It doesn’t matter how far along you are—it’s never too early or too late to reach out to us. When you’re ready, we can set up a time for you to meet with one of our counselors, at a place convenient to you.
Your Cradle Counselor will serve as your guide throughout your home study, educational workshops, and placement. Our commitment to you is lifelong—we want your child and your family to thrive.
The Cradle hosts webinars, courses and workshops to help families, professionals and community members increase their understanding of adoption and parenting.
It doesn’t matter how far along you are—it’s never too early or too late to reach out to us. When you’re ready, we can set up a time for you to meet with one of our counselors, at a place convenient to you.
Your Cradle Counselor will serve as your guide throughout your home study, educational workshops, and placement. Our commitment to you is lifelong—we want your child and your family to thrive.
The Cradle hosts webinars, courses and workshops to help families, professionals and community members increase their understanding of adoption and parenting.
The Cradle is proud to celebrate 100 years of building families through adoption. We are so proud of our legacy. Since opening in 1923, The Cradle has facilitated over 16,000 domestic and international adoptions and has been at the forefront of open adoption, African American infant adoption and placements with LGBTQ+-identifying families. Learn more about our 100-year history.
Read, watch and listen to the stories of people whose lives have been touched by The Cradle and consider sharing your story with us.
05dec6:30 pm7:30 pmCentennial Virtual Storytelling Event6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
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A virtual event commemorating our Centennial anniversary.
(Tuesday) 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
The Cradle is a beloved and storied organization, having helped so many families form over the past 100 years. We are so proud of our legacy. Since opening in 1923, The Cradle has facilitated more than 16,000 domestic and international adoptions and has been at the forefront of African American infant adoption and placements with LGBTQ+ families. There is much to celebrate in the pages that follow. We hope you enjoy learning about The Cradle’s history, evolution and impact.
We provide lifelong support to individuals and families touched by adoption thanks to the generosity of our community of donors. Learn how your gift can honor 100 years of impact!
As The Cradle approaches this rare milestone, we are committed to honoring and engaging adopted persons, adoptive parents and siblings, birth parents and siblings, grandparents, friends and supporters in our celebrations. Please join us!
Want to volunteer? Contact Susan Matejka at smatejka@cradle.org.
Contact Susan Matejka at smatejka@cradle.org to learn how to support these sponsorship and outreach opportunities and provide visibility in front of thousands of individuals and families locally and across the country.
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