National Adoption Month Celebration, WonderLab Museum of Science, Health, and Technology, 308 W. Fourth Street, Bloomington, IN

Light refreshments will be offered as well as free giveaways for adoptive families, while supplies last!

Free admission for the first 50 adoptive families. Admission is $4 per/person thereafter.

Additional Adoption Information

The 2016 National Adoption Month will focus on the adoption of older youth currently in foster care—because “We Never Outgrow the Need for Family.”

• DCS and our partners focus year around on finding permanent families for older youth through resources such as the Indiana Heart Gallery and The Picture Book. Both profile and share stories of older youth currently in foster care and available for adoption. These stories and additional information about the Indiana Adoption Program are on the DCS adoption web page at www.adoptachild.in.gov, or you can call 888.25ADOPT.
• There has been a steady increase in adoptions since State Fiscal Year 2014 (SFY) when there were 1,038 adoptions, compared to SFY 2016, when the total number of finalized adoptions was 1,509. A report on DCS Adoption Statistics can be found at http://in.gov/dcs/3139.htm
• While this is good news, the number of children in recruitment for an adoptive family has also steadily increased to the highest we’ve ever seen. On average DCS is actively recruiting adoptive homes for 120 – 150 youth statewide. Of those, 80 percent are over the age of 11 and a quarter are a part of sibling groups.

About Indiana Department of Child Services

The Indiana Department of Child Services (www.in.gov/dcs) protects children from abuse and neglect and works to ensure the financial support of children. Indiana Child Abuse/Neglect Hotline: 800.800.5556. Child Support Customer Service Kidsline: 800.840.8757 or 317.233.5437.

Local Event Contact: Anna Wolak, 317.501.8523.  [email protected]