Social Media Ideas for Foster Adoption

Exploring adoption as a single parent: Questions to ask with confidence

There are over 70,000 children waiting for adoption in the foster system every year according to federal data from NCFA and ACF. Yet, many prospective parents assume single-parent...

Milwaukee couple adopts four children after eight years as foster parents

After years of trying, couple finds their forever family through adoption

ST. AMANT- After five years of trying to have children, Rev. Merton Wilcox, an assistant pastor at the Apostolics of Ascension, and his wife received a call about two years ago tha...

You May Be More Prepared For Foster Parenting Than You Think

Foster parenting readiness starts with everyday care. Learn how to become a foster parent, support children, and confidently begin the foster care process, too.

Riverside County Foster Agencies Address Training Barriers That Deter Prospective Parents

Riverside County foster agencies, such as Knotts Family Agency, are addressing training and access barriers that keep prospective parents from beginning the application process to...

Foster caregiver info meeting set for Tuesday

Right now, the agency has about 150 to 200 children in foster care.

'Foster fits': Puppy pair finds forever home, will train to be service dogs

A woman named Carolyn Mariano adopted two puppies, Lalo and Lilo, which she originally intended to foster after a news report prompted an influx of applications to the Hawaiian Hum...

California Agency Closures Drive San Bernardino Foster Families to Prioritize Specialized Support

A wave of closures tied to California's foster care insurance crisis has limited placement options statewide, and San Bernardino County families are looking to local foster family...

Greyhound foster mum urges others to take in ex-racing dogs waiting for 'forever families'

Agencies say demand for greyhound adoptions is overwhelming, but they're desperate for more foster homes.

Contact With Birth Parents After Adoption

The post Contact With Birth Parents After Adoption appeared first on Lifetime Adoption.

The Power of Love: Celebrities Who Were Adopted and Their Impact

Families come in all different forms, and adoption is one of them. Adoption is an incredibly special thing, and it impacts people from all walks of life, even celebrities and other...

The Truth About Being Chosen: What Adoptive Parents Need to Know

Melissa perched on the edge of her chair, with a cup of hot coffee in her hands. She grabbed her phone and started to eagerly browse her adoption agency‘s website, something that s...

Foster Dog Finds an Adopter on His Second Day, but There Was Just One Problem

Sometimes the dog you plan to care for temporarily has a way of quietly becoming part of your heart before you realize what is happening. That was the unexpected experience of one...

Positive Effects of Adoption on the Child

The post Positive Effects of Adoption on the Child appeared first on Lifetime Adoption.

New report on child welfare finds Oregon keeping more kids with family instead of foster care

In recent months, Oregon has been placing foster children with their relatives at rates higher than the nationwide average, a state report found. The post New report on child welfa...

UK’s adoption system crisis: Over 3,000 children trapped in instability with shortfall of families to welcome them

Charities and adoption organisations have seen a 25 per cent drop in the number of potential adopters being approved

Raising Money for Adoption: Where to Start?

Once hopeful adoptive parents find out how much adoption costs, their next question is usually the same: where do I even start raising money for adoption? It’s a fair question. Dom...

Young couple's adoption dream comes true with arrival of daughter

Rachel and Dave, who began talking about adoption when they were just 18 and 20 years old in 2015, brought home their daughter Posy.

What America Could Learn From How Other Countries Recruit Foster Families

by Hanna Heller at CDN - Foster care recruitment works very differently depending on which country runs it, and the United States could learn something from watching how other sys...

Family Doesn’t Support Your Adoption Plan? What to Do

If your family doesn’t support your adoption plan, start by finding out what they’re afraid of. Most opposition comes from love, outdated ideas about adoption, or grief over losing...

Foster Kitten Finds Her Forever Family — A Little Girl’s Goodbye Makes It Even More Moving

Five-year-old Scarlett has a pretty good, almost adult grasp of what fostering means, even if saying goodbye to her foster cat Rose is still hard. In the @chicagoblackcat video, sh...

Color Walk meant to bring awareness to foster care

More than 200 people registered for Josiah White’s Foster Care I Walk With Fosters Color Walk on Saturday morning at Jackson Morrow Park in Kokomo.

Program for young adults leaving foster care helps build a foundation for independent living

For some young adults, life after foster care can come with its own set of challenges, especially without a support system.

Barnardo’s Cymru adoption service praised as ‘skilled and experienced’ in inspection

An adoption service has been praised in a new inspection report.