Spence-Chapin Services to Families and Children announced today that, in addition to New York and New Jersey, it has become licensed as an adoption agency in the state of Connecticut. The century old agency will now be able to offer all adoption services as well as mental and emotional health programs to Connecticut families. This includes international, domestic, and special needs adoption, adoption home studies, post-placement supervision, adoption finalization, biological parent counseling & support, and family counseling.

Spence-Chapin’s Domestic Adoption Programs are presently accepting new applications from the tri-state area.  The Domestic Adoption Programs support Spence-Chapin’s mission of providing adoption and adoption-related services of the highest quality.

“Spence-Chapin has an active Domestic Adoption Program and I’m pleased to say that we can extend this service to Connecticut families, in addition to families in New York and New Jersey” says Linda Alexandre, Director Domestic Adoption.

For families in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut interested in beginning the infant adoption process with Spence-Chapin, informational webinars are frequently held online. During a webinar, Spence-Chapin staff will share details about domestic adoption at Spence-Chapin including information about the children in need of adoption, the matching process, options counseling and support for biological parents, open adoption, and steps in the adoption process. All webinar attendees receive the adoption application. For more information, interested families should visit: http://www.spence-chapin.org/events/category/domestic-adoption-at-spence-chapin-1.  

About Spence-Chapin Services to Families and Children
Spence-Chapin is a licensed and accredited non-profit organization. The agency brings over 100 years of experience in finding families for children through its adoption and mental and emotional health programs. Spence-Chapin’s fundamental belief is that Every Child Deserves A Family. Through its Modern Family Center, Spence-Chapin has broadened its impact in child welfare and permanency by providing support, workshops, crisis intervention, and pre- and post-adoption counseling services. The agency provides its services to children in need of a family; birth, foster, and adoptive parents; as well as family and health institutions.

Spence-Chapin Services to Families and Children

Spence-Chapin Services to Families and Children

SPENCE-CHAPIN IS AN ACCREDITED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT HAS BEEN OFFERING QUALITY ADOPTION SERVICES FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS. Our mission is to help find loving families for children whatever their needs or circumstances, and provide counseling and support for all children and the families to whom they have been born or entrusted. Our mission is driven by the simple belief that every child deserves a family.

Spence-Chapin focuses on finding adoptive homes for children who need families; promoting the understanding of adoption through counseling and public education; and improving adoption's image and practice. Through our Modern Family Center we are helping each family member navigate their individual adoption stories with clarity and confidence. Spence-Chapin's roots can be traced to the early 1900s and the pioneering work of Clara Spence, and Dr. and Mrs. Henry Chapin, who independently established nurseries out of concern for homeless infants abandoned in hospitals and shelters.

Today, Spence-Chapin is proud of our role as a prominent voice and leading advocate for adoption, and of our commitment to the wellbeing of all members of the adoption triad: birth parents, adoptive parents, and their children.

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