placing their babies through national adoption agencies. These agencies refused to pay for post placement counseling. It is the ethical obligation of every adoption agency to provide post placement counseling for its birth mothers. Adoption professionals are aware [...]
Our adoption agency, Adoption Professionals, hosts a birth mother support group call GEMS. GEMS welcomes all women who have placed children through adoption. In the new year we are going to focus our meetings on equipping our birth mothers with the tools they need to succeed! The topics for each [...]
Yesterday I received a call from a social worker who was looking for support for a birth mother who had placed her baby through a large national agency located in California. The birth mother now realizes she has no emotional support and her "open adoption" seems very tenuous. Before you [...]
Last night our adoption agency helped to sponsor the fundraising banquet for A Caring Place. Over 640 people joined to support this important safety net for women and teens who are facing unplanned pregnancies. Shawna Dunn and Anita Paddock and their army of volunteers worked tirelessly to present an evening [...]
Our adoption agency is working with a group of adoptive parents to help form a community wide birth mother support group called FIRST HERO. Our GEMS birth mother support group has served our birth mothers since 2009, but now we want to honor and support birth mothers through out the [...]
Our agency will host an informal discussion on transracial adoption facilitated by two of our adoptive mothers on: Saturday, November 5th at 9:30 am to 11 am at our office located at 2758 Erie Ave, in Hyde Park Please email to APadopt@gmail.com if you would like to attend. All are [...]
You may be considering placing your born or unborn baby for adoption, but you don't know how to proceed. Ohio law has a streamlined approach for placement if your baby is under 6 months old and you work with a licensed adoption agency to place your baby. You DO NOT [...]
