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Adoption


The word alone seems full of questions. The process is unknown to most who haven't been through it, as are the rewards.

Concerned Persons For Adoption (CPFA) is a non-profit organization in the State of New Jersey dedicated to the belief that every child deserves a family. CPFA is not an adoption agency, but a volunteer organization working to support those who wish to adopt, and to provide educational and networking resources to those who have adopted.

Join us for our Upcoming Events
 
 
Mark your calendar for upcoming CPFA events.
 
Saturday, March 8.  Heritage Themed Adult Pol Luck Dinner 
 
Thursday, April 24, 7:00-9:00pm CPFA Adoption Book Club
For additional information check ou the book clun page 
  
Additional information will be provided closer to the event date. 
 
Please click link below to see the 2025 CPFA-NJ Calendar of events: 
 
CPFA Schedule 2025 Events Calendar
 
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Join Us!
 

Concerned Persons for Adoption (CPFA)

FREE Family Bowling PARTY!

 
 
 

SATURDAY, February 22, 2025

2:00 - 4:00 PM

 

Hanover Lanes

119 State Route 10 West

East Hanover, NJ 07936

Lanes and shoe rentals are included.

Snacks and drinks are available to purchase.


 RSVP by February 20th
 
 

Follow us to learn more about CPFA and all our events!
https://www.facebook.com/cpfa.newjersey.3

 
CPFA offers great opportunities to network with other adoptive/pre-adoptive parents. CPFA is a volunteer organization working to support those who wish to adopt and provides educational and networking resources to those who have adopted. Membership is encouraged and is open to anyone concerned with adoption.
 


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THANK you for your support!
Wishing you a wonderful holiday season!
 
 
 
 
 
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 THANK YOU
 
to all of the participants, presenters, and volunteers who helped make the
10th annual Family Conference a success on Saturday, October 19th. 
  
 
 
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CPFA is proud to announce the
2024 Lynne Witkin Scholarship Recipient

Congratulations to Emily Perry!
 
 
 

We are delighted to present the 2024 Lynne Witkin/CPFA Scholarship to Emily Perry.

Emily begins her MSW program at Rutgers University this summer, with a concentration on families, children, and adolescents. She worked as the lead teacher in a daycare while attending community college before transferring to Rutgers and majoring in Social Work. During her studies, Emily has worked in a variety of Social Work groups and had her interest in adoption fueled by a study abroad program in Romania.
 
She is excited to continue her education in the field of Social Work and to work towards a career in the critical areas of adoption and child welfare. She also hopes to become an adoptive or foster parent herself one day. Her desire “to be a light in a child’s darkness” motivates her, in all aspects of her life, to strive for a world in which all children experience love and acceptance in their homes. Please join us in congratulating Emily and wishing her well!
 
 
 
  
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 Stepping Out of Adoption’s Shadow:
Confronting the Problem of Unlicensed Adoption Intermediaries and Online Advertising in Private Domestic Adoption 
 

by Celeste Liversidge, Esq. and Kelsey Vander Vliet Ranyard


A surge in online adoption advertising and the proliferation of unlicensed adoption intermediaries (aka "baby brokers") in the past decade have created a troubling landscape for those impacted by private domestic adoption. Licensed adoption professionals, policymakers, and child welfare advocates should work together to safeguard the well-being of all parties involved in private domestic adoption through education, law enforcement, and legislation.

 

 
 
Below is the link for the complete article: 
 
 
 
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CPFA offers a great opportunity to network with other adoptive parents. CPFA is not an adoption agency, but a volunteer organization working to support those who wish to adopt, and provide educational and networking resources to those who have adopted. Membership is encouraged and is open to anyone concerned with adoption.
 
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Questions? Click the Contact Us page and send us an e-mail! 
  
 
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