Best Practices in Supporting Expectant/Biological Parents Considering Adoption: Lessons learned from National Surveys, Studies and Interviews with Birth Parents (Virtual)


  • EST
     October 16, 2024
     1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
  • MST
     October 16, 2024
     10:00 am - 11:00 am

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 (more…)

Stories of Adoption


  •  November 14, 2024
     5:30 pm - 8:00 pm

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 (more…)

Long Island Community Partnership Breakfast


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     March 5, 2025
     9:00 am - 11:00 am

Spence-Chapin, 1373 Veterans Memorial Highway, Suite 20, Hauppauge, NY 11788 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 (more…)

New Jersey Community Partnership Breakfast


  • EST
     May 1, 2025
     9:00 am - 11:00 am

Spence-Chapin, 50 Park Place, Suite 1538, Newark, NJ 07102 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 (more…)

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