about the forgotten adoption option
The Forgotten Adoption Option emerged from Marcy Bursac's personal mission, shaped by her own life-changing experience of adopting a sibling pair through the Foster Care system. Recognizing the vast number of children longing for a forever family and adults eager to welcome them yet unsure of how to begin, Marcy transformed her insight into action.
This organization, a 501(c)(3) entity, embodies her dedication to educating, guiding, and inspiring potential adoptive families, ensuring every child's dream of a forever family is realized. Each resource is crafted to clear the fog on the road to adopt through the foster care system, ensuring no question goes unanswered, and aiming to help children be adopted before they age out of the foster care system. The Forgotten Adoption Option is where heartfelt advocacy meets the power of community action.
about the founder, Marcy Bursac
Adoption was her Plan A.
Scaling her lived experience as an adoptive mom of a sibling pair, Marcy advocates for the thousands of children in the U.S. foster care system that are waiting to be adopted through her free app, children’s book, how-to book, book of real life stories, monthly podcast, speaking engagements, and TV, radio, magazine, and podcast appearances.
Marcy was interviewed and announced the winner of the Pilot Pen G2 Overachievers Grant on The Kelly Clarkson Show on October 26th, 2023. She is a recipient of the Angels in Adoption® Award from the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute from Missouri with Senator Blunt, she was crowned United States of America’s Mrs. Ohio 2022, she founded the organization The Forgotten Adoption Option, and she is the creator of the Foster Care Adoption Awareness Reading Program.
Her heart is to help every waiting child be with their forever family. If you have any questions about the process or are wondering if you are even qualified to adopt, please reach out. She intentionally carves out time each week to encourage and teach people just like you.
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Without prior experience, Marcy crowdfunded, acquired the wardrobe, and got pageant coaching to shine a bright light on waiting children.
Read more about how she placed in the Top 16 at nationals and won the Mrs. People’s Choice award in “Intention”.
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Meet the board
Nathan Bursac
Adoptive Dad
Keely Buchanan
Adoption Ally
Diane Fleetwood
Adopted Child
Want to hear more about my adoption journey?
I’ve been where you are and I wrote down my real experience walking through the Foster Care Adoption process in my blog! I’ve also had the incredible opportunity to interview many others who have walked a similar journey or experienced adoption themselves on my podcast! Have more questions? Get in touch!