Helping Children Heal from Sexual Abuse is a Free, virtual Parent Support Group for adoptive, foster, or kinship families raising children who have previously suffered sexual abuses.

WHEN: Scheduled to meet monthly on the third Tuesday at 7 PM

WHERE: Exclusively in the in the AFFCNY.Network

Please join Hudson Valley AGAPE team for an open parent support group via video chat. We will provide educational discussion-based concepts of self-care, advocacy support for your child through their sometimes-difficult behavior, and a safe space to connect with other parents who share similar experiences.

We encourage all foster, adoptive, and guardianship parents to build connections with others who “get it.” During our bi-weekly virtual Hudson Valley Connection Group, we will show a brief training; leaving plenty of time to discuss the topic and open the floor up to anyone looking for resources, advice, or a non-judgmental space to share what’s on their mind.

2026 Schedule: 1st and 3rd Thursday from 7:30-9:00 pm–

May 21; June 4, 18; July 2, 16; August 6, 20; September 3, 17; October 1, 15; November 5, 19; December 3, 17

A Free, Virtual, Parent Support Group for adoptive, foster, or kinship families.

All the single parents (all the single parents) Put your hands UP!

We have a support group just for YOU! The parent who is doing the most rewarding and challenging job in the world!

We know single parenting isn’t for the faint of heart and we face unique issues. We don’t have a partner to “tag out” with when our kid is overwhelming us with their needs or to share the sense of pride when our kid learns to walk, scores a goal or graduates from high school. Our hope is to have a safe place where you can connect with other single parents to share your triumphs and joy, your strategies for staying sane amidst the chaos and also find new ways to recharge and take care of the most important person in your child’s life…YOU!

Scheduled to meet monthly on the second Friday from 7 to 8:30 PM

June 12, 2026; July 10, 2026; August 14, 2026; September 11, 2026; October 9, 2026; November 13, 2026; December 11, 2026

Open to ALL Foster, Kinship and Adoptive Parents Throughout the State!

Dates:

July 23, 2026; August 27, 2026; September 24, 2026; October 22, 2026; November 26, 2026, rescheduled for 3rd Thursday November 19^th; December 24, 2026, rescheduled for 3rd Thursday December 17th

FREE!

This Virtual Support Group for Parents of Teens is for adoptive and foster parents of teenagers looking to make connections and build a network of support with other parents in a similar stage of life.

The virtual group will be held for 6 weeks starting Monday, September 14, 2026, through October 19, 2026, from 6:00 – 7:30 PM EST.

Meeting Dates: 9/14, 9/21, 9/28, 10/5, 10/12, and 10/19

FREE!

Please note: This workshop is for caregivers raising adopted, foster, or kinship children who have been exposed prenatally to alcohol or drugs.

This evidence-based, trauma-informed workshop helps parents recognize the signs and symptoms of prenatal substance exposure and trains them on techniques that work best with kids exposed prenatally to alcohol and drugs. Each 90-minute session is held on Zoom and includes facilitated discussion with other caregivers working with these children. We are able to offer this free workshop through the support of the Jockey Being Family®Foundation.

Workshop Dates (4.5 CE hours for 3 sessions):
All Sessions begin at 7 pm Eastern Time Zone. Seating is limited.

The financial aspect of adoption can feel overwhelming, but families do not have to navigate it alone. Join us for a virtual webinar with adoptive mother and adoption finance expert Kelly Ellison as we discuss practical ways families can prepare, plan, and pursue adoption with confidence. During this webinar, Kelly Ellison, Founder and CEO of Your Adoption Finance Coach, will provide an overview of the financial resources available to families pursuing adoption. This session will serve as a helpful introduction to the many grants, loans, fundraising strategies, employer benefits, and other resources that can help offset adoption-related expenses.

Families who move forward in an adoption program at Spence-Chapin will also receive access to Your Adoption Finance Coach’s full range of individualized services at no additional cost.

** We have chosen the Go to Webinar Platform to respect that during the exploration phase, some families are not yet ready to share their hopes to adopt with others and in Go to Webinar, your names and faces will not be visible to other participants. But we are always happy to support families in building an adoption community! If you do feel ready to connect with other pre-adoptive or adoptive parents, please let us know and we can facilitate introductions for those who wish to be connected to other families.**

Cost: $22.00

Understanding Anxiety & Aging. Presented by Stephanie Goldstein LBSW. Everybody has anxiety. Anxiety is a normal human response to perceived danger. But if a senior is experiencing anxiety when there is no real threat, there may be an anxiety disorder diagnoses that requires treatment. This interactive seminar will discuss the different types of anxiety disorders that impact older adults, including generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, panic disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Symptoms, causes, and treatment options will be covered extensively.

