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 1.
Free Professional Counseling
2. Assistance with Medical
Care
3. Transportation
4. Assistance with Temporary
Housing
5. Adoption Planning and
Placement
6. Financial Assistance with
Adoptions
7. Choice of Adoptive Family
8. Help in Anyway We Can
9. Support for Parenting
(1) Free Professional
Counseling
Having the support of someone
who is experienced in dealing with your situation can be
helpful. We offer free professional counseling to help you
through this process. Appointments
are available at convenient times and locations for you.
 Of
course, all such contacts are confidential. You will find
warm and friendly people who are prepared to spend many
hours with you.
(2) Assistance with Medical
Care
Receiving proper medical care is
very important. We can help you obtain medical care and
assist you in connecting with Medicaid or available
insurance. We provide direct financial assistance for
medical expenses in cases of adoption, as necessary.
(3) Transportation
There are times when birth
mothers need help with transportation to doctor's
appointments, counseling appointments and other related
services. We will do our best to accommodate your needs.
(4) Assistance with Temporary
Housing
Sometimes, expectant mothers
need help with temporary housing. The possible reasons are
many. For those making adoption plans, we provide this
service within reasonable boundaries. Call us for more exact
information on this option as we assess your needs.
(5) Adoption Planning and
Placement
Adoption may be the best choice
for you and your child. If you decide on adoption through
Georgia AGAPE, your needs and preferences will guide the
whole process. As there is so much that goes together in
adoption, we like to consider this process as “making an
adoption plan.” In working with AGAPE, you can choose who
your child’s adoptive parents will be. You design the
adoption plan that is right for you, from an open adoption
to a more traditional adoption. You make the decisions which
affect you and your baby. Our program revolves around your
needs because we want you to feel good about this important
decision.
(6) Financial Assistance with
Adoption
Financial assistance in
adoptions is available in many states to help with
reasonable
living expenses and expenses related to the birth of the
child. Each state has differing
laws on this. In Georgia, we are able to help with pregnancy
related expenses and necessary living expenses, depending on
your need and situation. We know that every situation is
different. We are required to report to the court on
expenses paid. Please note, any assistance given is for
those who are making adoption plans. No adoption agency is
able to just freely give out money for general living
expenses unrelated to adoptions. We must also consider
ethical implications in the giving out of money. Financial
assistance is never intended to entice anyone to place a
baby for adoption. Financial assistance could also come in
the form of covering the legal, medical, counseling and
other expenses related to an adoption. Give us a call and we
can discuss how we can help you in your particular
situation.
(7) Choice of Adoptive Family
We know that selecting the right
adoptive family for your baby is very important. You want to
feel very good about who will be raising your child. We
provide information on each family to help you make your
decision. There are also opportunities to talk to families
and even meet the family, should you so desire.
(8) Help in Any Way We Can
We know we can’t list all the
ways we provide help and assistance. Our commitment
is to do whatever we can within the scope of our abilities
to help you through this time in your life. That is just
what caring people do.
(9) Support for Parenting
Option
After careful consideration of
what is best for you and your child, you may decide to
parent your child yourself. If this is the option you
choose, we can help you prepare for this task. We can
provide parent training and assist you in connecting with
available community resources to help you with the specific
needs of your situation.
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