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Register Now for the Following Upcoming Events!
RSVP and join directly in the AFFCNY.Network or register below!
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Once you register for a training or event, we’ll send you link access and reminders. Just follow the directions and fill out the forms as instructed.
PACE Yourself – A Virtual Reframing Support Group
This support group is for participants who have taken the Reframing Parenting series. This will be a group to practice and discuss how we can use the principles and strategies in our everyday lives with our children.
Monthly Parent Gatherings: Virtual Support and Education Group for ALL Parents!
Open to all Foster, kinship and Adoptive Parents through the State! Join us on the fourth Thursday of the month!
NYC AGAPE; Staten Island Monthly Community Meal
Every 1st Sunday of the month! Enjoy a delicious hot meal with community and conversation. Free for all! Door prizes and resources for AGAPE families .
AGAPE Central New York’s Caregiver Connection LIVE for Tompkins County
A Free, In-Person, Parent Support Group for adoptive, foster, or kinship families in CNY. Monthly every 2nd Friday from 10:00 AM - to 11:30 AM in Ithaca.
AGAPE Hudson Valley Family Fun Day at Bowdoin Park
The Hudson Valley AGAPE Team invites all HV AGAPE families to join us at Bowdoin Park on Sunday, July 21st from 2:00 PM-4:00 PM
NYC AGAPE Family Fun Day: Movie Night: Inside Out 2: The Teen Years
The New York City AGAPE Team invites adoptive, kinship and foster families in the five boroughs to join us at the AMC Magic Johnson Theater, in Manhattan, on July 3, 2024
Long Island AGAPE Family Fun Day – Tye Dye!
The Long Island AGAPE Team invites all LI AGAPE families to join us at in Old Bethpage on July 16, 2024 from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM for an evening of tye dying!
CNY AGAPE Family Fun Day: Cayuga County – July 2024
Join the CNY AGAPE team for a FREE FAMILY FUN DAY at Fillmore Glen State Park in Moravia, NY!! Register now for July 21st!
AGAPE Central New York Caregiver Connection LIVE! for Chemung County AM
Meets monthly on third Thursday 12:30-1:30pm | A Free, In-Person, Parent Support Group for adoptive, foster, guardian or kinship families in Central New York with a location easily accessible for our Chemung families!
AGAPE Central New York’s Youth Hangouts for Chemung County
Join the Central New York AGAPE team for a fun filled night of connection created specifically for youths of enrolled AGAPE families aged 17 and under. Monthly every 4th Thursday from 6:30- to 7:30 PM in Elmira, NY.
AGAPE Central New York’s Caregiver Connection LIVE for Chemung County
A Free, In-Person, Parent Support Group for adoptive, foster, or kinship families in CNY (with a corresponding Youth Hangout!) Monthly every 4th Thursday from 6:30- to 7:30 PM in Elmira.
AGAPE Long Island Caregiver Connection LIVE forNassau and Suffolk
A Free, In-Person, Parent Support Group for adoptive, foster, or kinship families in Nassau and Suffolk Counties. Monthly every 4th Tuesday from 6:30- to 8:000 PM in Old Bethpage..
AGAPE Long Island’s Youth Hangouts for Nassau Suffolk
Join the Long Island AGAPE team for a fun filled night of connection created specifically for youth 17 and under. Monthly every 4th Tuesday from 6:30- to 8:00 PM in Old Bethpage!
AGAPE Hudson Valley’s Caregiver Connections LIVE for Orange and Sullivan Counties
Meeting the Second Monday of Every Month from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM in Goshen | A Free, In-Person, Parent Support Group for adoptive, foster, or kinship families in the Hudson Valley ~ serving Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster and Westchester Counties with a location easily accessible to those in Orange and Sullivan Counties!
AFFCNY-NTI Coaching Consortium | Summer 24
The Adoption and Foster Care Therapist Network's AFFCNY-NTI Coaching Consortium provides ongoing support through 1 cohort meeting per month with other professionals led by National Adoption Competency Mental Health Training (NTI) Implementation Specialists. RSVP for New Cohort beginning June 2024
AGAPE Hudson Valley’s Caregivers Connection LIVE for Dutchess and Ulster Counties
Meeting the First Monday of the month form 6:30- to 8:30 PM in Poughkeepsie | A Free, In-Person, Parent Support Group for adoptive, foster, or kinship families in the Hudson Valley ~ Encompassing Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster and Westchester Counties with a location easily accessible to those in Dutchess and Ulster Counties!
AGAPE Caregiver Connection LIVE for Putnam and Rockland Counties
A Free, In-Person, Parent Support Group for adoptive, foster, or kinship families in Putnam and Rockland Counties. Monthly every 2nd Tuesday from 6:30- to 8:000 PM.
AGAPE Long Island Caregiver Connection Virtual for Nassau and Suffolk
A Free, VIRTUAL, Parent Support Group for adoptive, foster, or kinship families in Nassau and Suffolk Counties. Monthly every 1st and 2nd Tuesday from 6:30- to 8:000 PM in the AFFCNY.Network
AGAPE Central New York Caregiver Connection VIRTUAL!
For parents in Central New York and the Southern Tier! RSVP and join us the first Thursday of the month from 7:30 to 9 PM EXCLUSIVELY in the AFFCNY.Network.
AGAPE Hudson Valley Weekly Caregiver Connection VIRTUAL!
Our Orange County, Delaware County and New Paltz Parent Support Groups have merged to form the HUDSON VALLEY AGAPE CONNECTIONS GROUP. Now Meeting EVERY Thursday evening online from 7:30PM to 9PM!
Rockland Caregiver Connection Virtual Support Group
Join us in the AFFCNY.Network now the fourth Tuesday of every month! RSVP for meeting reminders and access.
Just Adoptees: Virtual Support JUST for Adopted Adults
A support group designed for JUST ADOPTEES! Meeting on the 4th Wednesday of the month from 6:30PM - 8:00 PM. RSVP for access information!
“After The Kids Move In” Weekly Live Radio and Podcast
Join Pat O’Brien every Sunday night as he talks to an amazing arrays of guests! LIVE every Sunday evening from 6:30 to 7 PM EST on radio stations 1240AM and 95.9FM. Or listen now to the Podcast and archived shows!
AGAPE Virtual Educational Training Series
AGAPE: Adoption and Guardianship Assistance Program for Everyone presents: Virtual Parent Educational Trainings! Once you register for one – you will receive quarterly reminders for all trainings in the series. Trainings are also recorded, so you may access any ones missed or requiring review.
Make sure you check out the Coalition’s Statewide Calendar and the our “Most Important Things” newsletter to receive important updates, too.
Certificates of Training Hours
We will be offering Certificates of Training Hours upon request for select trainings and virtual events. Please click here for instructions on how to request certificates.
The Adoptive and Foster Family Coalition of New York programs and services are of no charge to families, every dollar donated helps us bring these needed support groups, trainings and events to the families that need it.
Your generous gift allows us to continue and expand vital Coalition programming like this!