November is National Adoption Month
One out of 25 U.S. families have an adopted child. About 5 million Americans alive today are adoptees.
Adoption Network said, “[there are] over 400,000 children in foster care in the U.S., [and] 114,556 cannot be returned to their families and are waiting to be adopted.
Half of the 135,000 adoptions are from the foster care system. The median age of children entering foster care during FFY 2019 was. 6.3 years.
Nationwide, Black children are significantly overrepresented in foster care. They make up about a quarter of the foster care population but just 14 percent of children in the general population. In New York City, as of the end of 2019, Black and Latinx youth made up about 90 percent of the youth in foster care.
There are 438,000 children in foster care in America today & in 2016, 687,000 children spent time in foster care. 37% of American children are reported to child protection services by their 18th birthday.
Learn about KARA’s Financial Literacy Peer Groups for At Risk Youth
Public Service Announcement( 30 Second)
Alert your State Representative to the needs of at risk children where you live.
This article by CASA guardian ad Litem Mike Tikkanen
Share the resources below with your foster and adoptive friends.
All Adults Are the Protectors of All Children
Journey of the Adopted Self – the quest for wholeness
Being Adopted -The lifetime search for self
Lost and Found – The adoption experience
Coming Home to Self – The adopted child grows up
Parenting As Adoptees – Many authors, many stories
Invisible Asians – Korean American, Asian Adoptees and racial exceptionalism
Adoption Healing – a path to recovery
20 Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew
20 Life Transforming Choices Adoptees Need To Make
You Don’t Look Adopted – a memoir
The Adoptee Survival Guide – Adoptees share wisdom and tools
All You Can Ever Know – a memoir
Adoption Therapy – Perspectives on Healing
An Affair With My Mother – A story of adoption, secrecy and love
Related by Adoption – A handbook for grandparents and relatives
In On It – What adoptive parents want you to know about adoption
Grandparents Adopting Their Grandchildren – How it can affect their relationship with their children
Best Articles for Adoptees 2015 A variety of voices and experiences
Video – 8 Adoption Stories
Resilience Movie Trailer (2 minutes) YouTube (1 hour)
Chronicle of Social Change on Foster and Adoption (the movie)