With more than 70,000 children removed from their parents’ home due to abuse and neglect and 119,000 children waiting for adoptive homes in the U.S., there is a great need for caring adults to provide a loving, nurturing home as either foster or adoptive parents.
A parent orientation will be held on Thursday night, August 23rd from 6:30 to 8:00 pm at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church located at 26265 Luther Drive, Canyon Country. Those interested, adults, single or married, over the age of 21, please attend.
Foster parenting involves caring for a child (or brothers or sisters) on a short or long-term basis while adoption offers these vulnerable children a permanent and stable home environment. Teenagers need homes, too. In either situation, you have the opportunity to give a child (or children) who has been hurt, either emotionally or physically, a life filled with love, hope and all the little things that make childhood special. Due to a lack of homes, Children’s Bureau is turning away 100 children per month, including 20 newborn babies. If you have ever considered fostering or adopting, now is the time.
Qualifying families receive training, certification, funds and 24-hour support to aid in the care of their foster or adoptive children.
For more information, please call toll free 661-272-9996 or 800-730-3933, ext. 0 or visit www.all4kids.org. Se Habla Español.