If you are experiencing an unplanned pregnancy in West Texas or the Panhandle area, Adoption Advocates is here to help. We have a friendly, experienced adoption counselor in Amarillo ready to answer your questions and help you explore placing your baby for adoption. Additionally, we have relationships with numerous local support services, health care providers and more – everything you will need if you decide adoption is right for you.
Questions? Call or text us now at (512) 270-8415.
Placing a Baby for Adoption in Amarillo
Our adoption process starts with a discussion of your options and what open adoption is like. Then, you’ll work with an adoption counselor to make an adoption plan, which includes choosing an adoptive family and determining how much openness you want in your adoption. After delivering your baby, you’ll meet with your counselor again to share whether you want to move forward with the adoption. If so, you can sign the relinquishment paperwork and your newborn will go home with his adoptive family. Throughout the process, and for as long as you need afterwards, your adoption counselor will be there to provide counseling and emotional support.
Meet Our Amarillo Adoption Counselor
Amarillo Adoptions Coordinator Holly serves as AAI consultant for expectant parents and adoptive parents in the Texas Panhandle. As the Amarillo Adoptions Coordinator, Holly provides assistance to both expectant parents and adoptive parents with all aspects of adoption planning. She provides education about the adoption process and open adoption, assists with hospital planning, conducts counseling before and after placement, hospital support services and post-adoption counseling. Holly can also assist with Medicaid applications, referrals to physicians and other community resources. Holly comes to Adoption Advocates with more than 20 years of experience in the adoption field. In addition to serving as Amarillo Adoptions Coordinator, Holly also teaches Intro to Social Work at Amarillo College, and works part time as a Behavioral Health Counselor at a local Amarillo behavioral health hospital.
Amarillo and Texas Panhandle Adoption Story
“When I decided to choose an agency eight hours away from me, I was worried that the experience would not be personal. I was afraid that because I couldn’t go into the office, the agency wouldn’t really know me. The first few times I called after we started our journey, I would say ‘Hi, this is Ashley Andrews* from Amarillo…’ After a few times I realized how silly this was. They knew me and cared about me. From then on I just said ‘Hi, this is Ashley,’ and they would ask me how I was doing and what I needed.
One of the things I liked most about Adoption Advocates was the birth mother counseling services. Because I was so far away, I wasn’t sure how this would work out. Fortunately, AAI really cares about birth mothers. Before I even met with a counselor in person, I was able to e-mail her 24/7. I talked to her about everything, and she always responded. Eventually I was set up with a counselor in Amarillo. She was an amazing help, and even went to the hospital with me. I still see her today. It’s funny to think back to my initial anxieties. The agency may have been hundreds of miles away, but they were able to give me so much support that it felt like they were here.”
Ashley* | Birth Mother
*Name has been changed for confidentiality.
Amarillo-Area Prenatal Care & Hospitals
Northwest Texas Healthcare System
1501 S Coulter St
Amarillo, TX
(806) 354-1000
Baptist St. Anthony’s BSA Hospital
1600 Wallace Boulevard
Amarillo, TX 79106-1799
(806) 212–2000
Women’s & Children’s SE Clinic
1900 SE 34th Ave, #1800
Amarillo, Texas, 79118
(806) 351-7540
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Amarillo Pregnancy & Parenting Resources
Haven Health Clinic
1501 S Taylor St, Amarillo, TX 79101
(806) 372-8731
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Amarillo Agency for Women
2514 SW 45th Ave,
Amarillo, TX 79110
(806) 353-0900
Hope Choice Pregnancy Center
1501 S. Taylor
Amarillo, TX 79101
(806) 350-7584
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Family Support Service (*Counseling, Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Crisis Services)
1001 S Polk St,
Amarillo, TX 79101
(806) 342-2500
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Agape Center (*Mental Health Services)
1743 South Avondale, Mail (P.O. Box 44)
Amarillo, Texas 79106
(806) 352-447
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Healthy Women Amarillo (Amarillo Public Health)
1000 Martin Rd
Amarillo, TX 79107
(806) 378-6300
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Ask your first question today. Call (512) 477-1122 or text (512) 270-8415.
THE NEXT STEP
Have a question? Want more information or an inquiry packet? Give us a call at (800) 966-HOPE or send us a message using the form below. We’ll do everything we can to help you out.
