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Finding Forever Families: A Step-by-Step Guide to Adoption US – Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption

Finding Forever Families: A Step-by-Step Guide to Adoption US – Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption Adoption can feel overwhelming. This step-by-step guide is the perfect first step to understand the adoption journey. This will help you know what to expect at each phase of adoption.

How to Adopt a Child from the U.S. Foster Care System

How to Adopt a Child from the U.S. Foster Care System Learn how to adopt a child in the U.S. foster system. Get answers to common questions about adopting from foster care.

Help Children in Foster Care This Holiday Season

Help Children in Foster Care This Holiday Season

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“I spent 1,149 days in foster care and I was never adopted.
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I entered foster care at the age of 15. My biological parents had their rights terminated my senior year of high school. The permanency plan the state created for me was for me to age out of the system and be thrusted into the “real world” at the age of 18.
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If we want to discuss adoption from foster care, we need to talk about the kids that weren’t adopted.
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* 5% of kids adopted from foster care are between the ages or 15-18
* 20% become homeless the day they age out of the system
* 60%-90% of victims rescued from human trafficking spent time in foster care
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The reality is that 23,000 youth will age out of foster care this year alone. I know personally how hard it is to navigate life after foster care and I don’t want other youth to age out of care and have this be their reality.

When considering adoption, please keep these youth in mind.”

This is one of the many reasons why we do what we do here at Together We Rise.
If this story touched you, please consider joining us tomorrow on Giving Tuesday.

Domestic Adoption is Possible Through Foster Care | Together We Rise

Domestic Adoption is Possible Through Foster Care | Together We Rise Together We Rise is a nonprofit that helps children in foster care and their families. Today we chat with Allison about her Domestic Adoption.

Help Kids in Foster Care Celebrate Their Birthday

Help Kids in Foster Care Celebrate Their Birthday Together We Rise is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to changing the way kids experience the foster care system. Join us!

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"I could never foster, because I'd never be able to give them back." We've heard it a thousand times since we started this journey and the day has finally come that we had to say goodbye. Was it impossibly hard, yes. Did our hearts break, yes. Is everyone nervous about what the future holds, of course. Would we do it all over again? Yes, a million times yes.
Friends, there has never been more beautiful story than watching children and families heal and come back together again. These kids spent 10 months being loved by a huge community. They were constantly surrounded with by friends and family who embraced, prayed and cared for them.
My heart is broken in an entirely new way, but that is not a reason not to foster. It is a privilege to be a foster family, to be trusted by another mother to care and support their family during challenges. To lift all of them up and help them come back together.
I encourage you to get involved in the foster care community. Come along side us... Continuing to say yes is the easiest decision we have ever made.”

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Foster Care and Adoption Legislation 2020 | Together We Rise

Foster Care and Adoption Legislation 2020 | Together We Rise Foster care and adoption legislation is currently in the works for this election season. Together We Rise compiled a list of pending legislation.

First single gay man to adopt a child in Scotland shares his joy after becoming a dad

First single gay man to adopt a child in Scotland shares his joy after becoming a dad Thomas knew from a young age that he wanted children in his future, but as a single gay man he thought it was "impossible" for him to adopt.

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Kids in foster care deserve more than a trash bag to move their belongings in. We give free duffle bags to kids in foster care across the nation. Sponsor one or request one for a foster child here: sweetcases.org

Single dad adopts 13-year-old who was abandoned 2 years earlier at hospital

Single dad adopts 13-year-old who was abandoned 2 years earlier at hospital With no explanation, Tony's mother and father who adopted him nine years ago, left him at an Oklahoma hospital and never returned.

The Realities of Raising a Kid of a Different Race

The Realities of Raising a Kid of a Different Race An in-depth look at the myths of transracial adoption

Adoption Through Foster Care at Record High | Together We Rise - Blog

Adoption Through Foster Care at Record High | Together We Rise - Blog Record high for adoption through foster care brings to light the duality of more parental rights being terminated and new adoptions.

Adopting Through Foster Care: Jeena's Story | Together We Rise - Blog

Adopting Through Foster Care: Jeena's Story | Together We Rise - Blog Together We Rise helps empower foster children and their families while telling compiling stories about adopting through foster care.

"First Words” in Our Older Child Foster Adoption

"First Words” in Our Older Child Foster Adoption We may not have heard our children’s very first words, but we’ve heard many others in our journey through infertility and older child foster adoption.

'We just had to say yes': Couple adopts three brothers to keep them together

'We just had to say yes': Couple adopts three brothers to keep them together After adopting 4-year-old Joey, the couple received calls that his younger brothers, Noah and Logan, also needed a home.

Help Kids in Foster Care with the Giving Back Box

Help Kids in Foster Care with the Giving Back Box Help foster kids by replacing trash bags with a Sweet Case Duffle bag. Hold a Sweet Case fundraiser or donate directly to purchase a Sweet Case for a foster kid. Together We Rise is a nonprofit organization focused on helping American foster kids through corporate donations and service projects.

Don’t let 2019 pass you by without helping kids in foster care. The Giving Back Box is a simple all in one kit to help during the holiday season.
https://www.togetherwerise.org/boxes

Adoption is an option. What are you waiting for? (column)

Adoption is an option. What are you waiting for? (column) Michigan's Adoption Day should inspire others to give children their Forever Homes.

Young Adult, Formerly in Foster Care: This Is My Family, Where I Call Home

Young Adult, Formerly in Foster Care: This Is My Family, Where I Call Home This video is a part of the Authentic Voices Video Series. It shares Desiree’s story about living with the same foster family for 14 years, the stigma associ...

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Part of our scholarship program is to help create a sense of community amongst our former foster youth scholars. We currently have 46 fellows working hard to finish up their semesters strong. Join us in gifting them this holiday season by purchasing something off of their Christmas wish-lists here: https://hubs.ly/H0m0cvS0.

If you believe family matters, please consider adopting an older child

If you believe family matters, please consider adopting an older child About one-third of the 10,000 kids in foster care in Kentucky are waiting to be adopted. Many of them, especially teens, won't get a forever home

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Happy National Adoption Day!

Find local National Adoption Day events: https://www.nationaladoptionday.org

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https://www.opendoorfs.org/

We have all of your adoption and fostering resources available. Contact us today to learn more: https://www.opendoorfs.org/resources

May is Foster Care Awareness Month! Learn more here: https://www.facebook.com/events/572481993235568/?active_tab=about