On any given day in Vermont, there are about 90 children waiting in foster care for families to adopt them. Most are school-aged and many have special needs related to the abuse or neglect they've experienced.
If you are thinking about adopting a child in Vermont foster care, this brochure explains the adoption assistance that might be available to help you, the eligibility criteria, and the application process. Adoption assistance is a financial assistance program for people who adopt children with special needs.
Foster parents open their hearts and homes to children in need—for a few weeks, months, years, and sometimes a lifetime.
Respite care is much like foster care, but for shorter periods of time. It can be for a few hours, a day, a weekend, or a week or two.
The Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC) establishes uniform legal and administrative procedures governing the interstate placement of children.
This publication describes the regulations that prospective foster parent(s) and their homes must meet in order to become licensed to provide foster care.
Get to know some of the children who are waiting in foster care for families to adopt them.
A place where foster parents, adoptive parents, kinship caregivers, and respite care providers can go for information and inspiration.
Learn how congregations of faith can help children in foster care.
In 2000, the Vermont Department for Children and Families joined with the Lund Family Center to create Project Family. We are dedicated to finding parents for children in Vermont foster care and helping parents and children access the support and services they need.
Published by the Vermont Adoption Consortium, the handbook is a valuable resource for people who are thinking about building their families through adoption as well as those who already have.
The central contact for information about adoptions that have taken place in Vermont since the early 1940's.
YDC's website was developed with the help of a UVM student as a central resource for youth as they transition out of foster care. It includes information on the common steps you will need to take to achieve certain life goals, such as attending college, learning how to drive, getting your first apartment, and finding a job. It also includes information about the Youth Development Committee—how you can get involved with the Committee and how the Committee can help you.
Adopting a Waiting Child
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