By Rita L. Soronen, President & CEO, Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption  In response to the financial demands on families who step forward to adopt, particularly those who adopt ...

Can you imagine being a five-year-old and learning that the world is violent as your body is battered and bruised at the hand of those who should love you most?  Can you imagine waking in the ...

At age 16, after 12 years in foster care and with her 18th birthday nearing, Amanda was asked by a judge, “What do you want?”  Never having been asked that question before, ...

Home.  T.S. Eliot said, “Home is where one starts from.”  Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz wistfully repeated, “There’s no place like home.  There’s no ...

Thinking about adopting can be challenging as you sort through the necessary steps, from completing a home study to connecting with social workers and from filing appropriate paperwork to appearing ...