Twenty years ago, our founders recognized the importance of post-placement care for birthparents. Today, On Your Feet Foundation is recognized as the leader in comprehensive post-placement support for birthparents, a demographic that has historically been under-served within the adoption community. We do this through case management, access to adoption-competent therapy, therapeutic retreats, education and counseling grants, adoption education and community-building. Learn more and find support.
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Retreats held since 2005
56
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Grants Awarded Since 2015
161
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Dollars Awarded since 2015
$70935
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Birthparents Accessing Services in 2021
994
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Join us on Friday, September 8th from 5-9PM at La Principal at the Custer Oasis as we come together as a community honoring birthparents. We are excited to honor our roots, our dedication to our mission, and the tremendous growth and accomplishments of On Your Feet Foundation!
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We are thrilled to welcome Isaac Etter and Rebecca Autumn Sansom to the Chicagoland area as part of our Gather celebration, to screen Sansom’s critically acclaimed documentary, Reckoning with the Primal Wound, bringing all sides of the adoption constellation together to develop a deeper understanding of the implications and outcomes of adoption.
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Birthparent Support Alliance is a membership offered to adoption professionals committed to best practices in post-placement care. This opportunity benefits agencies, their adoptive families and birthparents by providing access to our comprehensive suite of programs.
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Isaac Etter, the founder of Identity and Etter Consulting, joins us today to talk about our upcoming film screening, Reckoning With The Primal Wound, where he will be co-hosting a Q&A after the film, with filmmaker Autumn Sansom. We had the opportunity to catch up, find out what Isaac is working on now, get the inside scoop on his new docu-series, and get his reaction to both the film, and the pushback the book The Primal Wound has received.
We had the opportunity to sit down with Autumn Sansom, who, along with her biological mother, Jill Hawkins, Ph.D., produced the feature-length documentary, Reckoning With The Primal Wound, a film that reckons with both relinquishment trauma and the cultural phenomenon of Nancy Verrier’s landmark book, The Primal Wound. Autumn walks us through how the film came to be, taking us on a deep-dive into how she came to make the film, what surprised her afterward, and how she hopes the film can help other adopted people.
Today we sit down with Jay Rosenzweig, the founder of BirthParentFinder.com, to learn more about how he became a specialist in birthfamily search and how his firm's unique combination of detailed research, meticulous investigation, and DNA is changing the adoption landscape, providing answers and information to both birthparents and adult adopted people.
Thank you for recognizing the importance of post-placement support:
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The Patrice Campbell Education Fund