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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 Our programs for 2025 are available on the Events Calendar! Mark your calendar for upcoming CPFA events. Additional information will be provided closer to the event date. _________________________________________________________________________________ Save the Date! Concerned Persons for Adoption (CPFA)
is offering a FREE “talk”
“Navigating Birth Parent Relationships"
Presented by Rebecca Gallese, LCSW
with NJ Adoption Resource Clearing House
via Zoom Friday, January 31, 8:00-9:30 pm EST To reserve your spot, register here: Navigating relationships with your child’s birth parents
can be complicated and can be one of the hardest parts about being an adoptive
parent. This talk will explore why connections and relationships with birth
parents are so meaningful and beneficial to your child’s well-being. We will
discuss ways to search, encourage and support the relationship between your
child and their birth parents and ways to prepare and respond to challenges
that may arise.
Presented by Rebecca Gallese, LCSW along with the NJ Adoption Resource
Clearing House, the speaker will also lead an insightful discussion on tips on to
search for birth parents, ideas on what to do if your child does their own search
on social media and share support that may be helpful.
Don’t miss this opportunity to listen, ask questions, and share your
thoughts, concerns, and more with our guest expert and experienced adoptive
parents. We
look forward to seeing you then! Follow
us to learn more about CPFA and all our events!
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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. __________________________________________________________________________________ | __________________________________________________________________________________ Join us to discuss Austerlitz
by W. G. Sebald
with the CPFA Book Group! Thursday, January 23, 2025
NEW TIME & LOCATION! 7:00-8:30 pm, Florham Park Diner
182 Ridgedale Avenue, Florham Park, NJ 07932 Reading the book is encouraged, but not required. Austerlitz, the internationally acclaimed masterpiece by “one of the most gripping writers imaginable” (The New York Review of Books), is the story of a man’s search for the answer to his life’s central riddle. A small child when he comes to England on a Kindertransport in the summer of 1939, one Jacques Austerlitz is told nothing of his real family by the Welsh Methodist minister and his wife who raise him. When he is a much older man, the fleeting memories return to him, and obeying an instinct he only dimly understands, he follows their trail back to the world he left behind a half century before. There, faced with the void at the heart of twentieth-century Europe, he struggles to rescue his heritage from oblivion.(goodreads.com)
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THANK you for your support!
Wishing you a wonderful holiday season! _________________________________________________________________________________ THANK YOU to all of the participants, presenters, and volunteers who helped make the 10th annual Family Conference a success on Saturday, October 19th. __________________________________________________________________________________ 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!  _________________________________________________________________________________ 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: _________________________________________________________________  For a PDF version of this article, click below: _________________________________________________________________________________ For any questions, inquiries or information about CPFANJ or upcoming events, please contact us at: _________________________________________________________________________________ Follow and “Like us” on Facebook  @: Follow us on Instagram  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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