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Adoptive Mothers Club of Morris County
Post-adoption information-sharing, social and support group meets 7:30pm the 2nd Tues. of most months Sept.-June at Denville Community Church, 190 Diamond Spring Rd.
Adoptive Parents Committee
PO Box 725, Ridgewood, NJ 07451, 201-689-0995.
Non-profit support and education organization offers pre- and post-adoption workshops, monthly meetings at FDU–Hackensack, newsletter, social events, play groups and annual conference in November.
Children’s Aid & Family Services Inc.
76 S. Orange Ave., Suite LL01, South Orange, 973-762-5887. Loving, adoptive homes needed for infants and school-age children. Therapeutic foster parents also needed.
Children’s & Family Services Programs
200 Robin Rd., Paramus, 201-261-2800. Confidential post-adoption counseling services offered free of charge to families with children up to 18 years old. Birth parent support group meets monthly for birth parents who are contemplating adoption, have placed children, or are in the process of search and reunion.
Concerned Persons for Adoption
908-273-5694. Volunteer organization, open to anyone concerned with adoption, provides education, support and social opportunities to those who wish to adopt and to those who have adopted. Meets at First Presbyterian Church, 494 Rt. 10W, Whippany. See website for event schedule.
KinKonnect
877-KLG-LINE (877-554-5463). An Information Center for Kinship Care families. Services include an empathic listener when you call, resources for families such as support groups, free lending library, newsletter, training workshops and comprehensive website. Resources to free kinship legal counseling for families that obtained KLG through the Division of Youth and Family Services.
Morristown Post-Adoption Support Group
973-267-8698, 973-455-1268. Support group affiliated with NJ Coalition for Adoption Education and Reform and American Adoption Congress meets 1pm on 1st Sat. of the month at Presbyterian Church Parish House, 65 South St., Morristown. Adoptive parents, birth parents, adoptees, professionals and significant others welcome. Email: janenast@aol.com.
New Jersey Adoption Resource Clearing House - NJ ARCH
The One-Stop Resource for those Touched by Adoption. Services include an empathetic listener when you call, resources to support groups, mental health and medical professionals, adoption agencies and listing of local adoption related events. Lending library, buddy family and adoption support group advocacy available. Contact the Warm Line at 877-4-ARCHNJ (877-427-2465).
Spence-Chapin Adoption Resource Center
Unitarian Church of Montclair, 67 Church St., Montclair, 212-360-0259. Post-adoption service provides continuing education and support for everyone involved in adoption through a series of workshops and speakers during the school year.
www.AdoptiveFamilies.com
National adoption magazine and website provides valuable information to pre- and post-adoptive families.
FOSTER CARE
Catholic Charities Therapeutic Foster Care
1-866-247-HOME . Individuals, families and homemakers of all ethnicities and religions are needed to provide therapeutic foster care, short term foster care and
emergency care to babies 0-6 months and children 5-18.
Just Babies
973-921-1033. Foster homes needed to provide a temporary, loving and safe haven for babies born to alcohol or drug-addicted mothers. Training and support provided. Fost-adopt homes also.
New Jersey Resource Families
1-877-NJFOSTER. Relative, foster and adoptive families needed for New Jersey children who need families that are loving, stable and safe.