Our Waiting Families

When you’re placing your child for adoption, you are in control of choosing the family that feels right. You can explore profiles, meet with families you’re drawn to, and decide who best reflects the future you want for you and your child.

All of our Waiting Families have completed their Home Study and background checks and are fully prepared to provide a safe, loving home. To learn more about any of our families or if you have any questions, please reach out to one of our counselors today!

Free, confidential, and available 24/7

Choosing a Family for Your Baby

If you’re placing your child for adoption, you don’t just get matched with whichever family is next on a list. You get to share your preferences, look through profiles, meet the families you’re interested in, and choose the family that best matches what you want.

Our families come from all races, cultures, religions, sexual orientations, and backgrounds, and are fully screened and vetted with approved home studies. We’ll be here to support you every step of the way in finding the right match, no matter what you’re looking for.⁠

Meet Families Waiting to Adopt

Click on any family below to learn more.

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Dawanna & Raymond

We’re Dawanna and Raymond! Adoption is a natural extension of our giving hearts. Raymond spends time on medical missions providing free operations and care to

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Carrie & Jake

We’re Carrie and Jake! While Jake is from Buffalo, NY, and Carrie is from Chatham, NY, we met in 1995 as college students at the

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Craig & Henry

Craig and Henry have been together for 15 years (married for 6!). We met in college at the University of Delaware. We were both in

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Nathaniel & Jack

We have been together for ten years, and married for just over one. We met at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill while studying

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Peter & Christine

Hello! We are Peter and Christine and these are our two wonderful children Nathan and Joseph. Welive in New York City and were married in

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Liz

We’re a loving family of two and live in a high-rise in Chelsea with our cat, Oona, and our dog, Pip. My daughter Matilda is

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Beth & Nick

Hi! We’re Beth and Nick! We live in Brooklyn with our sassy little Shih Tzu mix, Maddie. We value warmth and kindness, believe that humor

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Charlie & Charlton

Hi! We’re Charlie and Charlton, a Brooklyn-based couple who love languages, building community, and spending time outside. We’ve been together for 14+ years, share a

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Hillevi

Hello, my name is Hillevi! I was born and raised in NYC. I love this city, and every borough in it. My loving family and

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Kamal & Steven

We are a progressive, positive, welcoming, caring family that loves to travel, dine out, spend time with loved ones, and create new memories and experiences

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Nina & Tom

We’re Nina from France and Tom from Belgium, and we’ve called New York home for the last four years. Our story as a couple started

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Jay & Scott

Jay and I have been together since 2012 and married since 2013. We were both living in Harlem, in Upper Manhattan. We met through online

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Amanda & Bill

We are a happily married couple who are spiritual and compassionate. We are looking to expand our family through adoption. We met ten years ago

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Brad & Anthony

Hi, we’re Brad and Anthony! We’ve been together for over 9 years, and throughout that time, we’ve shared a deep bond built on love, respect,

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Ben & Greg

Hello! We’re Ben and Greg. We’ve been together for over 15 years (since 2008) and married now for 3 years! We first met in college

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Joshua & Erica

Joshua and I have been together for 3 1/2 years, always dreaming of starting a family. After exploring traditional methods and IVF, we’ve decided to

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Andrew & David

Hello! We are Andrew, David, and Nina, a loving, adventurous Brooklyn family. Andrew and David met as sophomores at Harvard University, and we moved to

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Jimmy & Josué

Hi! We’re Jimmy and Josué. Thanks for taking the time to learn about us. We met at UC Berkeley as grad students and have been

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Kris & Tom

Kristy (Kris) and Tom met through a dating app, and when Tom used a random number generator to pick their first date, it was love

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Sophia & David

Hello, we are Sophia and David—thank you for taking the time to get to know us! We met and fell in love in Miami and

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Sarah & David

David, a Cuban-Dominican, born and raised in the Bronx, and Sarah, a Jewish Midwesterner and NYC transplant, met in NYC in 2015 and fell madly

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Nicole & Trevor

Hello there! Welcome to our profile. We are Nicole, Trevor and Jaxon. Trevor and Nicole met 10 years ago and both knew it was an

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Rayna & Jeffrey

We’re a loving family of three living in Queens, New York, eagerly hoping to expand our family. We met in 2006, got married in 2014

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James & Olivier

We’re a French and British couple who’ve joyfully made the United States our home (Thanksgiving has become rooted in our family traditions). Our journey here

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Jamie & Walt

Heyo! We’re Jamie and Walt, and we’re so grateful you’re taking the time toget to know us. We’re both Florida boys who met in NYC

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Frank & Diana

Hi, we are Frank and Diana. We met in 2009 through an online dating site, have been married for 12 years, and have been looking

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Pilar & Bram

Bram and Pilar have been married for 10 years. Bram always knew he wanted to be a dad. Pilar also knew she wanted to be

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Sarah & Barry

Hi, we’re Sarah and Barry! We met in 2005 and have been together for over 20 years! We are both from Ireland and visit our

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Marissa & Kevin

We are a fun, loving, newly married couple who want to welcome a child into our lives. We have dreamt of becoming parents together and

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Michelle

I have been interested in becoming a mother for many years. I was diagnosed with premature ovarian failure (early menopause) at age 22 years, so

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Chloé

I’ve desired to adopt for as long as I’ve known what adoption was. My family used to do the “Fresh Air Fund” where a child

