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Spence-Chapin is a non-profit organization established in the early 1900’s that provides holistic and compassionate counseling and adoption planning services to women and couples facing an unplanned pregnancy or who have recently given birth and are unsure about parenting. We offer cutting-edge continuing education programs and relevant, engaging, web-based, and in-person adoption and child welfare resources for medical professionals, counselors, social service advocates, and community members. Through our diverse and meaningful programming, we hope to equip professionals with the knowledge they need to help provide positive and healthy outcomes for the women and children we serve.
To register or learn more contact Talia Oren at [email protected] or 212-360-0245.
All our events are free to attend.
For over the last century, Spence-Chapin has been providing services to women and children throughout New York and New Jersey, and we are excited to share that we recently became licensed by the Department of Child Safety to provide services in Arizona. We now have offices in Phoenix and Tucson…
Join Spence-Chapin for a unique Continuing Education (CEU) workshop in honor of National Adoption Month. Learning to speak a new language is a skill that takes time and practice. When working with families considering or formed by adoption, the words we use make a difference…
This webinar is designed for perinatal healthcare professionals in New York, New Jersey, and Arizona to learn about Spence-Chapin’s free, confidential, and unbiased options counseling and adoption planning services for expectant and biological parents.
In the fall of 2022, the National Council for Adoption conducted an online survey for birth parents who had made an adoption plan in the US. During the same year, The National Opinion and Research Center at the University of Chicago in partnership with Spence-Chapin released their longitudinal study of birth mother clients who received services from Spence-Chapin between 2006 to 2020. Common themes emerged from those respective studies…
For over the last century, Spence-Chapin has been providing services to women and children throughout New York and New Jersey, and we are excited to share that we recently became licensed by the Department of Child Safety to provide services in Arizona. We now have offices in Phoenix and Tucson and look forward to working with professionals throughout the state to provide birth parents, adoptive families, and their children with wraparound adoption services and post-placement support.
Please join us to learn about Spence-Chapin’s free, confidential, and unbiased options counseling and adoption planning services for expectant and biological parents. Attendees will learn about the free services and support we provide to our clients, our temporary newborn Interim Care Program, and how Spence-Chapin is able to find permanent loving adoptive families for infants, older children and children with special medical needs. We will also discuss when and how to make a referral…
A Special Conversation for National Adoption Awareness Month
Explore what it means to be connected to adoption
Join Spence-Chapin for Stories of Adoption, a special event in honor of National Adoption Awareness Month, where we will explore the transformative nature of open adoption. Hear from a panel of adoptees, adoptive parents, and birth parents as they share their personal stories and experiences, highlighting how open adoption fosters meaningful connections across families and benefits everyone involved.
Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions, engage with the panelists, and share their own perspectives on the adoption process.
This event is open to everyone in the adoption community, including those currently in the process of adopting, and professionals in health care, social work, and related fields.
Join Spence-Chapin for a unique Continuing Education (CEU) workshop in honor of National Adoption Month. Learning to speak a new language is a skill that takes time and practice. When working with families considering or formed by adoption, the words we use make a difference…
This webinar is designed for perinatal healthcare professionals in New York, New Jersey, and Arizona to learn about Spence-Chapin’s free, confidential, and unbiased options counseling and adoption planning services for expectant and biological parents.
Join us at our annual Community Partnership Breakfast at our office in Hauppauge, Long Island! Share resources, network, and connect with other health care and social service professionals while learning more about the impact of our work at Spence-Chapin.
We are looking forward to a morning of bagels, pastries, coffee, and community connections. This event is free and open to all professionals!
Join us at our annual Community Partnership Breakfast at our office in Newark, New Jersey! Share resources, network, and connect with other health care and social service professionals while learning more about the impact of our work at Spence-Chapin.
We are looking forward to a morning of bagels, pastries, coffee, and community connections. This event is free and open to all professionals!
Since 1995, Spence-Chapin has found adoptive families for more than 550 children with medical and developmental challenges. Join us for an intimate conversation with an adoptive family who will share their experience pursuing adoption through this unique program.
For over the last century, Spence-Chapin has been providing services to women and children throughout New York and New Jersey, and we are excited to …
For over the last century, Spence-Chapin has been providing services to women and children throughout New York and New Jersey, and we are excited to …
This webinar is designed for perinatal healthcare professionals in New York, New Jersey, and Arizona to learn about Spence-Chapin’s free, confidential, and unbiased options counseling …
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