03.21.20

Keeping Calm During the Covid 19 Crisis

By Pam Brown, ACI Expectant Parent Counselor

We hope you are all staying safe and healthy! We wanted to reach out given the challenges we are all facing to keep our families safe and keeping calm during [...]
03.16.20

Why You’re Not “Giving Up A Child” For Adoption

By Pam Brown, ACI Expectant Parent Counselor

Why You’re Not “Giving Up A Child” For Adoption The history behind this old phrasing of “giving up a child”/ “putting up a child for adoption“ began with the orphan [...]
01.28.20

“Adoption Is Not The Same As Having Your Own Child”

By Pam Brown, ACI Expectant Parent Counselor

Many believe adoption is not the same as having a biological child. In some ways, this is true. However, in the most important way, it is not. Both adoption and [...]
01.28.20

A New Adoption Paradigm

In the summer of 1988, founder Richard Pearlman and a dedicated volunteer Board of Directors opened the doors to the Family Resource Center (FRC) in Chicago’s Uptown Bank Building. With [...]
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