Adoption Program

Adoption Fact Sheet

There are about 530,000 children in US Foster care
An estimated 126,000 are eligible for adoption.
Nearly half of these children are over the age of 10
Many have been abused or neglected
Many are members of ethnic or racial minorities
Many have siblings and need to be adopted as a group
Youth in foster care often have special emotional, educational, physical and health needs
The Average child in foster care goes through three different placements and stays in the system for 33 months
About 118,000 can never return to their original home and need permanency
In 2001, about 50,000 children were adopted from foster care.
Nearly 20,000 youth will "age out" of foster care this year
There are about 105,500,000 households in the US

By informing and recruiting 1/10 of 1% of all US families to adopt a child...

that's just one in every 900 families...

We will have enough families to provide a stable permanent relationship for all these children.