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Support Groups
On-Line Adoption Support
Kate Donovan Hodgkins, one of our adoptive parents, recently volunteered to start an on-line support group for our waiting families and those with children in the home. Kate and her husband have adopted both through the private domestic and the DCF system. She said the group has been going very well. In fact, she has 'been busy coaching 3 families through the placement process in September! If anyone else would like to join, please email Kate at: simplired12@yahoo.com and put "adoption group" in the comments.
Please ask your social worker for more information on this group.
There is also a free support group for pre-adoptive and adoptive families called "Parenting the Challenging Child". This group is held monthly on the second Thursday. of each month from 6-7:30 p.m at the Old Mystic Baptist Church. Families can call Julie Martin for further information at 860-442-2797 x1249
or e-mail at: challengingchild@yahoo.com.
CAFAP has a newsletter that will advise you of all the support groups that are currently being sponsored by their agency. It also runs a support group for families going through a “legal risk” adoption. Call CAFAP at 800 861-8838 or email at: info@cafap.com
Madison, CT: Lutheran Social Services support group meets usually on the second Wednesday of the month. Contact Lynn Gabbard at (860) 257 – 9899 or (800) 286 – 9889.
Fairfield, CT: Adoptive Families of Fairfield County This group meets monthly and was formed by adoptive parents. Please contact Margot Newkirchen for information at newks@optonline.com.
“Adoptive Families Magazine” is an excellent resource for all adoptive families. This magazine has many helpful and informative articles about various adoption issues.
Kate Donovan Hodgkins, one of our adoptive parents, recently volunteered to start an on-line support group for our waiting families and those with children in the home. Kate and her husband have adopted both through the private domestic and the DCF system. She said the group has been going very well. In fact, she has 'been busy coaching 3 families through the placement process in September! If anyone else would like to join, please email Kate at: simplired12@yahoo.com and put "adoption group" in the comments.
Please ask your social worker for more information on this group.
There is also a free support group for pre-adoptive and adoptive families called "Parenting the Challenging Child". This group is held monthly on the second Thursday. of each month from 6-7:30 p.m at the Old Mystic Baptist Church. Families can call Julie Martin for further information at 860-442-2797 x1249
or e-mail at: challengingchild@yahoo.com.
CAFAP has a newsletter that will advise you of all the support groups that are currently being sponsored by their agency. It also runs a support group for families going through a “legal risk” adoption. Call CAFAP at 800 861-8838 or email at: info@cafap.com
Madison, CT: Lutheran Social Services support group meets usually on the second Wednesday of the month. Contact Lynn Gabbard at (860) 257 – 9899 or (800) 286 – 9889.
Fairfield, CT: Adoptive Families of Fairfield County This group meets monthly and was formed by adoptive parents. Please contact Margot Newkirchen for information at newks@optonline.com.
“Adoptive Families Magazine” is an excellent resource for all adoptive families. This magazine has many helpful and informative articles about various adoption issues.
Agency News
- Sep 16, 2009 - Families Needed:
We are now looking for Connecticut parents to adopt infants of all races, including African-American, through private domestic adoption. The waiting period has become much shorter over this past year, so domestic adoption has become a more viable option for many. As always, we are also seeking families to adopt CT state foster children through our grant-funded program "Project CT's Child". - May 1, 2009 - Check out the Heart Gallery
If you are considering adopting a child from the state foster care system, please visit the "Heart Gallery", a moving exhibit featuring portraits of waiting children. We can help you adopt these and other foster children. You can view these photos at: www.heartgalleryct.org - Apr 17, 2009 - Visit Us on Cable TV
If you live in Southeastern CT, please check out our public access TV show "Families in the Making". The schedule is listed on the section of this website titled: Visit Us on Cable.
- Child Adoption Resource Association :: Eastern CT
- 2 Union Plaza
- Suite 300
- New London, CT 06320
- 860-444-0553
- director@adoptacarakid.org
