Your employees build their families in many ways. Is your organization equipped to meet the
needs of those planning to
grow their families through adoption?
Become a More Adoption-Friendly Organization through these Steps:
For employees considering adoption, the support of an employer can make all the difference during their life-changing transition. Thankfully, for organizations, becoming “Adoption-Friendly” may only require a few simple steps.
3 Key Components for Becoming Adoption-Friendly:
Accurate Language
Start by learning and using the correct, adoption-positive terminology:
"Placed" instead of "adopted" or "given up"
"Birth parents" instead of "real parents"
"Choose to parent" instead of "choose to keep"
"Biological child" instead of "real child"
Volunteer or partner with local adoption-related organizations
Match adoption-related donations from employees or community fundraisers
Offer an Employee Resource Group (ERG) or network for employees who are adopting or have adopted
Recognize adoption by sharing statistics and celebrating new adoptive parents
Advocacy & Support
Customizable Benefits
Offer customizable benefits for adoptive parents, such as Gladney University's lunch and learn
Share Gladney's pre-and post-adoption education podcast, ReFramed, which offers expert insight on parenting topics
Create fexible leave guidelines to overcome obstacles of birth situations or other adoption placement scenarios
Your organization is unique, so your approach to supporting adoption should be, too.
At Gladney, we can help you understand how to support your employees as they grow their families through adoption. Contact our experienced team of adoption professionals for more information.
The Gladney Center for Adoption is a national leader in adoption advocacy and renowned adoption agency with locations around the United States. We facilitate both domestic and international adoptions and provide resources and programs or birth mothers, adoptive parents, and adoptees.
This month, we’re shining a light on all the ways that Adoption Rocks Your Home. Through greater awareness, we hope to reduce misconceptions about adoption, encouraging greater advocacy and support for all those involved in the adoption process.
Take a look at this year's virtual National Adoption Month