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Do you have a parenting resource for expectant or new moms that you would like to share with the page?
If you are sharing a link to a Crisis Pregnancy Center or Maternity Home, please click here.
For all other resources, in order for the page to remain efficient and timely, have you first checked to see if this resource is already listed? If not, please find the respective state and verify here.
After verifying that the resource has not been listed, please submit a link to the page in the contact box below. Organizations must provide direct services to the public.
Crisis Pregnancy Centers and Maternity Homes
Organizations that promote or encourage unnecessary family separation via adoption services will not be accepted. This includes Crisis Pregnancy Centers/Maternity Homes that tell their clients that Open Adoptions are legally enforceable. This is fraud and cannot be shared with vulnerable populations. Any language such as; “You choose the family,” “You choose how much contact you have with your child,” or “You choose the timing of placement” are all problematic and misinformed. Please refer to the “Know Your Rights” section on the Education page.
Are you an expectant or new mom who is in need of parenting resources?
In order for the page to remain efficient and timely, have you first checked to see if resources in your location are already listed? If not, please find the respective state and verify here.
After verifying that your location is not listed, please submit your city, state, and what type of specific parenting resources you need in the contact box below. Your location will be prioritized and resource links posted.
Are you considering placing your baby for adoption?
It is important to make an informed decision in order to save yourself and your child(ren) unnecessary lifelong trauma.
Visit the Education page that offers studies on adoptees, birth mothers, and the effects of maternal separation. Learn about your lack of rights in an “open” adoption. Read the Frequently Asked Questions and Red Flags sections. Most adoption professionals and crisis pregnancy centers today promote open adoptions without providing information about legal rights and/or various complexities.
Visit the Voices page that offers lived experiences of adoptees and birth moms through mediums like podcasts, blogs, and various social media platforms.
Complete an intake form with the only birthmom-led adoption education non-profit Saving Our Sisters. (Following this link leads outside of The Family Preservation Project)
Want to become a Partner in Family Preservation?
Please submit a link to your organization’s website in the contact box below. Briefly explain how your organization helps to preserve families experiencing poverty, social injustice, and/or lack of social support. Your organization may be added to the Partners in Family Preservation page in order to mutually support and promote grassroots efforts.
Want to donate to The Family Preservation Project?
Thank you for considering making a donation to The Family Preservation Project. This page is a parenting resource database that works in conjunction with a non-profit organization. This page does not accept donations, but please consider making a donation to its partner organization: Saving Our Sisters. Please follow this link to Saving Our Sisters to continue the donation process.
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About The Family Preservation Project
Katie Burns is a birth mother of over 2 decades. After observing and connecting with other mothers who had relinquished their babies for adoption, it was obvious to her that most did so out of temporary crisis rather than not wanting to parent their children. Many mothers lack social support and are unaware of available resources in their area. This page was created to offer support and encouragement by providing connections between mothers and those resources.
The Family Preservation Project in Media
There is a documentary being made and The Family Preservation Project is proud to be a consultant! For crowdfunding opportunities go here, and specify that the donation is for the documentary.
All You Have Is Love will explore the challenges of an unexpected pregnancy and examine how adoption professionals use deceptive tactics to convince women that their children are better off being raised in an adoptive family. Through interviews with birth family members, industry professionals, and reform advocates, this documentary film will reveal the adoption process that so often exploits expectant mothers. We will identify the various entities involved in the industry, expose the myth of “open” adoption, and present and evaluate proposed regulations and reforms.
Katie Burns is a committee member of the Georgia Alliance for Adoptee Rights; a coalition of state and national organizations with a singular focus: restoring the unrestricted right of all Georgia adult adoptees to obtain their own original birth certificates (OBC) upon request.
Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood by Gretchen Sisson, St. Martin’s Press, 2024
p. 253-255
“Katie Burns, a fellow mother of adoption loss, does volunteer intake for SOS. When she began, women would call in, asking for housing or parenting resources in a specific state or locality, and Burns would dig into the research for them. She pulled together resources for housing, child care, and transportation, and began compiling them all on her website, The Family Preservation Project.“
Featured in Episode 6: In Evangelical homes across the United States, sex outside of marriage is a sin against God. So, when Abbi becomes pregnant at 16, her devout parents hide her away at the Liberty Godparent Home, a little-known facility for pregnant teens on the campus of Liberty University. The Home says it helps girls decide what comes next – whether that’s parenting their babies or placing them for adoption. But inside the facility, the girls hear a different message: God wants their babies to go to more “deserving” Christian couples…From Wondery, host and reporter T. J. Raphael tells a startling true story of young love, coercion, and defiance – and the dangerous resurgence of maternity homes in post-Roe America.
Texas Observer, The Adoption Trap by Sandy West July 21, 2025
“Historically, poor mothers, including immigrants and women of color, have more often been targeted both by public child welfare agencies and private child-placing agencies, said Katie Burns, founder of The Family Preservation Project, which focuses on helping women make informed decisions before agreeing to relinquish their children.”
The Adoption Paradox by Jean Kelly Widner, 2025
“Adoption impacts countless families worldwide, yet the voices of those directly involved—especially adoptees, the central focus of the process—are rarely highlighted. In The Adoption Paradox, nearly one hundred individuals are interviewed, from domestic, international, and transracial adoptions, as well as foster care, along with adoptive and birth parents, therapists, experts, and allies. These narratives reveal both the love and the emotional costs borne by everyone affected, exposing adoption as a complex and challenging experience. Healing is possible with the right support, but addressing adoption’s hidden issues requires activism to confront unethical practices that lack oversight. These moving stories shed light on unaddressed pain and systemic flaws, calling for a more transparent and compassionate approach to adoption.”
“In this special Mother’s Day edition of Chameleon Chat, we shine a light on the darker side of the adoption industry, discussing the coercive and unethical practices that continue to drive the supply-and-demand system for babies. You’ll hear powerful personal stories and preview early clips from All You Have is Love, which is still in production.”
Listen to the story of how The Family Preservation Project started on The New Wave Feminist Podcast.
A conversation about family preservation with Ande Stanley on The Adoption Files podcast. The Adoption Files podcast can also be found on the Voices tab above.
Conversations About Adoption Podcast: “Katie is a mother of loss to adoption. When she found out she was pregnant she was doing ok, and a freak accident changed everything in an instant for her and her child. Listen as we discuss her story, her projects, and get to know each other.”
The Women’s Collective for Adoptee Equality is dedicated to advancing the rights and well-being of adult adopted persons by leveraging the voices of women who have lost children to adoption (“birthmothers”) in the political process for unrestricted adoptee rights legislation. Members are organizations created by and for women who lost children to adoption.
“While Daniels has talked a lot about her trauma on the platform, she also uses it to share resources: “I’ve introduced people to Saving Our Sisters and the Family Preservation Project, organizations that help expecting mothers keep their child…”
The Dallas Morning News
For Many Expectant Moms, Pregnancy Choices are not Equal
Written by Katie Burns
The Family Preservation Project
Dec. 19, 2021
“So many years later, and the choice to parent is still not an equal choice. It doesn’t come anywhere close to equal when considering big ticket items such as housing, child care, and transportation. Our system is broken when it comes to offering equal options regarding pregnancy.”
Canvas Rebel Interview May, 2024
“I started The Family Preservation Project parenting resource website due to my own pregnancy where I felt completely resourceless. I administer the only website, that I’m aware of, that vets every resource to make sure that no one will seek to unnecessarily separate an infant from their family. I maintain the website daily to make sure links to resources are available and relevant. My website also offers adoption practice education and a space for adoptee and birth parent voices to speak about their lived experiences. Aside from my family, I am most proud of the daily advocacy I put forth with my website and the nonprofit I volunteer with.”
The Family Preservation Project is proud to be considered a “trustworthy resource for adoption information” by Planned Parenthood Federation of America. It can be found under the Alternative Care Options and Considering Adoption content pages.
