See this article in the New York Times about a Florida school teacher who adopted a student who was living in foster care. The article cites federal data showing the breakdown of families that recently adopted children from foster care: 68 percent are married couples, 26 percent are single females, 3 percent are unmarried couples and 3 percent are single men.
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CHAMPS is an exciting new policy campaign with dozens of partner organizations working together to highlight the vital importance of foster parents to the health and well-being of children in foster care. Check out what’s going on nationally and in the states.