Help Us Determine the FUTURE of CPFA !
Your input 📝 is urgently requested!
Please visit:
to access the survey.
As an adoption support group founded in 1972, Concerned
Persons for Adoption (CPFA) has seen many changes
throughout the years.
We are now at a critical crossroad, experiencing a decline in
program attendance and struggling to recruit new members
and volunteers. We need your input to determine whether CPFA
is still a viable and relevant support group.
We have created a survey that should take only a few
minutes to complete. Please complete the survey as
thoroughly and honestly as possible. The more
responses we receive, the better informed our decision
will be regarding the future of CPFA.
We thank you in advance for
participating in our survey.
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The Lynne Witkin/CPFA Scholarship
Sponsored by Concerned Persons for Adoption www.cpfanj.org
Lynne Witkin was a social worker,
adoptive parent and volunteer advocate for adoption. She recognized the need
for an annual gathering of professionals and parents and in 1979, pioneered New
Jersey’s first “Let’s Talk Adoption” Conference. Lynne also served as president
of Concerned Persons for Adoption, the adoptive parent support group which has
continued to coordinate this conference since her death.
This scholarship is offered in the
hope of helping and encouraging qualified social work majors who are interested
in pursuing a career in the area of adoption/child welfare. There are currently
over a half million children in the U.S. in foster care. More than 100,000 of
these are awaiting adoptive parents. There is a critical need for caring,
capable social workers to enter the field of child welfare - protective
services, foster care, adoption, post-adoption services and the like,
especially at this time in New Jersey.
Deadline for application submission is April 1, 2024
Scholarship winner will be
announced May 15, 2024.
See link below for additional information and the scholarship application:
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Stepping Out of Adoption’s Shadow:
Confronting the Problem of Unlicensed Adoption Intermediaries and Online Advertising in Private Domestic Adoption