New Jersey Adoption Resource Clearing House

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.

** 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. **

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.

** 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. **

A collective of people adopted from China working together to organize the first closed* conference for our community.

Chinese adoptee collective presents “CONTEXT,” the first closed* conference for people adopted from China

• Who: Adults (18 yo+) who identify as people adopted from China
• When: June 27-29, 2025
• Where: In-person at Asian arts initiative, 1219 Vine St, Chinatown, Philadelphia, PA 19107
• How: 100% grassroots volunteer and community organized. Learn more about our virtual fundraiser to help offset conference costs here.
• Cost: pay what you can/no one turned away for lack of funds (pwyc/notaflof), our registration form will have a sliding scale for attendees**

We invite you to share your insights and experience. Whether you’ve worked in the adoption field for decades or you’d like to share constructive applications from your lived experience story for adoption professionals, we want to hear from you! We are seeking speakers who will elevate diverse perspectives and address emerging topics and recent research. Most conference attendees are adoption professionals including social workers and clinicians, executive directors, agency staff, and attorneys.

If you have been touched by adoption or foster care, you’ll want to attend this conference!

We’re meeting the diverse needs of adoptive and foster parents, child welfare professionals, and people who were adopted or in foster care.

Save the date for the 2025 conference!

Registration will open spring of 2025.