Steve Cannon teaches language arts, social studies and drama to middle school students. He has written several plays, two of which have been successfully produced. Family Builders by Adoption Located in Oakland, California, Family Builders by Adoption, is a private non-profit adoption agency that specializes in finding homes for children with special needs. There are currently 79,000 children in California waiting to be adopted. Our mission is to match loving parents with children who need good families.
Prospective parents attend orientation meetings and are required to undergo a background check.
Jacobs believes that it is in the interest of all parties to know what kind of child the parents are willing to accept. We want people who want to make a difference in a child's life to apply. We believe that gays and lesbians offer so much to our children. Like some of our children, some of our gay and lesbian parents have had to deal with discrimination. These parents are able to show their children how to deal with this and their children can grow up to become happy and productive adults.