New Jersey Adoption Resource Clearing House

Could you foster a child?

There are many children in need of a nurturing family.  Do you have questions about becoming a foster parent and want to learn more from the comfort of your home? We are hosting webinars and Q&A sessions for prospective foster parents on Zoom.

The ZERO TO THREE LEARN Institute creates an in-person experience for professionals from diverse backgrounds and roles to work together to tackle the most pressing issues facing the early childhood education and infant and early childhood mental health sectors.

Making the Most of Your Time in South Africa or Colombia When Adopting

Adopting internationally transforms your life and the life of the child you adopt. How do you make the time you spend together in-country during the adoption process transformative? Why does time together in the birth country matter for a child’s sense of safety and bonding in the transition?

Our team will share about our recent travels to South Africa and Colombia, and will provide insights on how to make the most of your time in South Africa or Colombia when adopting. We’ll be saving time for Q&A and we’re happy to answer questions on the practical and the emotional aspects of preparing to travel to adopt.

The lived experiences of child protective services (CPS)–involved parents is rarely considered from a social justice perspective. Parents and children endure the oversight of the child welfare system in myriad ways, and these experiences usually vary based on race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. This article explores how CPS interactions affect family dynamics and well-being and how family members view their experiences with CPS, including their sense of autonomy and empowerment.

This event will open for registration on Wednesday, November 30th at 1 PM EST.

Considering adopting an infant? Learn about Spence-Chapin’s full-service Domestic Adoption Program during this free webinar!

This webinar is the first step for families interested in applying to Spence-Chapin as all webinar attendees will receive a Domestic Adoption Program application. Our team will share details about the adoption program, including the application process, open adoption, demographics of the children in need of adoption, the matching process, options counseling for birth parents, and more.

Bring your questions! The meeting will include ample opportunity to have your questions answered.

Please note that there are limited spaces available within this webinar and within our Domestic Adoption Program. Given the number of infants placed through our program each year, we welcome a limited number of families into the program each year; this is done to prevent longer wait times for families. If you are unable to register for this webinar, please contact us to schedule a call to discuss additional pathways to grow your family through domestic infant adoption.

Free!

• What are Family Resource Centers (FRCs) and how are they networked across the country?
• What does research show about the positive outcomes FRCs have achieved for children and families?
• Why are so many public and private funders at the state, county, city, and community levels choosing to invest in FRCs?

For answers to these questions and those of your own, please join us for this informative webinar.

Call-In Instructions Will Be Emailed After Registration

Growing up with both adopted and non-adopted siblings. Siblings that are adopted with different levels of birth family contact. Siblings by birth growing up in different families through birth and/or adoption. Found siblings, siblings placed together and/or in different families. Join a conversation with adoptees and parents (by birth and adoption) who have lived experience with sibling relationships both in their adoptive and birth family and what they have found helpful in navigating them. This triad expansive conversation will offer insight and explorations of the many different relationships that are navigated in the unique complexity of adoption.

The Zoom link for this webinar will be sent out 1 week prior to the live event. All webinars are recorded and shared with paid registrants within 1 week of the event.

Join us to learn about our Colombia Adoption Program. Our Colombia Adoption Program is open to singles, married couples, unmarried couples, and welcomes LGBTQ+ parents. In this webinar, we will detail the pathways to adopt from Colombia, including pathways available to individuals without Colombian Heritage as well as pathways available to individuals who hold a Colombian Cedula. We will share information about the system of child protection in Colombia and will share photos of some of the children’s homes where children reside while in protective care. We will discuss common medical and special needs of children who are awaiting adoption in Colombia. We will speak about eligibility factors for prospective adoptive parents in Colombia. Bring your questions – we’ll save time for Q&A.

There are many children in need of a nurturing family.  Do you have questions about becoming a foster parent and want to learn more from the comfort of your home? We are hosting webinars and Q&A sessions for prospective foster parents on Zoom.

