Waiting Children

There are hundreds of thousands of children in the American foster care system waiting for adoption. Additionally, there are thousands of waiting children overseas who were born into poverty, war-torn or naturally devastated countries where their families cannot care for them properly.

Click Here to Learn More

The list of waiting children can break and warm the hearts of the many adopters out there who want to start or expand their family. But where are these children, exactly? To find waiting children and their corresponding agencies, adopters can check photolistings. Photolistings are postings of waiting children with brief bios that tell a little about that child. These can be found on websites as well as in e-magazines and some organizations' newsletters.

The key to using a photolisting is to not fall in love with a few pictures but to instead get a feel for the kind of child you want to adopt. Being honest about whether or not you could handle a sibling set or a child with severe special needs may not be discernible from a photolisting, but it may be some food for thought while you're still going through the process of being approved for a home study or looking for an agency.

For international photolistings, it's unlikely that adopters will see a photo of the child their adopting until they've already been matched with the child and are in the country of origin. Sometimes, international adopters will also be presented with photos of additional waiting children by their agency in hopes of getting them to adopt multiple children.


Internet photo listing of 3,000+ children awaiting adoption in U.S. foster homes and international orphanages

Children waiting for adoption ... Please fill out the following optional information before submitting your rating:

NWAE waiting child profile galleries allow families looking to adopt a chance to learn more about Northwest foster children who need permanent homes.

"We were very much impressed with WACAP's waiting child program, and during our previous adoption process came across positive comments about your agency in Web-group discussions."

Dreaming of Home: Waiting Children. In domestic adoption, waiting children are those currently in the public child welfare system who cannot return to their birth homes and are waiting for permanent families.

Please fill out the following optional information before submitting your rating: E-mail: Comment:

Considering Adoption?
California
Click here to visit Adoption Network Law Center
ANLC is a leading adoption legal practice, specializing in domestic newborn adoptions, and provides service throughout the US. Our Adoption Consultants will be happy to discuss the adoption process with you.
Adoption Network Law Center
(800) 367-2367  
advertisement
Click Here for Support

Parent Profiles

Waiting with wide open arms and open hearts to turn two into three and create a family! We have so much to offer your baby. Please take a moment and read a little bit about us... [more]

[about us]  [contact us]  [waiting couples near PA]  [all]

Adoption Photo Listing

Selena (CA / 17 / F)
Selena is a very bright and insightful young girl. She is friendly, healthy, polite and mild mannered. Selena is doing well in school, participates in gifted and accelerated... [more]

[about me]   [search]   [waiting children in CA]   [all]