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Pregnant
and Considering Adoption:
Working With Bright Futures
What Birth Parents need to know about working with Bright
Futures:
- Bright Futures will help you understand and consider all of
your parenting options and will assist you in making the decision
about whether to parent or make an adoption plan for your child.
Bright Futures will not pressure you in any way to choose adoption.
There is no "right" or "wrong" decision; there is only the decision
that is best for you and your child given where you are in your
life right now.
- Counseling and all other services provided to you by Bright
Futures in connection with deciding whether to make an adoption
plan for your child and throughout the adoption process are free
of charge.
- You have all of the rights set forth on the attached Statement
of Birth Parents' Rights.
- If you decide to make an adoption plan for your child, you will
have the opportunity to review pictures and letters from adoptive
parents approved by Bright Futures and to select the family or
families that you would like to get to know better. After you
have had the chance to ask questions and speak with the adoptive
parents, you will be allowed to identify the family that you want
to work with to make an adoption plan for your child. Although
Bright Futures will work hard to match your child with the family
you select, by law Bright Futures is required to make the final
decision about whether the placement is in the best interests
of the child.
- If you enter into an agreement with the adoptive parents (regarding
on-going contact or any other matter), Bright Futures cannot enforce
any such agreement.
- Bright Futures will help you make an adoption plan that works
for you. As part of making your adoption plan, it is Bright Futures'
policy to ask you whether you wish to be contacted in the future
if your birth child is ever in need of care and assistance. There
is no right or wrong answer to this question. Bright Futures will
do its best to respect your wishes, while still acting in the
best interest of your child.
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