This is a free event open to adults of color who were adopted or are former foster youth. Space will be provided for participants to explore and share experiences around international adoption, foster care, transracial/interracial adoption, search and reunion, birth/first family and other topics of interest to the group.

FREE!

Join PK Law Estate Planning Attorney Helen Smith to learn the basics of wills, trusts and probate and the legal documents you need including powers of attorney and health care directives to protect you and your family. This is a recorded webinar.

Free!

One of the hardest questions families face is knowing when it’s time to bring in additional care. The decision often comes with uncertainty, guilt or fear of “waiting too long.” At the same time, professionals play a key role in recognizing the warning signs and helping families make timely, informed choices that support safety, recovery, and quality of life.

Rather than waiting for a crisis, professionals can help families see the value of introducing care earlier—whether during hospital discharge, after rehab, or when day-to-day challenges begin to impact health and independence. By identifying risk factors such as medication non-adherence, mobility concerns, or missed follow-ups, professionals can guide families toward care options that prevent readmissions, reduce stress, and promote peace of mind at home.

Join Pact’s Executive Director and fellow adoptive parent, Beth Hall, to find community and talk about transracial adoption, race and identity issues that may be coming up for you or members of your family. The focus for these calls is transracial adoption. These free calls are open only to current members of Pact. If you have not purchased a Pact membership (or your membership is not current) you can join at pactadopt.org.

R.A.C.E. training session 2 will explain what eugenics is and how it is related to racism in the mental health field. This session will identify which psychological testing supported racist policies and practices, as well as identified areas in which social workers participated in racist programs. This session will also describe the significance of the Doll Experiments. Our speakers will also address how racist theories emanating from the mental health field impacted Indigenous people and people of Asian descent.

Continuing Education Credits will be offered for this event.

ONE DAY. ENDLESS RESOURCES.

Stronger Together.

FREE Countywide EVENT OPEN TO ANYONE!

200 RESOURCES. 1 POWERFUL EVENT.

All in One Place. All for Our Community.

DOORS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

11:00 AM – 2:00 PM

RESOURCES TODAY. Stronger Tomorrow.

Registration Fees:

FFTA Members: Free
Non-members: $75

This live webinar has been approved for 1.25 Clinical Continuing Education hours.

Online registration is available until: 10/7/2026

Placement stability is important to the well-being of youth placed in foster care, with youth who have fewer placement disruptions experiencing better emotional and behavioral outcomes. This workshop will present a quality improvement initiative implemented by a foster care agency to understand why placement disruptions occur and how to prevent them from occurring in order to maintain placement stability. How to transform data into clinical and programmatic action items—and the benefits of doing so—will also be discussed.

$40 (Live webinar + recording)

Fall Open Enrollment, also called the Annual Election Period, takes place from October 15 to December 7 and is the time of year when people with Medicare can make changes to their coverage options. Knowing how to navigate coverage options will help you or your clients make the most informed decisions during Fall Open Enrollment.

Experts from the Medicare Rights Center will discuss the following topics:

• Changes beneficiaries can make during Fall Open Enrollment
• Strategies for making coverage decisions
• Medicare marketing rules
• Important Medicare reminders

Our International Team is excited to host this webinar and to share information about adopting from South Africa. Spence-Chapin is proud to have the longest history of any US-based agency of facilitating adoption from South Africa and we work with adoptive families living across the entire United States. The South Africa program welcomes adoptive applicants regardless of marital status or sexual orientation. In this webinar we will discuss common medical and developmental needs of children who are currently living in South Africa and waiting for their forever families. We will provide an overview of the adoption process. We look forward to answering any questions you may have about adoption in general and specific questions about adoption from South Africa.

** We have chosen the Go to Webinar Platform to respect that during the exploration phase, some families are not yet ready to share their hopes to adopt with others and in Go to Webinar, your names and faces will not be visible to other participants. But we are always happy to support families in building an adoption community! If you do feel ready to connect with other pre-adoptive or adoptive parents, please let us know and we can facilitate introductions for those who wish to be connected to other families.**

The Urgency of Now – Ending Isolation by Creating Effective Community Ecosystems