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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
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Join us for a FREE VIRTUAL support
group session on Friday, November 20th from 8:00 – 9:30
pm.
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 Holidays can be stressful during the best of times.
Are you feeling overwhelmed how to navigate the holidays
during the pandemic and in this uncertain time? How are you and
your family handling the constant changes; “pivoting” from
different disruptions in school schedules, family gatherings and
work? Is your child feeling your stress? Don’t know where
to turn? CPFA is offering a free and parent only chat
to discuss ideas and challenges on how to make the abnormal more
normal and to help our families cope during the holidays and this
winter.
Join us on Friday, November 20, 2020 from 8:00 – 9:30 pm
EST for The Pandemic Pivot-Navigating the Holidays in
Uncertain Times, Concerned Persons for Adoption’s
(CPFA) FREE virtual support group session via Zoom. Come listen,
ask questions and share your thoughts, concerns and more with
experienced adoptive parents during this “for parents only” chat.
We will send you the link the day before the event.
To reserve your spot, please register at: https://fs17.formsite.com/cpfanj/cpfaCanWeTalk/index.html.
We look forward to “seeing” many of you there!
Visit us at www.cpfanj.org. Follow
and “Like us” on Facebook at Concerned Persons for Adoption-CPFA NJ
at: https://www.facebook.com/cpfa.newjersey.3
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Charitable
Donations to Support Adoption and Foster Care
Starting
in the early stages of the pandemic, we at Concerned Persons for Adoption have had
to cancel many events and move others online, and as we now find ourselves in
what has become a time of triple crisis (Coronavirus, economic recession, and
racial tensions), we wanted to do more to help children. Therefore, the Board
of Directors and Executive Board decided to make a $500 donation to each of two
organizations that work with adopted and foster children. These children's
fears and uncertainties have likely increased exponentially in recent months
given their separation from their families of birth,
members of whom may be sick or struggling financially.
One
of the donations was made to The Center for Adoption Support and Education
(C.A.S.E.). Their CEO, Debbie Riley, is a past keynote speaker at our "Let’s
Talk Adoption"sm Conference. C.A.S.E. offers counseling
services (both telehealth and in-person) for adoptive families, training
programs for professionals, and many educational opportunities for parents through
webinars. For more information on C.A.S.E., visit their website at www.adoptionsupport.org. They are
located at 3919 National Drive, Suite 200, Burtonsville, MD 20866.
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other donation was made locally to Roots and Wings, based in Denville, New
Jersey. Roots and Wings provides young adults who age out of New Jersey’s
foster care system with safe housing, case management, education, counseling,
and life skills in order to empower them toward self-sufficiency. In this time
of triple crisis, it truly must be a daunting task to suddenly be on your own
as an independent young person with no immediate family for support. For more
information on Roots and Wings, visit their website at www.rootsandwingsnj.org. They are
located at 75 Bloomfield Ave, Suite 303, Denville, NJ 07834.
______________________________________________________________________ CPFA supports Black Lives Matter
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Congratulations to the Lynn Witkin/Concerned
Persons for Adoption(CPFA) Scholarship recipient,
Melissa Santana
Each year at the "Let's Talk
Adoption"sm Conference, CPFA presents a scholarship to a
student who is pursuing a degree in Social Work. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic,
the 2020 conference was cancelled; however, the CPFA board unanimously agreed
to present the 2020 scholarship.
The winner of the 2020 Lynne
Witkin/CPFA Scholarship is Melissa Santana. Melissa is a BSW student at
Georgian Court University who will be graduating in August 2020. She intends to
obtain an MSW concentrating on Law and Social Work, with the goal of becoming
an LCSW. Melissa was a foster parent prior to becoming a social work student;
she experienced the child welfare process from beginning to end from a foster
parent's perspective. After 11 years, Melissa was able to adopt her foster
daughter. In her own words she looks "forward to being part of the
solution in making a reality the pursuit of the advancement and implementation
of laws and policies which uphold and secure the protection, education and
health, and when needed, the adoption of children in our state."
The CPFA board members and conference committee congratulate Melissa Santana on
receiving the Lynn Witkin scholarship! ________________________________________________
Most Social Programs are held at the
First Presbyterian Church of Whippany
494 Whippany Road (Rte 10W)
Whippany, NJ 07981
Questions? Click the Contact Us page and send us an e-mail!
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