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 … [Read more...]

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 be joined by Kelly Ellison, adoptive mother and Founder and CEO … [Read more...]

In this panel event, parents who have adopted through Spence-Chapin’s Colombia and South Africa programs will speak about their experience of parenting through intercountry adoption. They will share what was most helpful to them as they prepared to parent, what their early transition was like as a … [Read more...]

Are you adopting a family member, or a child that is already known to you, from another country? Maybe you’ve already adopted the child or sibling group abroad and are now being told you need a home study? Join us for this FREE webinar, facilitated by our home study supervisor, to learn more … [Read more...]

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 … [Read more...]

If you’re considering domestic infant adoption, join us to learn about the pathway of working with an adoption attorney for a private placement. We’ll hear from a panel of attorneys about the process of completing a private adoption and a social worker will speak about the home study process. We’ll … [Read more...]

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 … [Read more...]

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 … [Read more...]

Whether your child’s adoption involved initial contact with first/birth parents or not, there are often ways to find first/birth family members and current research has shown openness is best for adoptees. Join us to learn about practical considerations: not only how to begin the search, but the … [Read more...]

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 … [Read more...]