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Programs for the Journey to Parenthood

The Edlavitch DCJCC Parenting Center helps people on the path to parenthood find information, connections, and community in what is often an isolating and overwhelming process.  LGBTQ and straight, couples and single parents, Jewish and non-Jewish, people of all colors and abilities — all are welcome to take advantage of our programming and resources.

An image of babies and toddlers of various ethnicities wearing colorful onesies and sitting side by side in a long line.

UPCOMING PROGRAMS:

PATHWAYS TO PARENTHOOD (VIRTUAL)
Wednesday, May 17, 7:00 PM
Join us for a Zoom discussion about different paths to family building. Our panel will include a fertility doctor, representatives from an adoption agency and the DC foster care system, a lawyer who facilitates egg donor and gestational carrier agreements, and parents who have built families in a variety of ways including IVF, egg donation, sperm donation, gestational surrogacy, domestic adoption, international adoption, and foster care.  The program will consist of brief formal presentations from each of our panelists followed by lots of time in breakout rooms for more intimate conversations and questions.

LGBTQ and straight, couples and single parents, Jewish and non-Jewish — are all warmly welcomed.  Come prepared to ask questions, get support, and connect to other people on the path to parenthood.

Co-presented by the EDCJCC’s Parenting Center & GLOE – the EDCJCC’s Kurlander Program for GLBTQ Outreach and Engagement in partnership with the Jewish Fertility Foundation, Greater DC.

Register for this program


ONGOING LOCAL SUPPORT FOR JEWISH FAMILY BUILDING:

RECENT PROGRAMS:

ADOPTION: STARTING THE PROCESS (VIRTUAL)
Please join us for a virtual discussion about various paths to adopting a child.  Hear from an adoption lawyer, from representatives from an adoption agency and from the foster care system, and from parents who have built families through domestic, international, private, agency, and public routes.  LGBTQ and straight, couples and singles, Jewish and non-Jewish, people of all colors — are all warmly welcomed.  Come with questions.

TOPICS IN MODERN FAMILY BUILDING: A THREE PART SERIES
Join us for a virtual series on topics in Modern Family Building. The first session will focus on the decision and process of freezing eggs for future fertility use. The second session will explore the choice to create a one parent family.  And in the third session, we’ll discuss what’s involved in building a family through gestational surrogacy.  Each session will include a panel of professional experts and parents sharing personal experiences. Register for any session or all three!  LGBTQ and straight, singles and couples, Jewish and non-Jewish — are all warmly welcomed.
Co-presented by EntryPointDC, Parenting Center, and GLOE

 

Resources:

The Edlavitch DCJCC does not sponsor the organizations listed below.  They are provided here for informational purposes only. 

GENERAL

FERTILITY SUPPORT

Gestational Surrogacy

ADOPTION AND FOSTER CARE

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