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Meet Kentucky's Waiting Children

KAPE is the Kentucky Adoption Profile Exchange and is administered by the Kentucky cabinet for Health and Family Services Department for Community Based Services (DCBS). DCBS is the primary adoption agency in Kentucky. KAPE seeks to identify adoptive families for children who are legally free for adoption, meaning that termination of parental rights has occurred and the child does not have an identified adoptive home. There are hundreds of children for whom this is true and there is a critical need for families who can provide a safe, loving and permanent home for these children.

Thank you for considering Kentucky's waiting children. All of the children who are photo listed on this website are legally free for adoption and do not have an identified adoptive family. The children identified in sibling groups must be adopted together. For agency information or for information in regards to the listed children please call (800) 928-4303 or (800) 432-9346.

To Meet The Kids:

  • There are two ways to view Kentucky's waiting children. You may Browse through a list of all Kentucky's waiting children or create a Search to define the profile of children you would like to adopt.
  • Write down the name and identifying number of the child(ren) about whom you would like more information.
  • Visit the Adoption section of our website to learn about adoption in Kentucky.
  • Click the Contact Us button at the top of this page.
  • Visit AdoptUSKids.org to view a national photolisting of waiting children.

Kentucky's waiting children are brought to you by: The Kentucky Foster
Adoptive Caregiver Exchange System and AdoptUSKids.