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Noelle’s Adoption Journey — Part Three: Learning and Living Through Open Adoption

This is the first part of a special three-part series written by Noelle, who made an adoption plan for her son 20 years ago. She reached out to share her personal experience through pregnancy, choosing an adoptive family, giving birth, open adoption and her relationship with her son, hoping it will help others in their journeys.  […]

Noelle’s Adoption Journey — Part Two: Finding the Perfect Family 

This is the first part of a special three-part series written by Noelle, who made an adoption plan for her son 20 years ago. She reached out to share her personal experience through pregnancy, choosing an adoptive family, giving birth, open adoption and her relationship with her son, hoping it will help others in their journeys.  […]

Noelle’s Adoption Journey — Part One: Where it All Started

This is the first part of a special three-part series written by Noelle, who made an adoption plan for her son 20 years ago. She reached out to share her personal experience through pregnancy, choosing an adoptive family, giving birth, open adoption and her relationship with her son, hoping it will help others in their journeys.  […]

Meet Isabella: From Unexpected Labor to Placement Day

Isabella, a 19-year-old college student on Long Island, awoke one morning in excruciating pain. She was shocked to discover she was not only pregnant, but in labor.

Spence-Chapin Services to Families & Children Opening First Arizona Office

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. The organization will begin serving Arizonans throughout the state, through its state headquarters […]

Forever, A Birth Mother

“Spence-Chapin supported me when I chose to place my newborn daughter for adoption in 1989. This very special organization facilitated not only my placement but also our reunion 18 years later, in 2007. Spence-Chapin’s post placement services provided critical care and guidance when I needed it most.”

Women Supporting Women: Community in Conversation in Kingston

This past year, Spence-Chapin has hosted roundtable discussions in various regions across New York to spotlight organizations that support women and families. Each discussion has been different, as they reflect the unique needs of the women in each community, and the expertise of the thought leaders at each table. In honor of Women’s History Month, […]

REFLECTIONS FROM A SPENCE-CHAPIN INTERIM CARE PROVIDER

Written by Ann Lapin I’m trying desperately to be respectful of the person speaking to me, but my husband keeps texting me. First he sends me a selfie of him with Rafi*, then it’s an account of who stopped him on his way into the NICU. Then he suggests I take a selfie with Jillian […]

One Year Later: A Bronx Perspective from a Bronx Native 

Written by Jennifer Montalvo, LMSW, Manager of Client and Community Engagement  The Bronx is a community that is diverse. It is filled with people from all around the world. The borough doesn’t have the glamour of Manhattan, or the beaches of Staten Island, but what it does have is a sense of community, and one […]

Choosing Adoption for Your Baby – Step-by-Step Process

Choosing adoption for your baby is an emotionally difficult decision, and one you do not have to make alone. You may have heard people refer to adoption as “giving your baby up” or “putting your baby up for adoption,” as if it were a simple thing you decide to do. We know it’s not. Adoption […]