Our International Team is excited to host this webinar and to share information about adopting from South Africa. Spence-Chapin is proud to have the longest history of any US-based agency of facilitating adoption from South Africa and we work with adoptive families living across the entire United States. The South Africa program welcomes adoptive applicants regardless of marital status or sexual orientation. In this webinar we will discuss common medical and developmental needs of children who are currently living in South Africa and waiting for their forever families. We will provide an overview the adoption process. We look forward to answering any questions you may have about adoption in general and specific questions about adoption from South Africa.

There are many children in need of a nurturing family.  Do you have questions about becoming a foster parent and want to learn more from the comfort of your home? We are hosting webinars and Q&A sessions for prospective foster parents on Zoom.

Monthly virtual support calls will provide a safe space for adoptive parents of color to connect and share their experiences.

This is a group intended to meet the needs of people of color who have built their families through domestic adoption, kinship adoption, international adoption, foster care, same race and transracial/interracial adoption.   This is a free event.  This programming is for adoptive parents of color. Please be respectful of their space.

Participants will have the opportunity to explore topics such as experiences understanding loss and connection, birth/first families and connection, how to talk about difficult conversations, schools and adoption, and other topics of interest to the group.

REGISTRATION CLOSES at 11:59 pm the night prior to the call.

FREE!

This supportive group for first/birth parents will take place as a Zoom call.

Group members will be able to connect, listen and share their experiences of adoption, both private and through the child welfare system. Space will also be provided for participants to explore and share experiences around open adoptions, closed adoptions, recent reunions, same-race adoption, transracial adoption, termination of parental rights, and other topics as decided by the group.

Please remember that this group is for birth/first parents who are related by birth to a child placed in adoption or foster care.  This group is not for adoptive parents.

This is a free event open to adults of color who were adopted or are former foster youth. Space will be provided for participants to explore and share experiences around international adoption, foster care, transracial/interracial adoption, search and reunion, birth/first family and other topics of interest to the group. Space is limited.

Receive a pre-recorded webinar to view prior to attending a live conversation and Q&A session. In the world of adoption, first/birth parents are often talked about or spoken for, but rarely heard from directly about their lived experiences. In this webinar, you will hear from a panel of first/birth parents as they discuss the many complexities of adoption from their own perspectives.

Target audience: All triad members and professionals.

The San Diego Conference focuses on multi-disciplinary best-practice efforts to prevent, if possible, or otherwise investigate, treat, and prosecute child and family maltreatment. The objective of the San Diego Conference is to develop and enhance professional skills and knowledge in the prevention, recognition, assessment and treatment of all forms of maltreatment, including those related to family violence, as well as to enhance investigative and legal skills. In-depth issues include support

Monthly virtual support calls provide a safe space for adoptive parents of color to connect and share their experiences.

This is a group intended to meet the needs of people of color who have built their families through domestic adoption, kinship adoption, international adoption, foster care, same race and transracial/interracial adoption.   This is a free event.  This programming is for adoptive parents of color. Please be respectful of their space.

In this support call first/birth parents will be able to connect, listen and share their experiences of adoption, both private and through the child welfare system. Space will also be provided for participants to explore and share experiences around open adoptions, closed adoptions, recent reunions, same-race adoption, transracial adoption, termination of parental rights, and other topics as decided by the group.

Please remember that this group is for birth/first parents who are related by birth to a child placed in adoption or foster care.  This group is not for adoptive parents.

This is a free event open to adults of color who were adopted or are former foster youth. Space will be provided for participants to explore and share experiences around international adoption, foster care, transracial/interracial adoption, search and reunion, birth/first family and other topics of interest to the group. Space is limited.

Deepen your knowledge of adoption by learning from adopted people – the first, most important voices to hear from, about the the experience of being adopted. In this webinar, adopted adults of color discuss the role their first/birth parents and families have had in understanding their own identity, as well as what they believe is important for adoptive parents to know. Featured speakers will include those adopted domestically and internationally, into both transracial and same-race placements. Target members: All triad members and professionals