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Andre & Alex

We’ve been together for more than 15 years, since meeting at NYU journalism school in 2009. What began as a college romance quickly grew into

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Jonathan & Jennifer

Over fifteen years ago, we began our adventure together—and now we’re excited to start the next chapter as parents. We met in college, became each

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Lauren & Zach

We’re Lauren and Zach, a loving couple who are ready to grow our family through adoption. We both come from close-knit families and hope to

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Patrick & Kristen

Patrick and Kristen were married in 2019. After Patrick completed graduate school, we moved to Nairobi, Kenya, in 2022. Patrick is a teacher of community

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Anne & Blake

We have been married for 4 years, and together for 7. We met doing a production of the musical “Sweeney Todd” and started dating after

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Mark & Lucy

Hi! We’re Mark and Lucy. We’ve been married for fourteen years and love spending time with our son, John, our golden retriever, Archie, our extended

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Anthony & Andrew

We met in NYC on our first date in the West Village in 2012 and immediately knew there was something special between us. We became

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Pooja

I am 45 years old and live in Manhattan. I’m a fun-loving, kind, and genuine nerd! I am a child of immigrant parents and was

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Adam & Antonio

Hello! Our names are Adam and Antonio. We have been married for 5 years and together for over a decade. We first met at Miami

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Joey & Robert

We are Joey and Robert. We got married in 2023 and have been together for over seven years. We live in an apartment in Manhattan’s

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Staci & Keith

Hi! We are Staci, Keith, and Grandma Bebe! We are an intergenerational family living life on our own terms. We choose to spend as much

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Kevin & Tommy

We are Kevin, Tommy, & Theo! We live in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, with our dog, Nash. When we are not taking our son Theo

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Maggie & Steve

We are Steve and Maggie. We have been together for four years and have been married for one year. We got married on October 19,

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Tim & Utaukwa

Hi, we’re The Allens! We’ve been married for 23 years and have built a family based on love, laughter, and purpose. We’re so grateful you’re

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Michael & Moussa

Our story began 10 years ago with a coffee date in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Since then, we got married, graduated from law school and a master’s

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Nick & Shawn

Hello! We are Nicholas and Shawn. We have been together since 2014 and were married in June of 2019. We own our own home and

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Kenya

As a native New Yorker, I grew up in a vibrant Bajan household filled with laughter, storytelling, music, and the belief that love is shown

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Win & Rachelle

Rachelle and Win’s story began in 2014 in the heart of New York City, a chance meeting that grew into a deep and lasting partnership.

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Thomas & Meena

We’re a family of four – the two of us, our tuxedo cat, Butters, and our Jack Russell/beagle mix, Waffles. In each other, we’ve found

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Alec & Alyssa

While we grew up on opposite sides of the country (Alyssa in New Mexico and Alec in Manhattan), our paths brought us together in 2011.

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Ryan & Brennan

Hi! We are Ryan and Brennan, and we are so glad you are here. We can only imagine the love and strength behind the choice

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Avi & Andrew

Our family is currently composed of the two of us (Avi and Andrew) as well as our two rescue dogs, Maggie and Milo. From early

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Todd & Steven

We both grew up in close families. When we met over 12 years ago we both knew we wanted to have a family and have

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Casey and Steven

We’re Casey and Steven! We met in Washington, D.C. in 2016 and have been together for more than 10 years. We moved to Brooklyn in

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Allison & Courtney

We’re Allison, Courtney, and Hudson! We believe it is every person’s purpose in life to give and receive love. We also have a strong belief

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Ron & Anthony

We met in college as members of the student government and have been together ever since. In our 22 years together, we have tried to

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Laura & Jeff

From early in our relationship we knew that we had a deep desire to have children and to build a loving family together. It would

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Waiting Children Profiles

Thank you for your interest in adopting through Spence-Chapin! We are able to share the profiles of children who are considered to be the most in need and are waiting internationally to be matched with an adoptive family. The children featured on this page have been waiting for the longest to find families and consist of children who are older, part of a sibling group, or children with a diagnosed medical condition. In order to respect the privacy of these children, this page has been password protected.

Spence-Chapin takes the privacy rights of the children that we are seeking to place very seriously, and share the profile with you under the following conditions:

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF PASSWORD ACCESS
That you acknowledge and understand that

1. Misuse of the content, and/or linking to any sites that reflect practices that involve the sale, abduction, exploitation, or trafficking of children is strictly prohibited.

2. You have been given limited access to confidential information in the form of images that you will not disclose to any person or in any manner that is inconsistent with applicable policies and procedures of Spence-Chapin Services to Families and Children.

3. The confidentiality obligation shall continue indefinitely, including at all times after my association with Spence-Chapin Services to Families and Children.

4. You are not permitted to release, copy, distribute, or sell any of these images to third parties in any form.

5. Impermissible disclosure of the images may result in legal actions being taken against you, by or on behalf of that person.

6. You are doing this freely, voluntarily and with a full understanding of what you are agreeing to by entering/accessing this blog.

7. Thank you for your interest in providing a loving home for a waiting child! We look forward to connecting with you soon to continue discussing adoption paths at Spence-Chapin. We hope that you like us on Facebook, follow us on twitter, and keep up with our families through our adoption blog!

Warm regards,
The Adoption Team at Spence-Chapin

Phone: 212-400-8150
Email: [email protected]

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