There are over 5 600 children in foster care in virginia.
Babies in foster care virginia.
Mission west virginia has an adoption and foster care resource library and a relatives as parents program rapp.
They are frequently school age 5 to 14 years old and part of sibling groups.
With over 5 000 virginia children in foster care we always need foster parents.
Currently there are nearly 5 000 children in virginia s foster care system.
Please make a note of the name and case number of each child you may be interested in as you will need this information when you communicate your interest to an adoption service.
Information on west virginia s children.
Virginia fosters is a statewide initiative that empowers leaders across the commonwealth to be the solution for children families and workers in virginia s child welfare system.
Is a single person able to be a foster parent.
These children are from all cultural and socio economic backgrounds.
In west virginia where the opioid crisis had started to push an increasing number of children into the foster care system the need for foster parents was growing.
Of these children 1 700 have the goal of adoption and more than 600 of are waiting for adoptive families.
West virginia foster adoptive and kinship parents network.
Of those 5 000 more than 600 children are ready for adoption right now.
In order to become a licensed foster parent in virginia there are various qualifications and requirements to start the process.
In virginia over 60 of our foster care youth are adopted by their foster parent.
As of april 2019 there were approximately 6 938 children in care in west virginia.
Foster parents can be single married divorced or widowed.
30 are african american and 10 hispanic.
There are approximately 5 000 children currently in foster care in virginia.
45 of the children in foster care are 13 years and older.
There are approximately 5 000 children in foster care in virginia.
Approximately 36 are teenagers who may have more independence but have not outgrown the need for love support and guidance as they navigate early adulthood.
Learn more about becoming a foster parent.
30 of children in virginia foster care are adopted many times by their foster parents.
Meet the virginia kids.
1 600 foster children in virginia are waiting for adoptive families.
These are virginia children in foster care awaiting adoption.
59 of children in virginia foster care are caucasian.