SPENCE-CHAPIN’S DOMESTIC ADOPTION PROGRAM goes back to the early 1900s when the independent Spence and Chapin nurseries began placing orphaned infants with permanent families. With a century’s worth of experience, Spence-Chapin provides the comfort and expertise that prospective adoptive parents appreciate.

Throughout our history, Spence-Chapin has been a progressive advocate on behalf of all children. Our African-American adoption program, started in the 1940s, is one of the most respected programs of its kind.

Today, Spence-Chapin works with prospective adoptive couples and singles from many different backgrounds. The babies we place reflect the diversity of the adoptive families we work with, and of the New York community at large.

Increasingly, our adoptive parents realize the value of maintaining some degree of regular communication with their child’s birth parents. It is our belief that open adoption is deeply beneficial to all parties: birth parents, adoptive parents and the adopted child. Learn More

 

Meet Our Staff

Antoinette Williams

Assistant Director for Domestic Adoption

“We have a wonderful team of experienced and caring adoption professionals who are the best at what they do. For us, every adoption applicant is unique. And every adoption gives us the opportunity to help build and support families. The process of adopting can be exciting, perplexing and overwhelming. Our staff is committed to sharing our knowledge and wisdom with each adoptive family every step of the way.”

We regret that, due to the popularity of the Spence-Chapin Domestic Adoption Program, we are not able to accept new applicants at this time.

It has long been the practice of the agency to limit the number of waiting families to the number of expected adoption placements.

We hope to schedule our next Domestic information meeting in Spring 2010, when space opens up in the program.  Please check this website for further updates and announcements.