Showing posts with label foster to adopt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label foster to adopt. Show all posts

Friday, March 12, 2010

A Family For Every Child

Laura gave me this article in Reader's Digest to read about a lady in Oregon who got frustrated with the foster care system and set out to find homes for these children. It is really cool thing she did.

Check out afamilyforeverychild.org to learn more

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Foster Care, Foster to Adopt and Domestic Adoption

I am going to provide some resources for those of you interested in foster care and foster to adopt.

There is a link for each state's child welfare system
Child Welfare Information

There is also a link that allows you to set parameters on the type of child you are looking for, based on the sex of the child, age, siblings, etc.
Child Search

Indiana has pictures and information on older children and sibling sets that are "legally free" for adoption (meaning paperwork wise, there parent's right have been terminated). New pictures are added frequently.
Indiana Department of Child Services

Within this website, there is a Heart Gallery, which focuses on trying to find families for older children and sibling sets, providing more information, professional pictures and sometimes videos. They change this every couple of months. You can find this by going to the above website, click on bottom left "Heart Gallery", then "Visit the Gallery". Here is the direct link:
Heart Gallery

We will be hosting the Heart Gallery (a display with 8x10 pictures of these kids and information) for 2 weeks in April, so stay tuned. I have added these links to the right side of the blog.