They are America s waiting children. They are waiting to be adopted. In America today, more than 550,000 boys and girls are in the foster care system . . . That s 122,000 too many. Even one child without a permanent home is unacceptable.
Most people don t realize what waiting children go through in order to find a home and a family.
Many of them wait for an entire childhood. Childhood is not an endless period of time that can wait for bureaucracy to find solutions to family problems. We need to tell these children s stories. The Children s Action Network has partnered with the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption to create a national CBS television special called A Home for the Holidays that focuses on adoption and tells a handful of personal stories about how adoption has touched people s lives. America s waiting children come in all shapes and sizes, colors and ages.