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Information Packet - Adopting from Foster Care
While many children who enter the foster care system will return home to their birth families or relatives, some children are unable to return home and need a permanent adoptive family. If families are primarily interested in adoption, there are children in foster care who are legally free for adoption. Most of these children are over the age of 6, have special needs and may be part of a sibling group that need to stay together. Children between the ages of 0-5 are usually placed with families who are approved to provide foster care and willing to support reunification efforts. These families are also open to adopting a child who may need a permanent family if they cannot return home. Many families who have adopted children from foster care have fostered several children before they adopt a child. The process of adopting children from foster care is different than adopting through a private agency. Private adoption agencies work to help families find children to adopt and public child welfare agencies are trying to find families for the children they serve. There are children in Utah who need families to make a permanent commitment and welcome them into their family. If you are interested in learning more about adopting children from Utah's foster care system, please contact Utah Foster Care Foundation.
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There is a pressing need for families who are willing to adopt children from Utah's foster care system. Each year, hundreds of children in foster care in Utah are adopted, and most are adopted by their foster parents. Of the 300 children adopted from foster care last year, 85% of them were adopted by their foster parents.