r children.
Reality: Once parental rights have been terminated by the court, the parents have no further recourse for gaining custody of the children. The adoption is final.
Myth: The children in foster care are juvenile delinquents.
Reality: Children enter the foster care system through no fault of their own as a result of abuse, neglect or abandonment, and deserve every effort to find them a permanent loving family.
Connecting Children with Permanent Homes:
The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption is a non-profit 501(c)3 public charity dedicated to dramatically increasing the adoptions of the more than 129,000 children in America's foster care system waiting to be adopted. Created by Wendy's founder Dave Thomas who was adopted as a child, the Foundation spearheads programs such as:
• Wendy's Wonderful Kids, which puts adoption professionals in 50 states, the District of Columbia and Canada to find permanent, loving families for children in the foster care system;
• National Adoption Day, a national collaborative effort that, since 2000, has worked with courts, judges, attorneys, adoption professionals, child welfare agencies and advocates to highlight the Saturday before Thanksgiving and finalize the adoptions of thousands of children in foster care;
• "A Child is Waiting: A Step-By-Step Guide to Adoption", which gives critical information and resources to families pursuing adoption;
• Adoption-Friendly Workplace, which encourages employers to offer adoption benefits to their employees;
• Foster Care Adoption Awareness Posters, Public Service Announcements, National Adoption Month Toolkits and Training Videos, all offered free of charge to the public, media and adoption professionals.
The Foundation also works with adoption advocates and officials to streamline the adoption process and make adoption more affordable for families. As the only foundation dedicated exclusively to foster care adoption, it is driven by Dave Thomas' simple value: Do what's best for the child.
To learn more about the Foundation's work, please visit, please visit
http://www.DaveThomasFoundationForAdoption.org or call 1-800-ASK-DTFA (800-275-3832).