Find a Parent Group

You are not alone! Find more caregivers with shared experiences and get peer-to-peer help.

Parent groups allow you to connect with other families with similar stories, get and give advice, and feel supported through every step of your family’s journey.

Families Rising maintains a database with many adoption-related support groups from across the US and Canada.

Please note that some groups serve a region or even state while others serve a smaller community.

Want to add a parent group that is not in the database below — or make a correction? Please use this form and we will make the change.

To search by location, please type the state, province, or territory name in the search box below (just above the letters of the alphabet).

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Adopt America Support Group
Adopt Salon Constellation Support Group – Los Angeles
Adoption Adventure Support Group
Adoption Associates
Adoption Community of New England
Adoption Identity Movement of MI, Inc.
Adoption Information Ctr of IL
Adoption Network Cleveland
Adoption Network Cleveland
Adoption Parenting Support
Adoption Support for Kentucky
Adoption Support Group
Adoption/Infertility Support Group
Adoptions Together Forever Support Group
Adoptive Families Coming Together
Adoptive Families of the Capital Region, Inc.
Adoptive Families Together
Adoptive Families Together
Adoptive Family and Teen Support Group, Adoption Network Cleveland
Adoptive Family Support Network
Adoptive Parents Committee
Adoptive Parents Committee
AFT Program MSPCC
After Adoption & Parent Srvs for Families
AFTER Adoptive Parent Education #4
AFTER Adoptive Parent Education #6
Alaska Attachment and Bonding Associates
Antioch University Seattle
Asian Play Group
Attachment & Trauma Network, Inc.

B

Boone County Foster/Adoptive Parent Support Group
Born From My Heart
Broward Foster & Adoptive Parent Association
Brown Legacy Foundation

C

Canadian Coalition of Adoptive Families
Celebrate Adoption
Center for Adoption Support and Education
Center for Adoptive Families
Centers for Children & Families
Central Missouri Foster Care & Adoption Association
CHAIN Resource Parent Group of Maryland
Chester County PAS Groups
Chester County PAS Groups
Children of Choice Consulting
CHS of NC
Circle of Parents Support Group for Adoptive and Guardianship Families
Coalition of Adoptive Families Support Group
Colorado Coalition of Adoptive Families (COCAF)
Concerned Persons for Adoption
Concerned Persons for Adoption
Coordinators/2
Council on Adoptable Children of Austin
Council on Adopted Children of Texas Inc.
Cross Cultural Families of Native Children
CT Alliance of Foster and Adoptive Families
CT Foster & Adoptive Parents Assn
Cuyahoga County Cluster Support Group System

D

DePaul Community Resources

E

El Paso Foster & Adoptive Parent Association
Erie County Adoption Resource Center

F

Families Adopting In Response
Families for Russian Ukranian Adoption – New Jersey
Families Helping Families
Families on the Move
Family Service of El Paso
Fayette Co Adoptive Parents Support Group
First Connections
Florida State Foster/Adoptive Parent Association
Forever Families of NC
Forever Families of the Dakotas
Fost-Adopt Support Group
Foster Adopt Children Today
Foster/Adopt Support Team
FosterAdopt Connect
Fostering Adoptive Families
Fredericksburg Area Foster & Forever Families
Friends in Adoption
Friends in Adoption

G

Generations of Hope
Georgia Center for Resources & Support
Grafted Families Adoption Support Group

H

Hands Around The World
Heart Attach Parent Group
Heart to Heart Post Adoption Support and Education
Heights Area Adoption Support Group
Help One Child
Heritage Foster Adoption Support Inc
HOPEful Healing Training and Consultation

I

Iowa KidsNet/Four Oaks

J

K

Kern Bridges Youth Homes
Kids & Families Together

L

Lake Cumberland Adoption Support
Long Island Adoption Families Support Group
Lutheran Adoption Service
Lutheran Social Srvs.

M

Miami Dade/Monroe Kinship Parent Association
Mission Adoption
Morristown Post-Adoption Support Group

N

New Brunswick Adoption Support Network
New York Council on Adoptable Children
North County Adoptive Parent Assn

O

One Church One Child of Maryland, Inc Community Parent Support Group
One Church One Child, Oklahoma
Orchards Children’s Services
Origins USA Support Group for People Separated by Adoption
Ours through Adoption of Northeastern WI

P

PAC – People for the Adoption of Children
Parent Network for the Post-Institutionalized Child
Parenting Together St. Lawrence County: Foster, Adoptive, Kinship Support Network
Parents Adoption Group of Erie
Parents Adoption Lifeline, Inc.
Pinellas Council on Adoptable Children
Post Adoption Resource Center
Post Adoption Resource Center
Program for Early Parent Support

R

Raising Healthy Families
Riverdale Family Program

S

SAFE support group, United Methodist Family Services
SAFE-T-NET
San Mateo Co Adoption Education Grp
Single Parent Adoption of Ontario
South Carolina Foster Parent Association
South Carolina Foster Parent Association
Stars of David
Stephen S. Wise Adoption Support Center
Sylvia Thomas Center for Adoptive & Foster Families

T

Tac Tics AD/HD Adoption Resource Center
The Adoption Center of the MidSouth
The Evermore Center
The Foundation for Large Families
The Post Adoption Services Project
Together as Adoptive Parents
Tri-City Coalition for Post Adopt Supports & Servs

U

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

V

Voice United, Inc.
Volusia, Flagler, Putnam Post Adoption Support Group

W

Western Wisconsin Advocates for Adoption
WI Foster and Adoptive Parent Assn, Inc.
WI Foster and Adoptive Parent Association, Inc (WFAPA)
WNY Foster Adoptive Families Association

Y

Yuba-Sutter Foster Adoptive Parent Association
Last Updated: January 11, 2025