
Eligible employees are given the option to receive financial assistance to help cover expenses related to the medical, legal, and administrative costs associated with adoption or surrogacy. The Adoption Assistance Program was established in 2020 and is a part of the employee benefits package offered by the company. GP has made that a bit easier," Watts shares. "There's a lot of things that stand in the way of people wanting to take the next step to foster or adopt. Watts and his wife leveraged Georgia-Pacific’s Adoption Assistance Program to adopt two teenage siblings after noticing siblings are usually on the adoption list longer than children without siblings. "One of the things that break our hearts as a family is seeing children that don't have families," says Watts. GP Safety Center of Excellence, Health & Safety Manager, Chuck Watts, and his wife decided to be a part of the solution when planning their family.


As a company, Georgia-Pacific values the health and well-being of employees and their families while providing financial assistance for those building a family through adoption with its Adoption Assistance Program. There is no set pattern on how families grow and materialize.

The word family has one definition but many appearances. There is not a uniform approach when it comes to family planning. According to the Children's Bureau, there are more than 407,000 children in foster care in the United States as of September 2020.
