Foster Care Adoption
In the last five-year span, approximately 60,000 children were adopted each year from foster care. But over 100,000 kids are currently waiting to be adopted. They are ready and available for permanency. They are simply waiting in the system for adoptive homes.
Almost 370,000 kids are currently in foster care while a decision is made about whether they can return to their biological families or become available for adoption. The need for both foster homes and adoptive homes is significant in the U.S. We offer more information about how to become a foster parent here. If you are considering adopting from the foster system, read on.
Sources: various CreatingaFamily.org podcasts and CreatingaFamilyEd.org online courses as linked, and the AFCARS Report 30, FY2022