76 South Orange Ave. Suite 209 South Orange NJ 07079
Gloria Smith
201-740-7135
973-378-9575
Post-adoptive counseling to all members of the adoption triad; family background information provided to people adopted through Children's Aid and Family Services. Search services provided to persons adopted through the agency and parents who want to establish contact with their adult sons and daughters.
All
Search and Reunion if adopted from Children's Aid and Family Services
Gloria Smith and Dina Coiffi have attended trainings and conferences related to search and reunion and adoption; Combined experience of over 35 years.
Spoken and led workshops on search and reunion at various adoption conferences
No
Fee for service
Yes
The agency accepts clients whose adoption was handled by Children's Aid and Family Services. In 2021 Children’s Aid and Family Services began a new Navigations Birth Family Reunion and Support program. In this program the Children’s Aid and Family Services search and reunion team extends its services to those people who may not have been adopted through CAFS and who have located their birth families. They may not be comfortable making the initial contact with their birth family and are looking for an intermediary to facilitate the reunion journey with their birth families from first contact planning to personal counseling. Those interested should contact navigations@cafsnj.org or call 201-740-7135.