Understanding Adoption | Making an Adoption Plan

Understanding Adoption - Making an Adoption Plan

Emotional Support

We know how hard it is for birth mothers who are facing all the feelings, worries and decisions that come with an unplanned pregnancy. Understanding adoption and how adoption works in Illinois is helpful. Here and at our web site dedicated to adoption services for birth mothers and birth fathers (the Adoption Center of Illinois) it is our intention to provide adoption information and ideas that will help people understand adoption and how it works. At Family Resource Center and the Adoption Center of Illinois we start by listening to the concerns of birth mothers and birth fathers so that they feel supported and empowered. Helping the people we work with in understanding adoption is one of our birth parent counselors top priorities. We want to make sure that birth parents are fully aware of their rights and how adoption works in Illinois. We know that no two adoption situations are alike and therefore we start by learning about each person's specific situation and then sure that they are aware of all the options that are available to them.

Sometimes our adoption counselors are aware of possibilities that birth parents may not have considered. Our compassionate and experienced counselors have helped hundreds of birth mothers and birth fathers explore their options for unplanned pregnancies so that they can make the best decision for themselves and their child.

Family Resource Center and the Adoption Center of Illinois support birth parents no matter what decision they reach. Understanding adoption is a good place to start. We take a non-judgemental and respectful approach. Clearly it is up to birth parents to decide what is best for their child and we appreciate the difficult choices they make and support them in every way possible.

Our birth parent counselors are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to answer questions, to help with urgent situations, or just to provide a helping hand when someone feels lost or alone.

Practical Support

We can also help with practical things, such as:

Supplying safe, clean, temporary housing for you (and your family) if you have nowhere to stay.
Providing birth parents with living expenses for groceries, maternity clothes or rent if you need financial assistance.
Ensuring that birth mothers receive the medical care they need in order to stay healthy and well.
Covering all the legal expenses of adoption.
Understanding adoption - answering every question and making sure the answers are understood.
Figuring out what government assistance is available so that money isn't a constant worry.
Creating a strategy for how to tell family and friends that about an unplanned pregnancy and about possible adoption plans.

Plus, we're there when you need someone to talk to who really understands ...

Click on the following sentence in purple to view a document developed in Illinois that was created to help birth mothers and birth fathers in understanding adoption and their rights and options.

Birth Parents Rights and Responsibilities in English

Birth Parents Rights and Responsibilities in Spanish
(RESPONSABILIDADES Y DERECHOS DE LOS PADRES BIOLÓGICOS EN ILLINOIS)

Birth Parents Rights and Responsibilities in Polish
(PRAWA I OBOWIĄZKI RODZICÓW BIOLOGICZNYCH W STANIE ILLINOIS)

Whether you choose to raise your child or make an adoption plan for your child, Family Resource Center and the Adoption Center of Illinois is here to help. Call us at (773) 334-2300 or at (800) 676-2229 and talk with someone who appreciates the decisions you face and knows how to help you understand how adoption works in Illinois and Chicago and with understanding adoption.