ADOPTION INFORMATION LOCALLY

If you are not ready to be a parent, you can still give your baby the gift of life by choosing adoption. Adoption agencies will work with you to select a stable, loving family to care for your baby. Various adoption plans are available for you to choose from: Open, Semi-open, or Closed.

Open Adoption Plan - enables you to select the family you feel can best provide for your child, based on your personal values and expectations. Selection is made from previously screened and approved couples. Pre-placement contact is permitted. Post-placement contact can range from visits with your child to contact through letters and pictures, depending upon the agency you select.

Semi-Open Adoption Plan - enables you to select the family you feel can best provide for your child, based on your personal values and expectations. Selection is made from previously screened and approved couples; however only non-identifying information is exchanged. Pre-placement contact is permitted; however, post-placement contact is generally through updates from the agency. This, of course, depends upon the agency you select.

Following are some adoption agencies which service the Corpus Christi area:

Abrazo Adoption Associates, San Antonio,TX: 1-800-454-5683 or www.abrazo.org

ABC Adoption Agency, Inc., San Antonio, TX: 1-800-986-5683

Adoption Services Associates, San Antonio, TX: 1-800-648-1807 or www.adoptionservicesassociates.org

The Gladney Center for Adoption - Ft Worth and Houston, TX: 1-800-452-3639 or www.gladney.org

Homes of St Mark, Houston, TX: 1-800-543-2229 or www.houseofstmark.org

Luthern Social Services of the South, Houston & Austin, TX: 1-800-396-4611 or www.lsss.org

If more information is desired on the above agencies, brochures are available at the Corpus Christi Pregnancy Center.