Babies That Need To Be Adopted

Many of these foster youth are siblings in need of resource families who are willing and able to keep them together.

Babies that need to be adopted.

In los angeles county alone the foster care population exceeds 21 000 children with 500 of those foster children waiting for an adoptive family. We can however help guide you through the process. This particular situation is sometimes referred to as a legal risk adoption in this case children are placed into foster care while the state agency attempts to terminate the biological parents rights. Since 1998 we have helped more than 1 600 families achieve their dreams of parenthood through the miracle of adoption.

Any adult person may file a petition to adopt a child however the person adopting must be at least 10 years older than the child. Free health care coverage is available to foster children until they are 18 years old. If the child is over 12 years old you must also get his or her consent to adopt. While the child is still in foster care parents receive a monthly stipend to help care for the child.

As adoptive mothers ourselves we ve both experienced the pain of infertility and the joy of adoption and we know first hand how overwhelming the process can be. There are many benefits to adopting through foster care. In fact children s bureau turns away at least 10 sibling sets weekly due to lack. Families that seek to adopt through the foster care system agree to be foster parents in the hopes that they will be allowed to one day adopt the foster kids they host.