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Adoption initiative halves numbers of kids needing families PDF Print E-Mail
Written by Electa Draper - Denver Post   
Friday, 05 March 2010

Article Source: The Denver Post

Colorado: The number of Colorado children in foster care awaiting permanent adoption has been cut in half by a partnership between churches and government that places parentless kids in "forever homes."

When the Colorado Springs-based ministry Focus on the Family began spearheading the "Wait No More" adoption initiative in November 2008, the state had 8,000 children in foster care. That number included almost 800 children who were eligible for adoption because their parents had lost parental rights after the state found serious and repetitive neglect and abuse in their families.

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