An intense appetite for reforming and transforming child welfare services in the United States is yielding many new initiatives. Vulnerable children and families who become involved with child welfare clearly deserve higher quality and more effective services. New policies, programs, and practices … [Read more...]

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 … [Read more...]

A Virtual Event for Adoption Professionals … [Read more...]

FREE! The Parenting Adolescents Series, focusing on the specific challenges and “stuck spots” for adolescents adoptees and strategies for parents to support their teens, will be held via Zoom on Wednesdays (Sept. 28th, Oct. 5th, Oct. 12th, Oct. 19th, Oct. 26th, Nov. 2nd) from 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm … [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...]

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...]

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 … [Read more...]

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...]