Making a decision about an unexpected pregnancy can be a long, emotional and difficult process. Boys & Girls Aid would like to make that process simpler. We provide counseling for pregnant women, their partners and new birth parents. If they decide on adoption, we work with them to create an adoption plan that allows them to be as involved with their child’s life as they’d like.

Boys & Girls Aid is a nonprofit agency with a goal of connecting children in Oregon with loving and stable families. We have served more than 100,000 children in our 137-year history.

How We’re Different

Not every adoption agency will fit with the values of every birth parent, and that’s alright. At Boys & Girls Aid:

• We welcome everyone- the LGBTQIA+ community, undocumented immigrants, people of any faith (or of no faith)

• We’re not affiliated with any religion

• We value the safety of our birth parents and won’t involve the police in non-emergency situations

• We provide all-options counseling

• We provide open adoptions

• We value relationships and our services extend beyond the date of adoption

We are not affiliated with any religion. We fully support a woman’s right to choose but are also welcoming to parents for whom abortion is not an option. We were Oregon’s first agency to facilitate adoptions with LGBTQIA+ couples and individuals, and proudly assist birth parents and prospective adoptive individuals and couples who identify as LGBTQIA+.

We’d love a referral if you think we are the right agency for a birth parent you’re working with.

Downloadable Resources

Supportive Adoption Half Sheet

Supportive Adoption Postcard

Considering Adoption Brochure

Adoption Stories