The Colorado Post-Adoption Resource Center

Services offered by the Colorado Post-Adoption Resource Center

 

COPARC connects families who have adopted through the child welfare system to training, financial aid, and access to adoption-savvy therapists and local support groups.

 

Support

• Regional Resource Coordinators provide infomraiton and support to adoptive families

• COPARC Prospective Parent Specialist supports families from initial adoption interest through placement of a child

• COPARC works with communities to create a better understandinf of the needs of adoptive families

Education

• Educational trainings for adoptive families on subjects such as: Attachments, Grief and Loss, Transracial Adoption and more

• Annual statewide post-adoption conference for both adoptive families and professionals

Resources

     Guides: 

• The Compass - A Family Guide to Post-Adoption Resources.

• Rest and Relaxation - A guide to Colorado's Respite Opportunities and creative ideas to develop respite in your community

• Family Diversity in Education: Foster Care, Kinship Care, Adoption and Schools

• Mentoring Adoptive Parents (MAP) - A mentoring guide for mentors and mentees

     Webpages:

• Informative post-adoption pages on The Adoption Exchange website: www.adoptex.org

Funding

• Available for Colorado parents to meet the adoption-related needs of children adopted through child welfare in any state

• Available for counties to provide specialized post-adoption services through mini-grants

Training

• Available for child welfare and mental health professionals:  AdoptCare and AdoptCare-Advanced.

• Availavle for education professionals: Family Diversity in Education: Foster Care, Kinship Care, Adoption and Schools

• Available for community members: Respite Care training

• Available for adoption professionals: annual statewide post-adoption conference