If adoption or foster care has made a difference in your life and are causes you want to support, you can help raise awareness by:

• Spreading the word of the need for foster and adoptive parents by telling people about the You Don’t Have to be Perfect to be a Perfect Parent campaign
• Considering being an adoptive or foster parent yourself by visiting our resource center
• Sharing your story with us at family@adoptuskids.org to have it featured with other:
  • Family stories
  • Youth stories
  • Caseworker of the Month stories
• Share your adoption or foster care story with us by emailing family@adoptuskids.org (please include in your first and last name, phone number and best time to reach you)
• Volunteer to be one of our media spokes families by reading our Media Guide for Families (1.6 MB PDF) and emailing use at family@adoptuskids.org
• Reading President Obama's presidential proclamation on National Adoption Month held every November

To find out more about the urgent need for adoptive and foster parents in the U.S., take a look at the most current adoption and foster care statistics from the U.S. Children’s Bureau or contact us.

Find out more about how to take action for adoption and foster care advocacy.