Licenses and Affiliations

Spence-Chapin is a private, not-for-profit adoption agency specifically authorized by the states of New York and New Jersey. In addition, many other states allow Spence-Chapin to place children. Spence-Chapin is a member of the Child Welfare League of America, which sets standards for adoption and child welfare practice, and the Joint Council on International Children's Services, the oldest and largest professional affiliation of international adoption agencies.