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On National Adoption Day courts and communities in the United States come together to finalize thousands of adoption of children from foster care.More than 300 events are held each year on the Saturday before Thanksgiving in November, in all 50 US states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico to finalize the adoptions of children in foster care.
National Adoption Day is a collective national effort to raise awareness of the more than 100,000 children in foster care waiting for permanent and loving families.
According to the National Adoption Day website, it is a grassroots effort to raise awareness of the more than 108,000 children waiting to be adopted from foster care in the United States ...
The day is a "collective effort to raise awareness of the more than 123,000 children waiting to be adopted from foster care in the United States." [17] National Adoption Day is generally the Saturday before Thanksgiving. Courts open to finalize adoptions. More than 700,000 children in foster care have been adopted as part of National Adoption ...
The National Adoption Day ceremony transformed the courthouse’s 11th floor, which on most days is the backdrop to criminal cases, into a Christmas parade. The laughter of children reverberated ...
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November has marked National Adoption Month in the US since 1995. Amber Raiken writes about the goals of the month, from showing support to children in the foster care system to highlighting the ...