Adoption Services for Birthparents and Adoptive Parents in MI
Adoption Assistance for Adoptive Parents:
- Support by skilled adoption clinicians
- Promotion of comfortable lines of communication between birthparents and adoptive parents
- Execution of all legal documents
- Support at all hearings
- Provision of education and resources regarding adoption
- Homestudies specialists (including domestic, interstate, international, and direct consent)
- Post placement supervisory visits and reports
- Post placement mediation between adoptive family and birthparents
- Facilitate direct consent adoptions and interstate adoptions
- International adoption placements
- Adoption Counseling
- Domestic Adoptions
Adoption Assistance for Birthparents:
- Individual counseling with skilled therapists
- Free birthparent counseling
- Paid legal expenses
- Choice of adoptive family
- Involvement in open or semi-open adoptions
- Opportunity to have ongoing contact with adoptive family/child via face-to-face contact or pictures and letters
- Provide medical assistance, transportation, housing, help with personal needs, and maternity clothes
- Help with public assistance
- Post placement vocational, education and counseling services
- Execution of all legal documents and support at all hearings
Unplanned Pregnancy Support:
- Free unplanned pregnancy counseling
- Paid legal expenses
- Medical assistance (providing Medicaid and other insurances don't apply)
- Living expenses
- Help with public assistance
- Transportation assistance
- Provide housing, help with personal needs, and maternity clothes
- Post placement vocational, education and counseling referrals