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How to adopt & foster. Getting started; Envisioning your family; Getting approved; Being matched with a child; Receiving a placement; Finalizing an adoption; State information
Search our database of thousands of children available for adoption using the criteria below.
The process you will need to go through to adopt or foster; Next steps to take on the journey to adoption or becoming a foster parent; If you attend an orientation meeting, all you need to do is: Show up with an open heart and mind. Ask questions and listen carefully to what the presenters say.
AdoptUSKids exists and is funded to support adoption of children from US foster care. If you are interested in pursing an international adoption, we recommend you visit the US Department of State’s Intercountry Adoption website .
While you can sort the thousands of children photolisted on AdoptUSKids by state, not all children a state has available for adoption are photolisted on our website. Additional waiting children for some states can be found on the websites listed below.
The children on our website are either legally free for adoption or adoption is their permanency plan. A few states will only terminate a parent’s rights after an adoptive placement has been identified. Are children from all 50 states featured on adoptuskids.org? Nearly all states work with AdoptUSKids to find homes for children in foster care.
According to the most recent federal data, there are currently more than 400,000 children in foster care in the United States. They range in age from infants to 21 years old (in some states).
According to Child Welfare Information Gateway, working with a private agency to adopt a healthy newborn or baby or to adopt from another country can cost $5,000 to $40,000. Some agencies have a sliding scale based on the prospective adoptive parent’s income.
Through adoption, older children are connected to a family that can provide a sense of stability, lasting connections, and guidance with important life tasks—including enrolling in higher education, finding stable housing, securing employment, and establishing healthy relationships.
AdoptUSKids educates families about foster care and adoption and gives child welfare professionals information and support to help them improve their services. We also maintain the nation’s only federally funded photolisting service that connects waiting children with families.