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283    <p>Foster<span style="color:#f16509;"><strong>US</strong></span>Kids dedicates itself to supporting prospective foster parents by providing access to <a href="https://www.fosteruskids.org/blog" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">educational information</a> and child-placing agencies in every state. We help our national community's future foster and adoptive families by putting the tools you need at your fingertips. If you're interested in learning more about the <a href="https://www.fosteruskids.org/blog/how-does-the-foster-care-system-work" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">foster care system</a> or in becoming a foster or adoptive parent, you're in the right place. Let us connect you with a local <a href="https://www.fosteruskids.org/usa/all/agencies" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">child-placing agency</a> today.</p>
284<p><a href="https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/documents/cb/afcars-report-29.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hundreds of thousands of children</a> in the United States need foster parents. We hope that, in time, social services will be able to safely reunite foster kids with their biological families. A caring foster family and loving family members can make a world of difference to a foster child, even if together for only a brief period of time.</p>
285<p>Children and youth in foster care need a supportive and loving home where they can safely sleep at night. Many are recovering from the loss, <a href="https://www.fosteruskids.org/blog/how-to-spot-different-types-of-child-abuse" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">child abuse</a>, or neglect they experienced with their birth families. Kids come into the child welfare system every day. No matter their ages, all children in foster care need a foster family to <a href="https://www.fosteruskids.org/blog/everything-you-need-to-know-about-how-to-be-a-foster-parent#anchor_21" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">support them</a> or a forever family to adopt them.</p>
286<p>If and when you're ready, there will be thousands of children separated from their birth parents who are awaiting <a href="https://www.fosteruskids.org/blog/everything-you-need-to-know-about-how-to-be-a-foster-parent#anchor_38" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">adoption </a>or foster homes. However, the timing and your individual situation must be right to foster or adopt a child. From <a href="https://www.fosteruskids.org/usa" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">state requirements</a> and background checks to <a href="https://www.fosteruskids.org/blog/10-myths-about-foster-care-and-adoption-debunked" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">debunking foster care myths</a>, there is much to consider. We know you need reliable information and <a href="https://www.fosteruskids.org/faqs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">answers </a>to decide whether foster care or adoption is right for you.</p>
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