St. Anne’s Adoption Services of Catholic Charities presents: “It’s Time. Let’s Adopt!”

To prepare couples to adopt and assist them in gaining a better understanding of the adoption process, Saint Anne’s Adoption Services of Catholic Charities will host the bi-annual Adoption Parent Preparation Meeting on Saturday, February 8, 2014 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm at the Catholic Charities campus located at 2450 North Harvard. There will be a $20 fee for lunch and educational materials.

For over thirty years Catholic Charities Adoption Services has helped build families through adoption. Our goal is to support the sacred value of life and the bond of family love. Our path to that goal is to bring together expectant mothers in pregnancy with waiting adoptive families. Catholic Charities is a Licensed Child Placing Agency.

Couples interested in domestic adoption are welcome to attend. One need not be Catholic to attend. The following topics will be reviewed:

History of Adoption in Our Culture
Types of Adoption - Open and Closed Adoptions
The Myths of Adoption
Legal Requirements: Jennifer Kern, Attorney at Law, Newton, O’Connor, Turner and Ketchum, P.C.
Birth Parent Rights
How/When to talk to your Child about Adoption
Home Studies
Costs: State Tax Deduction and Federal Tax Credit
Personal Stories of Adoption from Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents and Adult Adoptees

If you would like to register for this course please call Marissa Beets 918-508-7133 or mbeets@cctulsa.org

Catholic Charities is a Licensed Child Placing Agency and is one of the oldest adoption agencies in Eastern Oklahoma and has provided adoption services for over 35 years. If you would like more information about domestic adoption, please contact call 918-508-7131 or visit the website: www.CCTulsa.org