National Adoption Day

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November 19th, 2005

National Adoption Day is a collective national effort to raise awareness about the 129,000 children in foster care waiting to find permanent, loving families. Now in its sixth year, National Adoption Day has made the dreams of thousands of children come true by working with courts, judges, attorneys and advocates to finalize their adoptions into permanent families and to celebrate adoption.

National Adoption Day happens every year on the Saturday before Thanksgiving. On Saturday, November 20, 2004, judges, attorneys, child welfare agencies and advocates in 37 states helped to finalize the adoptions of more than 3,400 children from foster care. More than 200 events were held throughout the country to finalize adoptions and to celebrate and honor all families that adopt.

This year, National Adoption Day is November 19, 2005. Come back in late spring/early summer for more information, including registering your event for National Adoption Day 2005.

National Adoption Day 2004

On National Adoption Day 2004, held on Saturday, November 20, an unprecedented number of courts and communities coast-to-coast came together to finalize thousands of adoptions of children from foster care and to celebrate all families that adopt. The day brought together hundreds of volunteer judges, attorneys, adoption professionals and child advocates who are dedicated to creating forever families for waiting children.

Goals of National Adoption Day 2004:

• Finalize adoptions from foster care coast-to-coast
• Celebrate and honor all families that adopt
• Raise awareness about the 129,000 children in foster care waiting for adoption
• Encourage others to adopt children from foster care
• Build collaboration among local adoption agencies, courts and advocacy organizations
• Communicate availability and need for post-adoptive services

Learn more about some of the families that have adopted through National Adoption Day in previous years.

Research report on foster care adoption in the U.S.

Links to the unprecedented research report on foster care adoption in the United States commissioned by the National Adoption Day Coalition in November 2004.

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