Barry Chaffkin
Biography
An active and experienced adoption advocate, Barry Chaffkin works to help children and families in many capacities. He is the director of adoption for the Harlem Dowling-West Side Center for Children and Family Services, the oldest and largest community-based agency devoted to providing out-of-home care for New York City’s children of color, and president of the Adoption Action Network, an independent coalition of adoption professionals and advocates dedicated to improving adoption services in New York State. He also serves as an adjunct lecturer for Columbia University, and is an active member of NACAC’s adoption support and preservation task force. Committed to shaping post-adoption services to benefit everyone connected to adoption, Barry shares below his personal Top 10 list of recent post-adoption stories.
