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National Adoption Month

Happy Adoption Month!  It’s a month to celebrate and honor all the ways adoption has touched our lives.  We celebrate all those who have been touched by adoption no matter which side of the adoption triad you find yourself.

President Obama said in his Presidential Proclamation, “Giving a child a strong foundation — a home, a family to love, and a safe place to grow — is one of life’s greatest and most generous gifts.”  If everyone involved considers the welfare of the child first and foremost, the world will be a better place and the future will be bright.  It is our greatest hope at Adoption Agency Reviews that we all remember that ultimately it should always be about the children.

During the month, take the time to share your adoption experience with others.  November is an opportunity to highlight the adoption experience and educate others.  You never know when telling your story will touch someone’s heart and bestow upon them the blessing of a child.  Our greatest wish is that every child finds their forever family.

Are you doing anything special during the month?  Are you sponsoring an adoption activity?  Tell us below!

California’s Raises the Age Limit to 21 for the Foster Care System

On October 10th, Governor Schwarzenegger signed a bill into law from the campus of Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services in Santa Monica, California that would allow children to stay in the foster care system until age 21. This will relieve California’s foster children of the burden of worrying about aging out of the system at age 18. The authors of the bill recognized that the recession has created many Boomerang Kids, the term giving to children who leave home but return to their parents’ support system. Foster children do not have a place to Boomerang back to so what happens to them?

The Governor quoted a study showing that for every dollar the state invests in foster care, two and a half dollars are saved. The cost of the extra three years will be funded by state and federal money. He also said that as he sees it as an investment, the kids would have to do their part by returning to school, work and/or meet regularly with their case workers in exchange for the financial and social support. What are your thoughts? Should the state pay for a child to be in foster care until 21? Leave a comment below.