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You don't have to navigate life's challenges alone.
The Center for Adoption Support and Education (C.A.S.E.) offers supportive spaces where families can connect, share experiences, and
grow together.
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C.A.S.E.'s virtual support groups provide a safe space to share personal experiences and feelings, offer mutual support, provide encouragement and comfort, and are facilitated by adoption-competent therapists and members of the adoption constellation with lived experience.
Our virtual support groups are designed to meet the unique needs of:
- Adult Adoptees
- Parents in Racially Diverse Families
- LGBTQ+ Families
- and More...
| | Upcoming Virtual Support Groups | | |
Ask An Adoptee
Meets 1st Tuesday
Starting May 5, 2026 | 7:30-8:30pm EST
COST: FREE
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Join this monthly drop-in space for members across the constellation of adoption to connect in dialogue over questions surrounding the adoption experience. To promote dialogue, certain months will have different intended audience groups, i.e. adoptees, individuals with foster care/kinship care experience, adoptive parents, partners of adoptees, etc. This is intentional to promote safe spaces for folks to connect, learn,
and grow.
Led by Adult Adoptees, Rachel Shifaraw, C.A.S.E. Creative Content Specialist and
Catey Yost, C.A.S.E. Emerging Leader, Chair
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Lunch Break Parent Support
Meets 3rd Monday
Starting May 18, 2026 | 12:00-1:00pm EST
COST: FREE
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C.A.S.E. is excited to continue the Lunch Break – Parent Support Group for adoptive, foster, and kinship parents and caregivers! Topics covered include relationship building, grief and loss, birth family relationships, coping skills and self-care, and so much more. In this monthly group, we will engage in thought provoking, honest conversations, receive support and guidance, and leave better equipped with expanded knowledge, skills, and confidence – knowing you are not alone. We look forward to seeing you there!
This is a drop-in group and participation at every session is not required.
Led by C.A.S.E. adoption-competent therapists, Sarah Sullivan, LMSW and
Elizabeth Bryan, LCSW-C
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Meets 1st Thursday
7:00-8:30pm EST
| Next session is May 7, 2026. | |
In acknowledging the lifelong journey of adoption, the Adult Adoptee Support Group fosters an environment where participants will be able to voice some of the challenges, triumphs, and identity work unique to adult adoptees.
Led by Adult Adoptees, Tony Hynes, Ph.D., C.A.S.E. Content and Training Specialist and Rachel Shifaraw, C.A.S.E. Creative Content Specialist.
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Meets 3rd Wednesday
7:00-8:30pm EST
| Next session is May 20, 2026. | COST: $25, one-time payment, lifetime access | |
This support group will provide a space where interracial adoptive parents of children (and adults) of all ages can share their experiences about parenting children of a different race, while fostering a sense of community.
Led by Adult Adoptee & C.A.S.E. Content and Training Specialist, Tony Hynes, Ph.D.
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Meets 3rd Thursday
7:00-8:30pm EST
| Next session is May 21, 2026. | |
In this support group, you will have the opportunity to talk about the challenges you and your family may be going through, while receiving support from a professional with lived experience in a LGBTQ+ household. There is sometimes a lack of understanding for the intersecting experiences LGBTQ+ families face.
Led by Adult Adoptee & C.A.S.E. Content and Training Specialist, Tony Hynes, Ph.D.
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The Center for Adoption Support and Education (C.A.S.E.) is a national leader in mental health, ensuring the well-being and permanence of children, families, and individuals connected to adoption, foster, and kinship care. We work across every level of the permanence ecosystem—delivering direct services, training professionals, and driving systems change—to ensure families stay together and thrive. Our approach is rooted in Adoption Competence: a deep understanding of the unique experiences shaped by loss, identity, trauma, belonging, and more.
Founded by families in this community, C.A.S.E. has been advancing this mission since 1998. We believe every child deserves lasting connection, and every family deserves the support to make it possible.
Learn more: adoptionsupport.org.
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