Support Groups

support groupAll MLJ Adoptions’ Support Groups are open to the entire adoption community, as well as some specifically for clients of MLJ Adoptions. During these meetings you can bring your questions and difficult situations to address with a Support Specialist and other supportive parents. 

Please make sure that you sign up for each group that you plan to attend, as groups may be cancelled based on low turnout.

  • Adoptive Parents Support group meetings are currently suspended due to low participation. If you are interested in activating this group, please let us know. Adoptive Parents Support Group is for those currently parenting children that have been adopted. During these meetings you can bring your questions and difficult situations to address with a Support Specialist and other supportive parents. These meetings are open to the community; however, we ask that you signup on our calendar to let us know that you plan to attend, so we can notify all of any changes or cancellations due to weather or low turnout.
  • Bulgaria Parents group meetings will be held quarterly via AnyMeeting. During these meetings parents can meet with other families hoping to adopt from Bulgaria or families who have already had a child join their family through this program, and receive answers to basic questions, and discuss their experiences with the adoption process. These meetings are open only to MLJ Adoptions’ clients in the Bulgaria program at this point. We ask that you signup on our calendar to let us know that you plan to attend.
  • Congo Parents group meetings will be held on the third Tuesday of each month via AnyMeeting. During these meetings parents can meet with other families hoping to adopt from Congo or families who have already had a child join their family through this program, and receive answers to basic questions, and discuss their experiences with the adoption process. We ask that you sign up on our calendar to let us know that you plan to attend.
  • Mexico Parents group meetings will be held monthly via AnyMeeting. During these meetings parents can meet with other families hoping to adopt from Mexico, and receive answers to basic questions, and discuss their experiences with the adoption process. These meetings are open only to MLJ Adoptions’ clients in the Mexico program at this point. We ask that you signup on our calendar to let us know that you plan to attend.
  • Nicaragua Parents group meetings will be held monthly via AnyMeeting. During these meetings parents can meet with other families hoping to adopt from Nicaragua or families who have already had a child join their family through this program, and receive answers to basic questions, and discuss their experiences with the adoption process. These meetings are open only to MLJ Adoptions’ clients in the Nicaragua program at this point. We ask that you signup on our calendar to let us know that you plan to attend.
  • Samoa Parents group meetings will be held on the first Tuesday of each month via AnyMeeting. During these meetings parents can meet with other families hoping to adopt from Samoa or families who have already had a child join their family through this program, and receive answers to basic questions, and discuss their experiences with the adoption process. These meetings are open only to MLJ Adoptions’ clients in the Samoan program at this point. We ask that you signup on our calendar to let us know that you plan to attend.