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About Project Family

brothersSometimes children are abused or neglected and it is not safe for them to stay at home. When this happens, family courts transfer their custody to the Vermont Department for Children and Families (DCF). Some children, but most often teens, come into DCF custody because they’ve either committed a delinquent act or they are without or beyond their parents’ control.

In all of these situations, the state needs to find safe, nurturing places for the children to live while they can’t be at home. This is called foster care. While it is not a magical cure-all, foster care is a time-proven way of helping children and families in need.

Project Family

In 2000, the Vermont Department for Children and Families (DCF) joined with the Lund Family Center—our state’s largest and oldest nonprofit adoption agency—to create Project Family.

We are dedicated to:

  1. Finding parents for Vermont children in need; and
  2. Helping parents and children access the support and services they need.

We envision a society in which every child feels safe, cared for, and part of a loving family. One where foster care is understood, embraced, and supported by everyone.

 

Special Thanks To:
The adoptive families who graciously agreed to let us use their images.
And to Kathy Pintair, of Ambient Photography in Williston, Vermont, for generously donating her time and talents to this project.