Adolescence is a tumultuous time and being adopted adds another layer of complexity. The Northern Post-Adoption Consortium (NPAC) is pleased to offer a FREE in-person workshop for middle school-aged tweens and teens who were adopted or are in kinGAP or state-funded kinship subsidy families. Teens … [Read more...]

Join us for a free live virtual event! Discover the value of visiting your ancestral home on a heritage trip, and learn how to effectively plan an itinerary. Join Kyle Betit, Travel Program Manager from Ancestry ProGenealogists, to explore why these ancestral visits are so meaningful and … [Read more...]

Join us for a free webinar to explore the importance of prioritizing kinship care first and to learn strategies and tools for supporting kinship providers. Learning objectives: Understand the benefits of supporting and prioritizing relatives and fictive kin as first placements and permanency … [Read more...]

FREE! This interactive Center Chat for child welfare professionals will explore what blocked care is and how it develops in the context of trauma and attachment, the science behind the stress response and its impact on caregiver empathy, practical, trauma-informed strategies to move from survival … [Read more...]

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 … [Read more...]

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 … [Read more...]

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 … [Read more...]

Join Pact’s Executive Director and fellow adoptive parent, Beth Hall, to find community and talk about parenting adopted and foster teens and young adults of color, including challenges, helpful strategies and how to support yourself and your loved ones. This call is free and open to current Pact … [Read more...]

These free support groups provide safe space where LGBTQ+ adoptive and foster parents of children of color can find community and talk about their parenting joys and challenges, intersections with our own queer identities and helpful strategies. Registration closes at 4 pm PT on the day of the … [Read more...]

Free, monthly virtual support calls provide a safe space for BIPOC adoptive, foster and kinship parents of BIPOC teens and young adults. Join Raquel Vivanco, Director of the Adoptive Parents of Color Collaborative (APCC) and fellow adoptive parent, to find community and talk about parenting adopted … [Read more...]