If you're facing an unintended pregnancy or have recently given birth, we're here for you with free and confidential all-options counseling, resources, and support. Call or text our pregnancy counselors 24/7 at 800-439-0233.
If you are facing an unintended pregnancy or have recently given birth, we are here for you. We offer free and confidential pregnancy options counseling, resources, and pregnancy support. You have the right to know all of your options with compassionate, unbiased guidance. Call or text pregnancy counselors 24/7 at 800-439-0233 or submit an inquiry using the form linked on this page. You can also send us a chat from this page and email us today. Tenemos recursos y consejería en español.
No matter where you are in your journey, Adoptions Together, a program of Paths for Families, offers compassionate & equitable services that build life-long connections. We have over 30 years of experience bringing together and supporting thousands of families through infant adoption services, foster care adoption services, home studies, and post-adoption support.
No matter where you are in your post-adoption journey, we have a network of services ready to meet you and your family's needs. Our expertise in trauma-informed, adoption-competent counseling services can help to stabilize, support, and improve behavioral health symptoms resulting in long-term positive outcomes.
Families can take many forms
We treat everyone with the understanding, kindness, and respect that we believe all humans deserve. This is the compass that guides us in our work, putting human dignity and ethical practices at the forefront of everything we do for children, families, and their communities so they can genuinely feel that they are not alone on this journey. We are a licensed adoption provider in Maryland, Washington DC, and Virginia.
We could have opted to wait for a healthier child, but what would that mean for Nolan? There was a child in front of us in need of a home and parents. Whatever the challenges, and with the support of Paths for Families, we knew we could find a way to make it work. And we are so glad we took that leap.
The Detwiler Family
The support that Paths for Families gives in comparison to other agencies is second to none from day one—you’re going to have a resource all the way through, every step of the way.
Empowerment Through Advocacy: Jara and Mo's Story
The phone call with his birth father showed him how impactful expanding his idea of family could be, and Sean knew how many opportunities for connection lay in store for him.
Sean's Path
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With over 100,000 children in the foster care system hoping to find their forever families, it's through the efforts of our larger community, including you, that they will be able to find homes filled with love, safety, and stability.
Paths for Families offers a network of services that support and stabilize families and adoptees through counseling, support groups, resources, and educational trainings.
We could have opted to wait for a healthier child, but what would that mean for Nolan? There was a child in front of us in need of a home and parents. Whatever the challenges, and with the support of Paths for Families, we knew we could find a way to make it work. And we are so glad we took that leap.The Detwiler Family
Paths for Families has really been great for us every step of the way.Meet the Burden-Pate-Bickel Family
The support that Paths for Families gives in comparison to other agencies is second to none from day one—you’re going to have a resource all the way through, every step of the way.Empowerment Through Advocacy: Jara and Mo's Story
The phone call with his birth father showed him how impactful expanding his idea of family could be, and Sean knew how many opportunities for connection lay in store for him.Sean's Path
