Adoption Services include:
- Home Assessments
- Parent Support
- Relinquishment Counseling
- Post Adoption Parent Education and Support
- Birth Parent Searches
Adoption services are available Diocesan-wide. Adoption is a child-centered service with the child being viewed as the primary client and the adoptive parents as partners in the process of providing a resource to the child. Therefore, the focus of the program is to provide each child with the best possible parenting alternative.
As a licensed child-placement agency in the State of Colorado, the agency is obliged to observe the statutory requirements of the law as it pertains to adoption and the availability of children for adoption, as well as the regulatory requirements as determined by the Colorado Department of Human Services. In addition, the agency has definite policies regarding the provision of services in adoptions which have evolved over the years as mechanisms to ensure that agency services are of the highest possible quality.
The nature of adoption requires that the family and an agency representative work together over an extensive period, achieving a very high level of sharing information. Because of the lengthy and intimate nature of this relationship, the agency strongly recommends that a family choose to work with us only if they have a basic sense of respect and trust in our program. In the event this is lacking, other alternative agencies will be recommended. Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Pueblo, Inc. supports the concept of multiple providers within this area in the belief that diversity best meets the needs of families and children.
Catholic Charities’ program includes the placement of infants who are relinquished into our custody whether the adoption is open, designated or traditional; the placement of children not yet legally free for adoption (legal risk foster-adopt placement); the recruitment of families for waiting children of any age who may be in the custody of another agency with a purchase of service contract is in place (special needs placement); assessments and/or post-placement services that are requested by other agencies. Intrastate and interstate placements are possible after exploring the case in detail before the agency enters into a contract.
In addition to these services, Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Pueblo, Inc. also assists in adoptee searches for biological parents, offering community and national search information resources/referrals.
Additional information may be obtained by contacting Placement Supervisor Linda Youngs at the Pueblo office. Please call (719) 544-4233 or 1-800-303-4690.
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