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National Adoption Month
You can choose the family for your child . . .
If you make an adoption plan during your pregnancy, or
when your child is older, you may choose a prospective adoptive
family from profiles that have been prepared. We believe these
families will provide a permanent and loving home for your
child. They have received adoption education and have a
completed home study. Our agency encourages fully open
adoptions, but will also work with birth parents who choose
confidential placements. Any ongoing contact after placement
will depend solely on you and the family of your choice.
Catholic Charities can help
you . . .
Catholic Charities is a licensed non-profit child
placement agency serving central and western Kansas with offices
in Colby, Hays, Manhattan, and Salina. We provide services to
persons regardless of religious preference, age, race or marital
status. Our counseling is provided by a licensed social worker.
We provide services to birth parents and their families without
charge.
Our philosophy . . .
We are advocates first and foremost for the child and
birth parents. We believe that children are best served by
preserving their connection to their family of origin. We
believe that, ideally, every form of adoption centers on meeting
the needs of the adoptee. We view adoptive parents as a resource
to the birth family.
We believe in you and your ability to make the best
decision for you and your child and will support you in whatever
decision you make.
We believe that birth families and adoptive families
deserve equal respect and that courtesy and services offered to
one should also be offered to the other.
You have options . . .
We recognize there is anxiety and uncertainty when you
face an unplanned pregnancy or cannot care for your child.
We can help you explore your thoughts and feelings while
you consider keeping your child, or placing that child for
adoption. Because either choice has life-long implications, it
is critical that you carefully consider each option. We invite
you to let us know how we can be helpful during this difficult
time.
The final decision is yours
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The final decision about any adoption plan is yours.
Catholic Charities makes sure that there is never any pressure
to make a decision.
If you decide to place your child for adoption, we will
help you carry out your plan.
STATEMENT OF BELIEFS
We believe every form of adoption
must center on meeting the needs of the adoptee.
We believe the first effort in working with pregnant
families must be to preserve that family.
We believe that children are best served by preserving
their connection to their family of origin.
We view adoptive parents as a resource to the birth family,
not vice versa.
We believe that birth families and adoptive families
deserve equal respect and that courtesy and services offered to
one should also be offered to the other.
We believe that every participant in adoption experiences
pain and loss; it is a tragic dimension to adoption and we
recognize this theme of loss.
We are committed to protecting the rights of birth fathers
and seek their full participation in the open adoption
experience.
We recognize that adoption is a lifelong experience and
that adoption organizations must remain a resource to our
clients through the years.
We believe adoption services must not yield personal or
organizational profit.
We recognize that the spirit of candor which characterizes
open adoption needs to be applied to adoptions from the past and
we actively support open records and the right of adoptees to
know their original name.
We believe the commercialization of adoption diminishes the
dignity of children.
We believe the vitality of the institution of adoption is
directly linked to its’ commitment to candor.
We believe it is the responsibility of the professional to
model openness and to create a climate for candor in which
client honesty is encouraged and reinforced.
We believe the practice of open adoption is dynamic and
continually evolving and are receptive to responsible
innovation.
Adapted from: Catholic Charities Values
Based Adoption Program Traverse City, MI
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