Post Adoption Services provides ethical and helpful resources for adoptive parents, birth parents and adopted adults — the adoption triad — who have experienced adoption through Catholic Charities. Post Adoption provides counseling and information to all members of the adoption triad. Adopted adults can request non-identifying information, such as their medical histories. Birth parents and adopted adults can search for one another through the program and shoose their level contact. A support group gives triad members in the search process an opportunity to speak to others in the same circumstances. The focus on openness in adoption and preparing prospective and adoptive families for this process provides support to all involved.
Services:
- Counseling/support
- Education
- Renegotiation of contract agreements
- Searches and facilitation of reunions
2008 Program Outcomes: - Wrote 27 birth histories
- Opened 73 search cases and facilitated exchanges between birth parents and adoptive parents
- Held retreat day in conjunction with the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis to recognize and honor birth mothers
Responsibilities/Fees:
Sliding fee scale based on income
Contact:
Adoption Services
1276 University Avenue W
St. Paul, MN 55104
651-641-1180
651-641-1005 fax
651-603-0235 intake voicemail
Volunteer: 612-664-8600
Make a Gift: 612-664-8604
View information for birth parents.
View information for adopted adults placed before 8/1/1982.
View information for adopted adults placed on or after 8/1/1982.
View information for adopted adults born in Korea.
Additional Adoption Services: Adoption Program and Pregnancy Counseling and Birth Parent Services
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