Jun
15
01:00pm – 02:00pm
Introduction to Adoption from South Africa
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Spence-Chapin proudly supports LGBTQ+ individuals and couples in growing their families through adoption. Our inclusive programs—domestic, international, and special needs—welcome all family structures. We offer affirming, culturally sensitive care through consultations, home studies, counseling, and workshops.
As a recipient of the Human Rights Campaign’s “All Children – All Families” seal of recognition, Spence-Chapin is committed to equality in adoption and is proud of the many children we have placed in loving same-sex households.
Ready to begin your adoption journey?
Spence-Chapin offers a variety of pathways to adoption for LGBTQ+ families. Our South Africa and Colombia International Adoption Programs encourage applications from single persons, married and unmarried couples, heterosexual and LGBTQ+ parents living throughout the United States. Our Domestic Infant Adoption Program connects babies in need of loving, permanent homes to their forever families for families in New York, New Jersey, and Arizona. Our Special Needs Adoption Program places medically fragile infants and young children with adoptive families from around the country. Whichever pathway you choose to grow your family, Spence-Chapin will guide you every step of the way.
Spence-Chapin offers home study services to any family pursuing a domestic or international adoption that resides in New York, New Jersey, and Arizona.This includes the adoption of an infant while working with any agency or attorney, step-parent and second parent adoptions, as well as embryo adoption. Read our home study FAQ to learn more.
Spence-Chapin provides birth parents, adoptive parents, and adoptees a supportive community and a connection to professionals who understand the unique aspects of adoption.
We offer culturally sensitive, LGBTQ+-affirming care in an accepting, nonjudgmental environment. Services include pre-adoption consultations, counseling, support groups, referrals, programs for LGBTQ+ kids and teens, LGBTQ+ parent workshops and trainings for LGBTQ+ professionals.
Jun
15
01:00pm – 02:00pm
Jun
18
01:00pm – 02:00pm
Jun
22
12:00pm – 01:00pm
Jun
22
08:00pm – 06:00pm
Jun
30
03:00pm – 04:00pm
Jul
14
12:00pm – 01:00pm
Meet with an adoption social worker to discuss your adoption options.
Schedule a pre-adoption consultation today by calling (212) 400-8150 or emailing [email protected].
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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