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                                            Organization: 
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                                        Interwoven Connections
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                                            Executives: 
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                                        Julie Despaties - Founder and Executive Director 
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                                            Service Description: 
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                                        Support, advocacy and guidance to adoptive parents and families * advocacy for the needs and priorities of adoptive families with communities and with political organizations * research * connects families to community organizations and agencies through partnerships
  Peer to Peer Network - Group or individualized support to parents and youth includes developing transition plans during the adoption journey, such as at placement, attending school, joining a new community, through a divorce or during the addition of a new sibling * advocacy with Children's Aid Society (CAS), school or mental health services * locally and culturally representative
  Support Groups - Province wide, in person or virtual available * events and special meetings * registration required
  AFCCA Family Supports Program - Community of support dealing with aggression towards family, caregivers in childhood and adolescence
                                         
                                         
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                            
                             
                            
                            
							
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                                            Fees: 
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                                        Free membership
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                                            Application: 
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                                        Visit website
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                                            Eligibility / Target Population: 
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                                        Adoptive, awaiting parents and families across Ontario
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                                            Languages: 
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                                        English ; French
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                                            Language Notes: 
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                                        French programs offered
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                                            Area Served: 
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                                        Ontario
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                                            Last Updated:
                                        
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                                        8/12/2025
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                                            Service Profile Web Address:
                                        
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                                        eng/displayService.aspx?id=172733
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