Happy National Adoption Month!

Congress has recognized November as National Adoption Month, a month devoted to raising awareness for the adoption of children in foster care as well as to celebrate children and families involved in adoption.  In our foster care system today, there are more than 423,000 children with about 114,000 of them waiting to be adopted by a loving family.

Dedicating a specific day to events to help these children, November 20th is National Adoption Day.

Some National Adoption Day facts:

• Over 30,000 needy children have joined permanent, or 'forever', families
• In 2009, almost 5,000 adoptions were finalized through more than 325 National Adoption Day events
• Events take place in all 50 states as well as the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico

Congress plans on devoting $1.9 B in taxypayer money to assisting these children in need find families and encourages citizens to consider foster care adoption as a possibility.

Please help support these children in need!

For more information on details and events, visit: http://www.childwelfare.gov/adoption/nam/ and http://www.adoptuskids.org/nam/