Pregnancy, Parenting & Adoption Program | Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Atlanta, Inc.

Pregnancy, Parenting & Adoption Program

Pregnancy Services

Pregnancy Services: 404-885-7275, Se Habla Español: 770-790-3119

Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Atlanta, Inc. Pregnancy, Parenting & Adoption Program provides free, professional counseling to assist you and your family with decision making, problem solving, and goal setting, so that you can make a positive plan, whether parenting, adoption or kinship care, for your unborn child.

If you are a pregnant woman who is:

In crisis about your pregnancy
Undecided about the best plan for you and your baby

Our trained and caring staff offers encouragement, support, and guidance as you take the steps to carry your baby to term. We can also offer referrals for assistance from other community services. For more information on our Pregnancy Services please email: ppahelp@archatl.com.

Parenting Services

Parenting Services: 404-885-7274, Se habla Español: 770-790-3119

Our Parent Services focus on family support and early intervention. Our aim is to help you provide a healthy and secure environment in which to raise your child through the following services:

An intensive, parenting skills education program with services provided in your home;
We work with you on setting goals and to help you meet your needs;
We can provide free baby supplies, support and layettes are also available;
We can give you referrals for housing, employment, medical care, etc.

To be eligible for services, women/families must be pregnant or have an infant 6 months of age or younger in the home. Additionally, potential clients may not have an open case with Child Protective Services (CPS).

For additional information please call (404) 885-7274 or email: ppahelp@archatl.com.

Birth Parent Services

Parenting Services: 404-885-7275, Se habla Español: 770-790-3119

If, after receiving counseling, you choose to make an adoption plan, we offer:

Support and education in the legal process involved in adoption;
An opportunity for you to participate in a cooperative, open adoption;
An opportunity to talk to another Birth mother, who has made an adoption plan;
Ongoing grief counseling and support, whenever you need it.

As part of this process you will be empowered to...

Select the family that you believe could be best for your child
Make a positive plan for an ongoing relationship with your adoptive family

Adoption Services

To contact our Adoption Intake Department, please call 404-885-7275 or email ppahelp@archatl.com.

Our adoption program is a cooperative, open adoption service. In a cooperative, open adoption, birth parents and adoptive parents select each other, meet and agree on an ongoing relationship that is centered on the best interest of the child. We believe that this approach benefits all of those involved in the adoption process.

Here are some of the benefits of an open adoption relationship:

You and your child will have an opportunity to know his/her birth parents;
Your child could have a relationship with their birth family, which gives the child a true sense of who he/she is and where he/she came from;
As adoptive parents, you will have access to full information about their child’s heritage and social/medical history, and can therefore, respond more effectively to the unique needs of your child.

Our services include:

Preparation and training for becoming an adoptive parent,
Provision of home study and administration services,
Facilitation of and support throughout the adoption process.

We recognize that adoption is a lifelong process that significantly changes one’s life, and to that end we offer counseling, education and support to everyone involved in the adoption process.

Post Adoption Services

Post Adoption Services: 404-978-2777 or email ppahelp@archatl.com

Services are for all participants in the adoption triad that request services for support. These services include:

Non-identifying information
Counseling
Search and Reunion
Information and Referral on support groups, therapists and reading material

According to Georgia law, adoptees may request a search on their own after they turn 21 years old. Before an adoptee reaches age 21, adoptive parents must request this service on their behalf.
A post adoption conference is required before an active search to help provide the participants with an opportunity to ask questions and receive answers about various aspects of search, reunion and other post adoption issues. Participants have the chance to explore emotions, expectations, experiences and possible outcomes of contact. Participants gain knowledge of themselves, a perspective of adoption from the other triad member’s points of view and are better prepared to meet the challenges and demands that contact with either family entails.

Infant Adoption Training Initiative (IATI)

Training information: 404- 885-7482, To register: www.adoptionatwork.org

The Understanding Infant Adoption training is provided to medical professionals, social workers and crisis pregnancy centers to allow professionals to provide adoption information and referrals when counseling women as they review options related to an unintended pregnancy. This training is strictly an educational program, not an advocacy program. This knowledge is essential to providing complete, effective, non-directive, non-coercive counseling to women with an unintended pregnancy.

Free of cost
Free Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for nurses and social workers
Breakfast and lunch included

Infant Items Needed!

Pregnancy, Parenting and Adoption program is currently in need of infant items: Baby Wipes and diapers sizes 1, 4, 5 and 6. Please contact Maryellen Gomes at 404-885-7482 or email megomes@archatl.com