National Adoption Month Highlights Thousands of Texas Children in Need of Families

Buckner Foster Care and Adoption Urgently Recruits Families to Meet the Demand

DALLAS – Last year in Texas, an estimated 12,750 children were left waiting for an adoptive family. These children were removed from their homes due to abuse or neglect and placed into the foster care system. After their parents’ rights were terminated, they needed a more permanent place to say. But there weren’t enough homes for all of them.

In fact, there were 1,368 children who aged out of the foster care system in 2008 having never been placed with a permanent family.

November is National Adoption Month and it is Buckner’s goal to help each and every child in the Texas find a loving family. That’s why Buckner is actively recruiting individuals and families to adopt children in need of a home.

“There is a huge need for families to step forward to care for children who have been abused, neglected or abandoned in this state,” said JoAnn Cole, director of Buckner campus ministries. “It is our priority to place children into loving families and to prevent them from facing an uncertain future.”

Learn more about the ways you can ‘Be a Family’ to a child in need through Buckner. Contact someone in your area today.

Buckner Foster Care and Adoption is part of Buckner Children and Family Services, a Christian organization that has been caring for children since 1879. With ministries throughout Texas, the United States and around the world, Buckner provides a strong, stable support system for foster and adoptive families.