New Jersey Adoption Resource Clearing House

Fee: $20.00

Part 2: Adoption Perspective

on Father’s Day

Holidays are often a time of joy and celebration for adoptive families. However, for adoptees, these same occasions can also bring a mix of emotions, including reminders of the losses they’ve experienced.

In this four-part series, Tony Hynes, Ph.D., who joined his family through adoption, will explore the unique emotional landscape holidays can create for adopted individuals.

Teens and tweens are experiencing massive changes in their brain and bodies. This creates pressure to manage a world that is complicated for both youth and parents. Challenging behaviors can manifest as defiance, aggression, withdrawal, or impulsivity; understanding the potential causes and developing effective coping strategies are crucial for supporting teenagers as they navigate this complex phase.

Join Sean Sparks, LMFT for honest talk about how to remain connected while setting appropriate boundaries and helping your foster or adopted children towards a successful life path.

$30.80 per person for current Pact members; $38.50 per person for non-members. Join Pact HERE

In this free 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.

Join us to learn about our new Costa Rica Adoption Program. Our Costa Rica Adoption Program is open to singles, married couples, and welcomes gay and lesbian parents. In this webinar, we will detail the pathways to adopt from Costa Rica. We will share information about the system of child protection in Costa Rica. We will discuss common medical and special needs of children who are awaiting adoption in Costa Rica. We will speak about eligibility factors for prospective adoptive parents in Costa Rica. Bring your questions – we’ll save time for Q&A.

** We have chosen the Go to Webinar Platform to respect that during the exploration phase, some families are not yet ready to share their hopes to adopt with others and in Go to Webinar, your names and faces will not be visible to other participants. But we are always happy to support families in building an adoption community! If you do feel ready to connect with other pre-adoptive or adoptive parents, please let us know and we can facilitate introductions for those who wish to be connected to other families. **

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.

Join us for an informative session learning about adoption & foster care options in Pennsylvania.

The information session can help you decide whether you are comfortable taking the next steps to become a licensed Diakon foster family. Sessions are offered without obligation; participants are not required to proceed following the presentation.

Pre-registration is required so that the ZOOM link can be shared.

Registration for the NAA National Conference is now open!

For more information on our upcoming National Conference please visit our website.

We look forward to seeing you in Boston!

Spence-Chapin is thrilled to partner with the experts at Your Adoption Finance Coach to provide our families with free access to experts, tools and content that can take the worry out of financing your adoption. In this webinar, we will hear from Kelly Ellison, adoptive mother and Founder and CEO of Your Adoption Finance Coach. Kelly will provide an overview of financial resources available to families adopting. This will be a great introduction to the many resources that can offset the costs of an adoption process. Families who move forward in an adoption program at Spence-Chapin will have access to Your Adoption Finance Coach’s full breadth of individualized services at no cost.

The information that will be shared in this webinar is valuable for both domestic and international adoption pathways. This webinar welcomes prospective adoptive families, as well as families who are currently in-process of adopting.

Spence-Chapin’s Birth Parent Support Group is a virtual meet-up for individuals who made an adoption plan (with Spence-Chapin or elsewhere) and are in any stage in their placement journey. This group is a safe place to get support and know that you are not alone. Topics will include coping with feelings of grief and loss, sharing challenges and successes with open and closed adoption, and improving communication with friends and family around your adoption plan.

There is no cost to attend.

Free 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 programming is for adoptive parents of color.  Please be respectful of their space.

FREE!

The need for coordinated, responsive and family-centered support is critical as adoptive, guardianship and kinship families navigate the complexities of life post-permanency.  This Center Chat explores how integrating a centralized case management hub into post-permanency services can transform fragmented systems into cohesive networks of care-ensuring families receive timely, tailored support when they need it most.

Our Conference Chairs are so excited to welcome you to beautiful Santa Fe! With the perfect balance of education and social time, this will be a conference you won’t want to miss. 

The Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Attorneys (AAAA) is an organization of nearly 500 highly vetted attorneys dedicated to the competent and ethical practice of adoption and assisted reproduction law.

Do you live in Arizona and are considering adopting an infant? Learn about Spence-Chapin’s Domestic Adoption Program for Arizona families! This free 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 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.

Spence-Chapin’s Domestic Adoption Program is open to residents of Arizona, New York, and New Jersey. Please register for a webinar event that corresponds with the state where you live by visiting our Events Calendar.

If you are unable to register for this webinar, please contact us to learn about other upcoming event opportunities or discuss additional pathways to grow your family through domestic infant adoption.

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.

Join Pact’s Executive Director and fellow adoptive parent, Beth Hall, to find community and talk about transracial adoption, race and identity issues that may be coming up for you or members of your family. The focus for these calls is transracial adoption.

These free calls are open only to current members of Pact. If you have not purchased a Pact membership (or your membership is not current) you can join at pactadopt.org.

For nearly four decades, the Adoptive and Foster Family Coalition of New York’s annual statewide conference has provided an opportunity for foster/kinship care/adoptive parents to be inspired, network and learn about the latest in the field. Aimed at parents and professionals alike, the conference brings leaders in the child welfare field to New York and offers a variety of topical workshops designed to deepen the knowledge of attendees, help to form connections with other parents and professionals and give attendees tools they can bring home and share in their community. Nationally known plenary speakers and workshop presenters share their knowledge and expertise to help participants gain perspective, increase skills, and learn to appreciate the positives.

Fee: $30.00

Presented in partnership with Adoptees With Guatemalan Roots

Did you know anyone born in Guatemala is a citizen by birth? This includes all people adopted from Guatemala. In fact, voluntarily renouncing Guatemalan citizenship is not possible. That being said, having dual U.S. and Guatemalan citizenship has benefits and challenges. And the process for an adoptee to obtain their Guatemalan passport and DPI (Guatemalan ID card) can be complex and confusing. We’ll break down the process, the challenges, and things to consider when having dual citizenship.

Birth parents who placed their children 5–18 years ago will share their adoption journeys, how they chose their
adoptive families, their current relationships with their children and adoptive families, and why maintaining open
relationships matters. Each panelist brings a unique and powerful perspective. Join us as we elevate birth parent
voices and honor their stories.