PHOENIX, July 3, 2024 — Spence-Chapin Services to Families and Children, a New York-based organization that has been supporting and strengthening families for more than 110 years, has been granted a license by the state of Arizona to bring our services to the women, children, and families.
La organización comenzará a prestar servicios a los arizonenses en todo el estado, a través de su sede estatal en Tucson, Arizona, y se planea abrir oficinas adicionales en los próximos meses en el condado de Maricopa.
"Es bien sabido que la estabilidad y la permanencia crean los mejores resultados para los niños", afirmó Yekaterina Trambitskaya, directora ejecutiva de Spence-Chapin. "Nos complace poder ofrecer apoyo local a los residentes de Arizona a través de nuestra nueva oficina en Tucson, con más oficinas en camino".
Spence-Chapin brinda servicios de apoyo integrales y gratuitos a mujeres que están experimentando un embarazo no planificado o que acaban de dar a luz y no están seguras sobre la paternidad. La agencia brinda a las mujeres un espacio seguro donde tienen control total para tomar decisiones con respecto a sus hijos, su capacidad de ser padres y su plan para un futuro estable y viable. La agencia también ofrece un programa único de atención de relevo llamado Interim Care, donde voluntarios capacitados y seleccionados cuidan a recién nacidos y niños pequeños en sus hogares, brindando a los padres biológicos el tiempo y el espacio adicional que necesitan para continuar trabajando con su trabajador social de manera regular. plan para el futuro.
As a licensed adoption service provider, Spence-Chapin is also able to bring its inclusive and comprehensive Domestic Adoption Program and its award-winning Special Needs Adoption Program to Arizona where it will help build families through open adoption. The Special Needs Adoption Program places medically fragile children with loving adoptive families who are equipped to manage their ongoing needs. The program waives all professional placement fees, allowing adoptive families to begin focusing on the care of their new family member from the start.
Once the agency establishes a solid foundation in Pima and Maricopa counties and across Arizona, it will look forward to introducing additional services, such as its children and family therapy services and community programming—thereby connecting Spence-Chapin’s full suite of offerings to support Arizonan children, women, and families in their lifelong journeys and ensure the best possible outcome for their futures.
“It is well recognized that stability and permanency create the best outcomes for children,” said Yekaterina Trambitskaya, Chief Executive Officer of Spence-Chapin. “We are pleased to be able to offer local support to Arizona residents through our new office in Tucson, with more offices on the way.”
Los servicios de Spence-Chapin a las mujeres y sus parejas que no están seguras de su capacidad para ser padres proporcionan una intervención preventiva previa crítica que ofrece a los padres un camino para hacer un plan seguro y permanente para el futuro antes de la intervención del bienestar infantil.
services, where positive outcomes are more difficult to achieve due to the instability and inherent transience of the foster care system, which can have detrimental effects on their healthy development with lifelong consequences. And Arizona, which is the 14th most populous state in the country, has the sixth-highest number of children living in foster care. On average, Arizona children spend 15 months in the foster care system before finding permanency. And for those who spend more than two years in foster care, the chances for permanency down the road are significantly lessened and the likelihood that children will have three or more foster care placements increases by 75%.
Es por eso que apoyar a las mujeres durante el embarazo puede ayudar a lograr resultados exitosos para las madres y sus hijos. Más del 60% de las mujeres que reciben asesoramiento sobre opciones de Spence-Chapin pasan a ser madres, pero lo hacen con la red de apoyo y los recursos que necesitan para brindar un entorno seguro, permanente y estable para su bebé. En los casos en que una mujer elige la adopción para su hijo, Spence-Chapin la guía en cada paso del proceso.
"El estilo Spence-Chapin respeta los derechos de las mujeres a hacer un plan para el futuro de su bebé donde no existen mandatos y donde tienen acceso a todos los recursos y el apoyo que necesitan", explica Linda Alexandre, directora de programas. "Para aquellos que deciden hacer un plan de adopción, Spence-Chapin ofrece asesoramiento y orientación legal independiente y gratuita en cada paso del camino".
To learn more about Spence-Chapin’s services in Arizona, visit www.spence-chapin.org/Arizona.
Acerca de Spence-Chapin:
Spence-Chapin has been offering exceptional adoption and family services for more than 110 years. Its mission is to help find loving families for children whatever their needs or circumstances and provide counseling and lifelong support for all children and families to whom they have been born or entrusted. Spence-Chapin’s roots date back to the early 1900s with the pioneering work of Ms. Clara Spence and Dr. and Mrs. Henry Chapin, who established nurseries for infants abandoned on the streets of New York City, led humanitarian efforts, and created families through adoption. Spence-Chapin has since expanded to include other comprehensive support programs. The organization’s award-winning efforts have served more than 25,000 women, children, and families through domestic, international and special needs adoption, post-adoption support, and humanitarian aid programs such as the Granny Program. Learn more at www.spence-chapin.org.