I am sharing this on behalf of a Bloggin’ Mamas Social Good Campaign. Bloggin’ Mamas and Element Associates are donating a toy to a child in foster care for every blog post sharing this information, up to 25.
Today, 402,000 children are in the foster care system in the United States. Nearly 102,000 children (under 18 years of age) waiting for adoption.
During this holiday season, there’s an extra push to help them find homes. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, AdoptUSKids and the Ad Council recently unveiled a new series of public service advertisements (PSAs) designed to continue to encourage the adoption of children from foster care with an emphasis on the importance of keeping siblings together.
Check out this PSA video from the Ad Council:
Since the launch of the campaign in 2004, more than 22,000 children who were once photo-listed on the AdoptUSKids website are now with their adoptive families and over 35,000 families have registered to adopt through AdoptUSKids.
Many times, there are siblings also listed. Approximately 23% of children and youth actively photolisted on the AdoptUSKids website and waiting for placement in adoptive homes were registered with one or more siblings. Sibling relationships are often the longest-lasting relationships for children in foster care.
For more information about adoption, or about becoming an adoptive parent to a child from foster care, please visit www.AdoptUSKids.org or visit the campaign’s communities on Facebook and Twitter.
Disclosure: I was not compensated for this post. I am donating this space towards sharing this message. Bloggin’ Mamas and Element Associates will be donating a toy to a foster child in exchange for my post, in support of AdoptUSKids.
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This is such a great idea. I will donate!
I love this and will share as well. I am so excited to be part of supporting adoption programs. I have a few friends that were adopted, and they are so thankful that they were adopted and became part of a true family.
this is a very good article bringing awareness about adoption.
Super great post I have to share this one thanks for sharing.
This is so sad. So many kids in foster care 🙁
That’s great about he kids that have been adopted but still disheartening to see how many are still in foster care. Thank goodness they have this program
Thank you for the information especially at this time of the year we really do reach out and help others in need. I will be sure to share this post.