New Jersey Adoption Resource Clearing House

Join us for a free International Adoption Information Night!

We will review the process of International adoption, specific countries of interest and answer your questions.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Join us for an exciting workshop where parents and adopted youth create masks to explore multiple facets of their identity! Mask-making can be a valuable tool to spark meaningful conversation between families while being creative together.

The 8th annual Strengthening Families Summit will focus not only on protective factors, but also on positive experiences which result in healthy outcomes for children and their families. We will explore the HOPE framework detailed in the “Balancing Adverse Childhood Experiences with HOPE*” report (*Health Outcomes of Positive Experience).

Join us for Bagels & Blox, our monthly adoptive family playgroup. We’ll provide food and fun while you enjoy breakfast and connect with other adoptive families. Our staff will answer questions and provide helpful parenting resources and our volunteers, who are adoptees themselves, will offer childcare support.

All of our events are open to the public. Adoptive parents with kids ages 6 and below and their siblings are welcome to attend.

Sunday, April 7, 2019

10:30AM to 12:30PM

This event takes place monthly. Join our community and register today!

Cost: $40/family

Join us for Play Café, a quarterly event for adoptive families with children 6-8 years old! Kids in Play Café enjoy crafts and adoption-related activities while forming friendships with other adopted children.

This event occurs concurrently with our Bagels and Blox playgroup for adoptive families with children 0-6 years old. After the group enjoys breakfast together, adopted kids ages 6-8 years old will go into a separate area for Play Café. Adoptive parents, younger kids, and siblings will stay in our playroom to have fun and meet other adoptive families. Our staff will answer questions and provide helpful parenting resources and our volunteers, who are adoptees themselves, will offer childcare support.

Sunday, April 7, 2019

10:30AM to 12:30PM

Join our community and sign up today! $40/family

Advancing Excellence in Practice & Policy:  Meeting the Challenge of the Family First Prevention Services Act

The uniqueness of the CWLA National Conference is that it provides an opportunity for people from every state; public and private providers from child welfare and other fields of service; corporations, advocates, educators, caregivers, and youth to come together and share learning based on our common vision of a better future for all children.

REASONS TO ATTEND:

• Experience exceptional learning
• Hear outstanding speakers and presentations
• Meet your Members of Congress
• Make YOUR voice heard – Promote child welfare policy priorities
• Network with colleagues and peers
• Advance excellence in child and family services
• Share ideas and wisdom on strengthening families
• Learn about successful prevention and intervention programs
• Visit attractions in our nation’s capital

The Conference is designed to train, engage, and provide opportunities for networking and dialogue among child law professionals who practice in a variety of areas. This year, the Conference will also provide a specific track for legal professionals interested in learning more about how to implement the Family First Prevention Services Act in practice.

The audience will include attorneys who represent parents in the child welfare system, managers of parent attorney offices, parents, social workers, parent partners, judges, CIP Directors, court administrators, law professors, policy makers, administrators of state-wide/county/tribal systems, law students, and other stakeholders in the child welfare system.

An information session to learn more about different types of adoption offered through Bethany Christian Services, including Domestic Infant Adoption, Foster Care Adoption, and International Adoption.
Please RSVP to office at 201-703-4371.

Join us for a Free International Adoption Information Night!

We will review the process of International adoption, specific countries of interest and answer your questions.

We look forward to seeing you there!

We will review the process of domestic adoption, types of domestic adoption available and answer your questions.

We look forward to seeing you there!

The 21st National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect (NCCAN) offers an exceptional opportunity for those committed to achieving better outcomes for children and families to connect and learn.  Unique in its scope and diversity, the 21st NCCAN will bring together practitioners, researchers, policy makers, parents, and volunteers from a wide variety of disciplines who come to gain new knowledge and understanding build new skills, and re-energize for the always challenging work ahead.

Therapeutic Group Counseling for:
LGBTQ Teens
Parents of LGBTQ Teens
Who:  Parents and Teens ages 14-18 years’ old who identify as
Lesbian, Gay, Transgender or Questioning
What: Safe space for young people to explore their identify.
Focus on finding/creating/exploring safe and fun social events
Groups will last 8 weeks; Individualized therapy as follow-up Offered.
When:
Teens-Thursdays, May 2nd-June 20th, 2019 at 4 PM & 6 PM
Parents- Saturdays May May 4th-June 29, 2019 at 2 pm

The “Let’s Talk Adoption”^sm conference is non-commercial, educational, non-profit conference coordinated entirely by volunteers. CPFA has no paid employees. The goal is to keep the registration fee low, and free admission is provided in deserving cases. We provide one annual scholarship to a student intending to work in child welfare. The conference operates on a break-even basis and the only sources of revenue are registration fees, a percentage of book sales, and small donations.

We will review the process of domestic adoption, types of domestic adoption available and answer your questions.

We look forward to seeing you there!

“Footsteps to the Future”

**Over 14 CEU’s Available**

In the tradition of building and sharing expertise, the Annual Foster Care Conference will address a wide variety of problems facing foster care specialists, foster parents and various social service professionals who desire to enhance their skills in order to create the best foster home environment.

An information session to learn more about different types of adoption offered through Bethany Christian Services, including Domestic Infant Adoption, Foster Care Adoption, and International Adoption.
Please RSVP to office at 201-703-4371.

The National IV-E Roundtable for Child Welfare Training and Education is a yearly gathering of representatives from public and tribal child welfare agencies and their university partners. Our goal is to share our resources to build a strong child welfare workforce through training and education.

Join Us for a Free International Adoption Information Night!

We will review the process of International adoption, specific countries of interest and answer your questions.

We look forward to seeing you there!