At Spence-Chapin Services to Families and Children, an accredited non-profit with over 115 years of dedication, we champion the welfare of children, support women and families, and offer unwavering guidance through all our adoption-related programs and beyond. We continually evolve to meet the needs of the adoption community and advocate for vulnerable children worldwide.
Our mission is driven by the simple belief that every child deserves a family.
Mission Statement:
The mission of Spence-Chapin is to help find loving families for children whatever their needs or circumstances and provide counseling and support for all children and the families to whom they have been born or entrusted.
Vision Statement:
A world where adoption is a celebrated choice, every child belongs, and all families are embraced.
Core Values:
Compassion
Dignity
Integrity
Inclusivity
Leadership
Each year, the services and programs that Spence-Chapin offers impact the lives of children, women, families, and more, all around the world.
1,300+ Counseling and coaching sessions are provided to members of the triad
500+ Children living in orphanages around the world benefit from the Granny Program
600+ Individuals participate in Spence-Chapin Community Programming
450+ Days of Interim Care are provided to newborns
500+ inquiries answered for adoption records and information
40+ children connected to permanent families
100+ Birth Parents receive options counseling and support
750+ Healthcare professionals receive training from Spence-Chapin staff
Find loving parents for children in need of adoption, and guide parents through every step of the adoption process.
Our Hague-Accredited program connects children living overseas who are in need of loving homes to their forever families.
Placing children with severe medical challenges with loving adoptive families who are able to care for their ongoing needs.
Pairing children living in long-term facilities with a caregiver who provides them with consistent, one-on-one care and attention.
Support through coaching, counseling, and community programming starting from the beginning of the adoption journey and continuing for a lifetime.
Spence-Chapin promotes equal opportunity for all clients by complying with local, state and federal laws and regulations. We do not exclude, deny applicants, or otherwise discriminate on the basis of race, ancestry, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, citizenship, military device obligation, veteran status or any other basis protected by federal, state or local laws. Our policies and practices are intended to ensure that all clients are treated equally.
Spence-Chapin’s roots can be traced to the early 1900s and the pioneering work of Clara Spence, and Dr. and Mrs. Henry Chapin, who independently established nurseries out of concern for homeless infants abandoned in hospitals and shelters. The Spence and Chapin nurseries each broke new ground in developing social work techniques for adoption and, after the merger, continued to pioneer in the adoption field.
Today, Spence-Chapin is proud of our role as a prominent voice and leading advocate for adoption, and of our commitment to the well being of all members of the adoption triad: birth parents, adoptive parents, and their children.
Waiting Children Profiles
Thank you for your interest in adopting through Spence-Chapin! We are able to share the profiles of children who are considered to be the most in need and are waiting internationally to be matched with an adoptive family. The children featured on this page have been waiting for the longest to find families and consist of children who are older, part of a sibling group, or children with a diagnosed medical condition. In order to respect the privacy of these children, this page has been password protected.
Spence-Chapin takes the privacy rights of the children that we are seeking to place very seriously, and share the profile with you under the following conditions:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF PASSWORD ACCESS
That you acknowledge and understand that
1. Misuse of the content, and/or linking to any sites that reflect practices that involve the sale, abduction, exploitation, or trafficking of children is strictly prohibited.
2. You have been given limited access to confidential information in the form of images that you will not disclose to any person or in any manner that is inconsistent with applicable policies and procedures of Spence-Chapin Services to Families and Children.
3. The confidentiality obligation shall continue indefinitely, including at all times after my association with Spence-Chapin Services to Families and Children.
4. You are not permitted to release, copy, distribute, or sell any of these images to third parties in any form.
5. Impermissible disclosure of the images may result in legal actions being taken against you, by or on behalf of that person.
6. You are doing this freely, voluntarily and with a full understanding of what you are agreeing to by entering/accessing this blog.
7. Thank you for your interest in providing a loving home for a waiting child! We look forward to connecting with you soon to continue discussing adoption paths at Spence-Chapin. We hope that you like us on Facebook, follow us on twitter, and keep up with our families through our adoption blog!
Warm regards,
The Adoption Team at Spence-Chapin
Phone: 212-400-8150
Email: [email protected]
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