SUPPORT GROUPS AND RESOURCES
To help you find your relatives
Click here to go to the books.
Click here to go to registries.
Membership is open to any interested parties, regardless of where
adoption took place.
Denver area:
Adoptees in Search (A.I.S.)
P.O. Box 24556
Call for information: (303) 825-3430
Denver, CO 80224
(303) 232-6302
Grand Junction area:
Adoption FIND/Family in New Dimensions
Contact: Gwen Huber, 2010 N. 24th St., Grand Junction, CO 81501-6820; (970) 243-7671
Ft. Collins area:
Adoptees and Birth Parents Together
Contact: Gene or Georgia Burba, 708 Garfield, Ft. Collins, CO 80524; (970) 484-1706.
Colorado Springs area:
Adoption Triad Support Group
Contact: Joanne Shideler, (719) 593-1435.
BOOKS
Libraries and bookstores can help you find these and other books.
Brodzinsky, David M., Marshall D. Schecter, and Robin Marantz Henig. Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search for Self. (Doubleday, New York, 1992).
Gediman, Judith S. and Linda P. Brown. Birthbond: Reunions Between Birthparents and Adoptees: What Happens After. (New Horizon Press, Far Hills, New Jersey, 1989).
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Lifton, Betty Jean. The Journey of the Adopted Self. (Basic Books, New York, 1994). |
Lifton, Betty Jean. Lost and Found. The Adoption Experience. (Harper Collins Publishers, Harper Perennials, New York, 1988).
Rosenberg, Elinor B. The Adoption Life Cycle: The Children and Their Families Through the Years. (The Free Press, New York, 1992).
Sorosky, Arthur D., Annette Baran and Reuben Pannor. The Adoption Triangle. (Anchor Press/ Doubleday, New York, 1984).
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Verrier, Nancy. The Primal Wound: The Lifelong Search for Self. (Nancy Verrier, 1993). |
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Viorst, Judith. Necessary Losses. (Simon & Schuster, New York, 1986). |
ADOPTION REGISTRIES
This is provided for your information. C.C.I.S. does not necessarily recommend or endorse any registry; however, you may wish to consider this option.
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For adoptions which occurred in Colorado (if parties involved are 21-years of age), contact: |
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Colorado Department of Health Voluntary |
There is a $15.00 fee for this registry. |
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Adoption Registry |
Call or write for information & forms. |
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4300 Cherry Creek South Drive |
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Denver, Colorado 80222-1530 |
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(303) 692-2000 for information |
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Other states may also have registries for adoptions which took place in that state. There are also national and international registries. One of these is: |
OTHER AGENCIES from whom non-identifying information may be available
(a fee may be involved)
Booth Hospital - Salvation Army
2136 Champa St.
Denver, CO 80205
(303) 296-2456
Catholic Community Services
2525 West Alameda Ave.
Denver, CO 80219
(303) 742-0828
Lutheran Family Services
363 S. Harlan St.
Denver, CO 80226
(303) 922-3433
Jewish Family and Childrens' Services
1355 S. Colorado Blvd., Ste. 400
Denver, CO 80222
(303) 759-4890
