Post Adoption Link | Sacramento

Post Adoption Resources

Sacramento area adoption related support groups.

Therapeutic services for adopted children and their families can be accessed through several funding streams and vary in scope and level of treatment.

Education and Training

Our Community Calendar lists upcoming trainings.

Books Lists and Lending Libraries

Recommended books for adoptive parents and children.

Schools/Special Education

This program provides mental health services to Special Education students who have significant mood/behavioral problems impacting their education performance and require clinical intervention in order to successful at school.

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Post Adoption Link is dedicated to helping Sacramento area adoptive families navigate post adoption supports, resources and educational information related to the special needs of adoption.

Adoption Support Groups

Please call each group before attending to make sure that schedule changes have not occurred. Meeting times may change during holiday weeks as well.

Capital Adoptive Families Alliance (CAFA) Support Group Meetings by and for Adoptive Parents. 4th Wednesdays monthly, 6:30 pm. River Oak Center for Children, Carmichael. www.meetup.com/Capital-Adoptive-Families-Alliance Kim Brown 916-834-3700.
Yolo County Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Association 1st Fridays. Sandy Weiss 530-756-0183
Sacramento - 6:30 - 8pm - 2nd Thursdays monthly. Sierra Forever Families 8928 Volunteer Lane @ Watt/Folsom. Facilitated by Rebecca Buchmiller, Post Adoption Specialist. Advance Child Care Reservations Necessary 916/368-5114. Questions? Call Rebecca. 916/484-0410. Also open To Individuals not yet placed with a child. Earn Foster Care Education Credits. Free Child Care.
Sacramento Single Parents, and Gay & Lesbian Parenting Support - 6-8pm. 2nd Wednesdays Monthly. Kathy Steenberg, LCSW 916/368-5114 . Call Ahead for Child Care.
Marysville (holiday date change) - 12 noon - 2pm - 4th Thursdays monthly. First United Methodist Church 730 D Street. Child Care on Advance RSVP - Rebecca Buchmiller 1-800- 268-2967. All welcome.
Nevada County (holiday date change)- 6-8pm. 4th Thursdays. Facilitated by Rebecca Buchmiller. Reservations Necessary for On-Site Child Care: 530/478-0900 Sierra Forever Families, 138 New Mohawk Rd. Nevada City. Call Rebecca with any questions or needs: 1-800-268-2967.
It Takes a Village - Transracial Parenting. 6 pm Lilliput Children’s Services, Giving Your Child Roots and Wings. RSVP to Mallory Ichikawa. Call 916-688-4750 for details. Fee Applies.
Perspectives - Support Group for Transracially Adopted Teens. 2 & 4 Tuesdays monthly 6-7:30 pm. Lilliput Children’s Services. RSVP to Mallory Ichikawa 916-688-4750.
Hand In Hand Adoption Support Group Post Adoption Coffee Nights Out - Borders Bookstore, Roseville. Patty Soulsby ROCKYSFANS@aol.com. Intercountry, Independent, and other Adoptions. Meetings and family events. Email group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HandInHandFamilies/
Davis Asperger’s Parent Support 4th Wednesdays monthly 7-9pm at Davis Senior Center. Contact Dede Douglass 530-759-8817.
Aspergers Support Meetings: Sacramento - http://www.sacramentoasis.com/index.htm
Adoptive Families Together - Online Discussion Group: Moderated online group provides parents with a 24-hour support forum, focusing on children with challenging behaviors and complex needs. Parents use the online group to seek information, share stories, gain and offer support. The group's knowledgeable and experienced parents are especially helpful to newly forming families. If you are interested in joining, email: aftlist-subscribe@yahoogroups.com to subsribe.
Capital Adoptive Families Alliance (CAFA) support group meetings by and for adoptive parents. 2nd Thurs of each month: 6:30-8:30 pm Sunrise Community Church, 8321 Greenback Ln, Fair Oaks, 95628. www.meetup.com/Capital-Adoptive-Families-Alliance Kim Brown 916-834-3700.

Post Adoption Link is powered by Capital Adoptive Families Alliance (CAFA) adoptive parents in the Sacramento area to help assist other adoptive families through the challenges of childrearing. It is funded through Community Championship Network -- a project of Jockey International's Jockey Being Family Initiative and the North American Council on Adoptable Children. This site is supported through a public-private collaboration between Sacramento County, nonprofit agencies, and adoptive parents.

Last modified on: April 21, 2011

For Information Please Contact: capadoptfam@yahoo.com

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