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In this adoptee-led program, we will navigate adulthood alongside a supportive community of peers and adult adoptee Mentors. Hosted September through June via monthly Zoom meetings, this group welcomes adoptees ages 18-24 worldwide.

A Virtual Adoptee Support Group for Navigating Adulthood

For many, transitioning into adulthood brings with it many changes and challenges. Navigating that change as an adoptee can be its own unique experience. Through our Teen Adoptee Mentorship Program, we noticed the need for our Mentorship graduates to have a helping hand as they enter adulthood. The program is now open to all adopted people ages 18-24. Adoptees Adulting is a space to discuss the adoptee experience, professional development, identity, belonging, transitions & more.

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Meet The Group Facilitator

All of our community programming is created for adoptees, by adoptees. Adoptees Adulting is facilitated by Jessica M. Luciere, Spence-Chapin’s Associate Director of Family & Community Support and an adopted person herself. 

Jessica was born in Bogota, Colombia and grew up on Long Island, NY. Jessica is a wife and mother to two young children. As an Adoptee Advocate, Jessica has worked in adoptee spaces for over 20 years, creating programming that uplifts the adoptee voice.

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Adoptees Adulting: Location, Timing, & Cost

When We Meet
Tuesdays, 6–8 PM EST
Once monthly, September through June 

2025–2026 Meeting Dates
9/8 · 10/6 · 11/3 · 12/8 · 1/12 · 2/9 · 3/2 · 4/6 · 5/4

Cost
$300 for the full year or $150 per semester

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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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