When children are unable to be safely reunified with their families and are placed in the permanent custody of the agency by Juvenile Court, they become available for adoption.

Many of the children:

• Are older
• Have siblings
• Have special needs

Foster Care and Adoption recruits adoptive parents from diverse backgrounds and income levels who are committed to providing a permanent family for children in need. Adoptive parents may qualify for financial assistance to help them support their adoptive children.

All children available for adoption are in some form of foster care setting. This means the parental rights of the child’s parents have been terminated, making the child legally free for adoption.

Foster parenting may, under some special circumstances, be an avenue to adoption. Foster parenting can sometimes make it possible for a child to enter your home sooner than if you wait until a particular child becomes available for adoption. In fact, adoptions by former foster parents make up a large percentage of our adoptions.