Adoption Professionals: - Reduce Burnout find your balance - Create real change for families - Feel more grounded in your work Without More Trainings, Diagnoses, or Behavior Charts Discover how your current approach is helping—or quietly hindering—your ability to support adoptive and foster families through stress, trauma, and disconnection. Get practical, neuroscience-backed insight that helps you feel more effective—starting today. Take the FREE quiz. | Fear to Love
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Adoption Professionals: - Reduce Burnout find your balance - Create real change for families - Feel more grounded in your work Without More Trainings, Diagnoses, or Behavior Charts Discover how your current approach is helping—or quietly hindering—your ability to support adoptive and foster families through stress, trauma, and disconnection. Get practical, neuroscience-backed insight that helps you feel more effective—starting today. Take the FREE quiz. | Fear to Love
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Adoption Professionals: - Reduce Burnout find your balance - Create real change for families - Feel more grounded in your work Without More Trainings, Diagnoses, or Behavior Charts Discover how your current approach is helping—or quietly hindering—your ability to support adoptive and foster families through stress, trauma, and disconnection. Get practical, neuroscience-backed insight that helps you feel more effective—starting today. Take the FREE quiz. | Fear to Love
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Adoption Professionals: - Reduce Burnout find your balance - Create real change for families - Feel more grounded in your work Without More Trainings, Diagnoses, or Behavior Charts Discover how your current approach is helping—or quietly hindering—your ability to support adoptive and foster families through stress, trauma, and disconnection. Get practical, neuroscience-backed insight that helps you feel more effective—starting today. Take the FREE quiz. | Fear to Love
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Adoption 101: Important things to know
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Adoption 101: Important things to know
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The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption believes you are never too old for the love and support of family. Adoption professionals, like Ken, know just how important achieving legal permanency is for a child lingering in foster care. “It is important for them for the rest of their lives. They will have somebody they can call on that they can reach out to when they need to,” said Ken. “They need those people in their lives to be there for them.” Do you also believe in the power of a permanent fami
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The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption believes you are never too old for the love and support of family. Adoption professionals, like Ken, know just how important achieving legal permanency is for a child lingering in foster care. “It is important for them for the rest of their lives. They will have somebody they can call on that they can reach out to when they need to,” said Ken. “They need those people in their lives to be there for them.” Do you also believe in the power of a permanent fami
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While Wendy’s Wonderful Kids adoption professionals, like Jennifer Vickers, are changing the way they work during #COVID19, their resolve to find forever families for youth in #fostercare has not wavered. “With in-person meetings on hold, video conferencing tools and other technology that allows me to connect with children and prospective families have become essential,” Jennifer writes in an editorial for The Columbus Dispatch. “These touch points are especially critical now to help lift their
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While Wendy’s Wonderful Kids adoption professionals, like Jennifer Vickers, are changing the way they work during #COVID19, their resolve to find forever families for youth in #fostercare has not wavered. “With in-person meetings on hold, video conferencing tools and other technology that allows me to connect with children and prospective families have become essential,” Jennifer writes in an editorial for The Columbus Dispatch. “These touch points are especially critical now to help lift their
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Through our signature program, Wendy’s Wonderful Kids, the Foundation supports the hiring of adoption professionals, known as recruiters. These recruiters are dedicated to finding #PermanentFamilies for the longest-waiting children in foster care. That includes teenagers, children with special needs and siblings. Hear from Wendy’s Wonderful Kids #AdoptionProfessionals as they share three words that come to mind when they think of this program 💡 | Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption
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Through our signature program, Wendy’s Wonderful Kids, the Foundation supports the hiring of adoption professionals, known as recruiters. These recruiters are dedicated to finding #PermanentFamilies for the longest-waiting children in foster care. That includes teenagers, children with special needs and siblings. Hear from Wendy’s Wonderful Kids #AdoptionProfessionals as they share three words that come to mind when they think of this program 💡 | Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption
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Through our Wendy’s Wonderful Kids program, the Foundation funds adoption professionals who use a child-focused recruitment model that is proven to be up to 3x more effective at serving children who have been waiting in foster care the longest. With help from our special community of supporters, this program has helped find forever families for more than 9,500 children across North America. Together, we’re making a lifetime of impact. Learn more: bit.ly/supportwwk | Dave Thomas Foundation for Ad
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Last month, the Foundation welcomed adoption professionals to the 20th Wendy's Wonderful Kids Summit for a time of learning, collaboration and celebration 👏 Come along with us to see a day in the life of an adoption professional at Summit! Learn more about the Summit and our Wendy's Wonderful Kids program in our blog: davethomasfoundation.org/resource/summit-2025/ John PUSH Gaines | Beth Guckenberger | Darryl DMC McDaniels | The Adopted Life | Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption
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With more than 100 accredited adoption agencies in the U.S., researching and determining what agency best aligns with your family’s needs can sometimes feel overwhelming. In this video, Show Hope’s Senior Manager of Programs, Kate Johnson, shares some important factors to consider in choosing an agency. Explore adoption FAQs, first-steps, and resources at HowToAdopt.org! #adoptionagency #howtoadopt #adoption #showhope | Show Hope
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Permanency is possible for every child waiting in foster care. And every person on a child’s care team, as well as their network of family and community, plays a key role in making that happen. Hear from Magistrate Kathleen Lenski about why engaging a child’s family of origin is a critical part of the process. This National Adoption Month and all year long, we’re committed to supporting child welfare professionals at every level who help connect children to permanent families. | Dave Thomas Foun
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Join our national community of child welfare professionals who share a commitment to making permanency possible for every child waiting in foster care. | Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption
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Placed in foster care due to medical neglect, Samantha now has a permanent family with the support of her adoption recruiter, Amy, and a team of child welfare professionals. This National Social Work Month and year around, we’re spotlighting the life-changing impact of child welfare professionals in making permanency possible for all children waiting in foster care … no matter their story. | Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption
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Permanency is possible for every child waiting in foster care, no matter their story. By building a relationship with DeMarion, adoption professional Lauren helped turn a short-term placement for him into a permanent, loving home. This National Adoption Month and year-round, we’re committed to celebrating and supporting professionals like you, who make legal permanency possible. | Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption
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Why hiring an adoption lawyer will protect your adoption journey. 🛡️ Adoption can be complex, and having a seasoned lawyer makes all the difference. Invest in an experienced adoption lawyer to ensure your family’s future is secure. Ready for expert support? Contact us today. 💼 #AdoptionLawyer #AdoptionSupport #LegalExpertise #FamilyLaw #AdoptionProcess #ProtectYourJourney #AdoptionHelp #expectantmom #adoptionagency #adoptionindiana #fostercare #infantadoption #dcsadoption #adoptionplan #foster
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The Adoption Professional pretended to be a safe person for this mom to speak with. The Adoption Professional secretly contacted the agency to tell them mom was considering backing out of the adoption plan. Had she not backed out the following day, this agency could have held it over her head that either she places her baby or they have her charged with fraud. Please be careful when accepting financial assistance from adoption professionals- it isn't out of charity. #adoption #openadoption #adop
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_xD83D__xDEA8_#COVID19 Alert: We need 25 more donors "Children in foster care have no guarantee anyone will be there in times of trouble or when they fall. A permanent family is the safety net they desperately need." - Susan, adoption professional. Your donation helps the Foundation fund adoption professionals, like Susan, who are dedicated to finding forever families for children in foster care who need our help—right now. | Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption
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