Meet a child who's right for your family.

Who are the children who wait? The children who wait are the survivors of abuse and neglect. They are school aged children, siblings, children of color and children with disabilities. Each of them waits for adoption and there are more than 114,000 of them across the country. These children live in a series of foster and group homes for an average of three years. There they wait while they hope for the stability of an adoptive family.

When you are considering adopting a child with special needs we recommend that you take advantage of any specialized training available to equip you with the understanding and knowledge necessary to manage those challenges.

To search for waiting children, use one of the following 4 search options:

1) To search by a child's id number enter it here:
2) To search by a child's first name enter it here:
3) To browse through all the children click here:
4) To limit your search results, answer the questions below to describe the kind of children you are interested in adopting and click the search button at the bottom:

What is the age of the youngest child you can adopt?			No Preference 1 year 2 years 3 years 4 years 5 years 6 years 7 years 8 years 9 years 10 years 11 years 12 years 13 years 14 years 15 years 16 years 17 years 18 years
What is the age of the oldest child you can adopt?			No Preference 1 year 2 years 3 years 4 years 5 years 6 years 7 years 8 years 9 years 10 years 11 years 12 years 13 years 14 years 15 years 16 years 17 years 18 years
Number of siblings:	No Preference 0 1 or less 2 or less 3 or less 4 or less 5 or more
Gender:	No Preference Male Female
Ethnicity: (select all that apply or select none to search all Ethnicities)
African American/Black		Asian
Caucasian/White		Hispanic/Latino
Middle Eastern		Native American/Alaskan Native
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
Location:
Colorado	New Mexico	Oklahoma	Utah
Missouri	Nevada	South Dakota	Wyoming

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