Support Groups
Children need support on the lifelong journey of adoption — and so do adults.
Connecting with other people who share your experiences helps you thrive. That’s why Pact is committed to creating safe, supportive, no-cost spaces where all members of the adoption triad can build community with peers who understand them. All our support groups are grounded in Pact’s honest, anti-racist, child-centered approach to adoption.
You can attend an adoption support group every month, or drop in occasionally. Virtual meetings are held via Zoom; in-person meetings are generally held at Pact headquarters in Emeryville, CA. Most support groups are FREE to all members of the communities they serve, and all groups are free to Pact members. Pre-registration for each meeting is required. Register on our Events page.
Learn more about Pact’s ongoing support groups for:
- Adult adoptees and former foster youth of color
- Adoptive parents of color
- First/birth families
- Transracial adoptive parents
- Adoptive parents of teens and young adults of color
You can also request to join Pact’s private Facebook groups for:
- Adult adoptees and former foster youth of color
- Adoptive parents of color
- First/birth families
- Transracial adoptive parents
- LGBTQ adoptive parents of children of color
We strive to make our programs as inclusive as possible—if you are part of a group that you feel could benefit from Pact support, please contact us.
Adult Adoptees & Former Foster Youth of Color
This longstanding monthly support group is a safe space exclusively for adoptees and former foster youth of color. You can be you in all your beautiful complexity—we get you.
Virtual meetings: first Tuesday of each month, 5:30pm Pacific Time (8:30pm Eastern)
To receive notices of upcoming meetings, complete this interest form.
Facebook group: Open to all adult adoptees and former foster youth of color; request to join.
Adoptive Parents of Color Collaborative
This ongoing adoption support group is exclusively for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) adoptive and foster parents. Yes, we do adopt! This is a space for adoptive parents of color to build community, receive support, and reflect on shared experiences.
Virtual meetings: fourth Tuesday of each month, 4pm Pacific Time (7pm Eastern)
To receive notices of upcoming meetings, complete this interest form.
Facebook group: Open to all adoptive parents of color; request to join.
First/Birth Families
This support group provides a safe, supportive community for those related by birth to a child placed in adoption or foster care. This group is for parents, grandparents, siblings, aunts and uncles by birth of children placed for adoption.
Virtual meetings: fourth Wednesday of each month, 4pm Pacific Time (7pm Eastern)
To receive notices of upcoming meetings, complete this interest form.
Facebook group: Open to all first/birth family members of adoptees of color; request to join.
Transracial Adoptive Parents
This adoption support group provides a “brave space” where transracial adoptive parents (primarily white parents of children of color) can build community and have honest, race-conscious conversations about the joys and challenges of transracial adoption. Pact membership required.
Virtual meetings: first Wednesday of each month, 4 pm Pacific Time (7pm Eastern)
To receive notices of upcoming meetings, complete this interest form.
Facebook group: Open to all transracial adoptive parents; request to join.
Adoptive Parents of Teens & Young Adults
This support group provides safe space where adoptive and foster parents of teens and young adults of color (usually ages 15-25) can talk about the parenting challenges. Pact membership required.
Virtual meetings: third Wednesday of each month, 4:00pm Pacific Time (7:00pm Eastern)
To receive notices of upcoming meetings, complete this interest form.
LGBTQ Adoptive Parents
LGBTQ parents and children are valued members of the Pact community. This Facebook group provides support and community for LGBTQ adoptive parents of children of color. Request to join.