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2. Wisconsin Department of Children and Families - Wikipedia

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   The Wisconsin Department of Children and Families (DCF) is an agency of the Wisconsin state government responsible for providing services to assist children and families and to oversee county offices handling those services. This includes child protective services, adoption and foster care services, and juvenile justice services.

3. Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act ...

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   Those who participate in the AB12 program are considered non-minor dependents of the county in which they were placed into foster care. Foster youth are allowed to re-enter the program up until age 21 if they opted out earlier. [8] The AB12 program allows for two additional supervised independent living setting placements for non minor dependents.

4. Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption - Wikipedia

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   The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption is a nonprofit public charity dedicated to finding permanent homes for children waiting in foster care in the United States and Canada. [2] Created in 1992 by Wendy's founder Dave Thomas , who was adopted, the Foundation implements evidence-based, results-driven national service programs, foster care ...

5. How much does the average adoption cost? The answer ... - AOL

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   The average cost of adoption can vary by state, country and type of adoption: domestic adoption, international adoption and adoption through foster care.

6. Adoption in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Most adoptions in the US are adoptions by a step-parent. The second most common type is a foster care adoption. In those cases, the child is unable to live with the birth family, and the government is overseeing the care and adoption of the child. International adoptions involve the adoption of a child who was born outside the United States.

7. Orphan Train - Wikipedia

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   Orphan train. The Orphan Train Movement was a supervised welfare program that transported children from crowded Eastern cities of the United States to foster homes located largely in rural areas of the Midwest short on farming labor.