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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
(Click on our 2024 Calendar of Events for more)
 
 
Mark your calendar for upcoming CPFA events.
Additional information will be provided closer to the event date. 
 
 
Saturday, October 19: 8:30 am - 2:00 pm: CPFA’s 10th Family Conference
Please join us for our tenth “Family Conference” that will feature topics that are sure to be of interest to many families, including workshops for prospective parents, adoptive parents and children ages eight to teens. 
 
Thursday, October 24: 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm: CPFA Adoption Book Group
Please join us for a lively and thought-provoking discussion on “There There” by Tommy Orange.
All meetings will be held in person at Panera Bread, 187 Colombia Turnpike, Florham Park.
To view the book please visit:
 
Friday, November 8: 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm: “Can We Talk?” (via Zoom)
To help celebrate National Adoption Awareness Month, please join us for a special virtual Zoom presentation.
Topic TBD. More information to follow.  
 
Holiday Donations – November to early December:
We will offer the opportunity to donate through our website so CPFA may purchase holiday gifts and/or gift cards for foster children within the Division of Child Protection and Permanency (DCP&P), CASA or other organizations that support children in foster care/or have been in foster care. 
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Join Us for Our 10th Annual

Concerned Persons for Adoption (CPFA)

Family Conference

For Youth Ages 8-16 and Their Parents/Caregivers

Saturday, October 19, 2024: 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM

(Doors open at 8:30 AM for registration and light breakfast)

 
 
 

First Presbyterian Church of Whippany

494 Route 10 West, Whippany, NJ 07981

Our half-day series of workshops is open to pre-adoptive parents, adoptive parents, foster parents, foster children, and adoptees.

 Please click the link below for the Family Conference registartion and information flyer:
 
 
Please click on the link below for the Conference Workshop Descriptions flyer below:
 
 
 
Space is limited so please register early! 

FREE for current CPFA members, $25 fee per family for non-members.*

This fee will entitle your family to a year of CPFA membership.


*The conference includes a continental breakfast. A light lunch/networking session will be offered at the end of the workshops to meet and speak with professionals and other parents and adoptees on a more intimate level.
A complementary pizza lunch will be offered. For more information, please contact
Michelle Mulhern, Conference Coordinator at 201-400-4465 or [email protected]

 
  
 
 
 
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  A big Thank you to all who attended the  

CPFA Summer Family Picnic on 

Saturday, July 27th

It was a beautiful day to be at the beach!

 
 
 
  
 
 
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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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 For a PDF version of this article, click below:
 
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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.
 
If you would like to make a tax deductable donation to CPFA please use this link:
 
 
Questions? Click the Contact Us page and send us an e-mail! 
  
 
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