Older Child Adoption
More than 100,000 children in the U.S. are living with loving and caring foster families, but these children are still waiting for families to adopt them and to give them a
permanent home. Children in foster care who are waiting to be adopted cannot return to their birthfamilies. They need new parents to love and take care of them. They are often older children from racial or ethnic minorities, or children waiting to be adopted as a group with their brothers and sisters. Most important, they have been hurt by abuse and neglect as well as from having to leave their family and everything that they knew.
If there is room in your heart and home to adopt a foster child, please
contact us. Children are waiting.
What is older child adoption through the State?
Older child adoption is the adoption of children who have been removed from their parents because they have been abused or neglected and cannot return to those parents. These children have been in the care of the State and are in foster care while they wait for a permanent home. They and their siblings may have emotional, behavioral, developmental, or medical challenges. Most, if not all, of the costs associated with the adoption of older children are paid by the State.
Watch and learn from a family who has been through the process of adopting older children.