Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption
2024 Conference Corporate Sponsor
NYS Bill S6357; Preserving Family Bonds Act- TAKE 2
On December 31, 2021; Governor Kathy Hochul VETOED S6357 (The Preserving Family Bonds Act). This bill, which the AFFCNY opposed, would have established procedures regarding orders of post- adoption finalization visitation.
Amanda Calo
Data Coordinator | Assistant to the Associate Executive Director of Programs amanda@affcny.org | 646-688-4321 X1009
Chester Jackson
HelpLine Coordinator chester@affcny.org |Â 888.80.HELPLINE
2021 Conference Book Table Fundraiser
If you purchase any of the books listed on the Coalition's page on the Greenlight Bookstore website here https://www.greenlightbookstore.com/AFFCNY Â using the coupon code AFFCNY15, [...]
Kathy Urbina
Board of Directors
False & Anonymous Allegations and Abuses
If you or your family have had false allegations of abuse or neglect made against your family, please take a few moments to fill out this survey to help us determine the frequency of this issue and the impacts our families.
The Language of Anti-Racist Parenting: 3 Part Event Series
Register for this needed open conversation on how racist language shows up as it intersects with adoption, and how we can support our families towards anti-racist parenting. Starting Wednesday April 7th from 6:30 to 8PM.
Foster Care Awareness Month 2021
May is National Foster Care Month and May 31 is National Foster Family Appreciation Day. This year the Coalition is assisting the New York [...]
The Brain’s Adaptation to Trauma and Toxic Stress | APRIL 21 AGAPE Monthly Educational Trainings
RECORDED APRIL 8, 2021: AGAPE's Renee Hettich and Susan Rausch explore how trauma and toxic stress alters the structure and the function of the brain and will explain how these brain adaptations influence our children’s behavior. WATCH NOW IN THE AFCCNY.NETWORK