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Home / Blog / Foster Care Adoption

Meet Thelma | A Teen at Risk of Aging Out

February 9, 2019 by Staff Contributor

Thelma smiles brightly in the snow.

Every year over 23,000 kids age out of U.S. foster care. Please take a moment to get to know a few of the kids that need to match with families before it's too late. Thelma is a very social teen

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Filed Under: Foster Care Adoption, Waiting Children

Five Years

January 30, 2019 by Guest Contributor

A teen girl smiles while looking back at her mother. She was adopted from foster care at 13.

It’s hard to believe that it has been five years since Hope moved in from her last foster home. In some ways it seems like it couldn’t possibly be that long; in other ways it feels like a lifetime

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Filed Under: Adoptive Family Stories, Foster Care Adoption, News

Infographic | What happens when kids age out of foster care?

January 23, 2019 by Staff Contributor

A small part of an infographic on kids aging out. It points out that 60% of boys end up with criminal charges and 7 in 10 girls end up pregnant before age 21.

Older youth are often overlooked because we, as a society, believe they don't need a family. We have convinced ourselves that these kids have made it on their own for this long, they should be able to

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Filed Under: Foster Care, Foster Care Adoption, News

Research Request | Adoptees and Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing

January 15, 2019 by Staff Contributor

A woman in her 20s looks at a model of a DNA strand.

Heewon Lee, a Korean adoptee and genetic counseling graduate student at the University of Minnesota, is recruiting participants for a research study about direct-to-consumer genetic testing (e.g.,

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Filed Under: Foster Care Adoption, Infant Adoption, International Adoption, News

The Holidays When You’re Longing for a Baby Can Be So HARD

December 19, 2018 by Creating a Family

This content was originally published by Creating a Family, the national infertility education and support nonprofit. Let's pause for just a moment to recognize that this season of joy is also a

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Filed Under: Foster Care Adoption, Infant Adoption, International Adoption

Raymani Wins Hearts Like a Superhero

December 7, 2018 by Staff Contributor

Sheena, Tyrai, Railyn, J.R. and Mani smile for a photo in their superhero t-shirts.

3-year-old Raymani and 5-year-old Jesse still talk about Dec. 14, 2017. It was “Big Brother Day,” a day when Jesse showed his new little brother how to build toys at Build-a-Bear and they went to

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Filed Under: Adoptive Family Stories, Foster Care Adoption

Life Changes When You Adopt from Foster Care

December 4, 2018 by Guest Contributor

Ashley, Frank and their daughters adopted from foster care smile among pine trees in the snow.

During this season of giving we find ourselves reflecting on all the wonderful gifts we received this year---the greatest of which was the adoption of our bright daughters Sky (8) and Leyna (7). We

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Filed Under: Adoptive Family Stories, Foster Care Adoption, News

3 Things You Can Do If You’ve Been Inspired by Instant Family

November 16, 2018 by Staff Contributor

A still frame from the film, Instant Family, with the family sitting at a diner. Here's what you can do after the movie.

Instant Family premieres this weekend amidst a flurry of conversations in the adoption and foster care community. The movie is based on the true story of a couple, played by Mark Wahlberg and Rose

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Filed Under: Events, Foster Care, Foster Care Adoption, News

A Very Foster Christmas and an Adoptive New Year

November 11, 2018 by Staff Contributor

A picture of a street with holiday decorations and the words "A Very Foster Christmas and an Adoptive New Year, Dec 8 4 PM"

Joyful Noize Productions is putting together a show celebrating the foster/adoption community and YOU are the stars. They have an open call for story tellers who want to share their first-person

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Filed Under: Adoptee Reflections, Adoptive Family Stories, Birth Parent Reflections, Events, Foster Care, Foster Care Adoption, Infant Adoption, International Adoption, News

$1500 Adoption Grant Available for Home Study Approved Families

October 24, 2018 by Staff Contributor

A couple works on their application for a grant from Adoption is Love fund.

Adoption is Love Fund is still accepting applications for their grant. The $1,500 grant was created by an adoptive family hoping to help prospective adoptive parents with adoption expenses. Grants are

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Filed Under: Foster Care Adoption, Infant Adoption, International Adoption, News

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