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Top U.S. Construction Firm Proud of Adoption Benefits
Each year the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption ranks the nation’s employers based on their adoption benefits. This self-reported list is a way to highlight the organizations in the United States who stand with us in our support of adoption and adoption benefits that allow more and more families to grow through adoption. One of the top 100 companies of 2017 is Robins & Morton. Founded in… → Read More
After More than Three Years in Foster Care, Little Boy Finally Has Forever Family
Did you know that the average length of time that a child is in foster care before being adopted is about three years? Most children move house-to-house during that time and often fall behind in their school work, aren’t able to make lasting friendships and find it difficult to trust. The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption works hard to find forever families for children waiting in foster care… → Read More
After Almost 1200 Days in Foster Care, Jayden is Finally in His Forever Home
No child should linger in foster care, but all too often that is exactly what happens. The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption’s signature program, Wendy’s Wonderful Kids works to change the face of foster care adoption. Our adoption recruiters work with the children who have been in foster care the longest, some have given up on a forever family. Our recruiters work with older children, sibling… → Read More
Celebrating the Unsung Heroes of Foster Care Adoption
March is National Professional Social Worker Month. This is a time for us to celebrate the men and women who work with some of the most challenging situations in our child welfare departments. According to the National Association of Social Workers, there are more than 650,000 social workers across the country. The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption is proud each and every day of the work that… → Read More
Your Gift Gives Teens in Foster Care the Chance to Succeed
The first thing Jamie Honerlaw, a Wendy’s Wonderful Kids recruiter, noticed about De’Andre was his outgoing personality. She knew what kind of family De’Andre wanted — one with a mom and a dad and little siblings – and was determined to find it for him. He’d been in foster care for nearly four years when Jamie introduced him to the Fargasons. She knew their family was the perfect fit for… → Read More
Help Us Continue Life-Changing Work
Emily was adopted from foster care when she was just a year old. Today, she is 6 and thriving as a member of her forever family. Often times, children linger in foster care for years before their forever family is found. The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption works each and every day to dramatically increase the number of adoptions from foster care. Our work is changing the attitudes of… → Read More
Your Gift Allows Siblings Grow Up Together
Robbin and Steven hadn’t considered adopting two children. But when Rachel, a Wendy’s Wonderful Kids Recruiter, told them about Dawson and Dalton, they knew they had to keep the boys together. “I kept praying for years and years that they wouldn’t take me away from Dalton,” said Dawson. “I was very afraid.” Today, the brothers are thriving together in their home. Dawson is doing well in school,… → Read More
Monsanto Makes the Adoption Experience Easier for Employees
Each year the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption ranks the nation’s Top 100 Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces. Throughout November, National Adoption Month, we are sharing the adoption stories from our top adoption-friendly partners. This year Monsanto was 71st on the list and shared one employee’s adoption journey. Anik is a scientist for Monsanto and told the Foundation that Monsanto’s… → Read More
A Small College with Big Adoption Benefits is Making a Difference in our Nation’s Heartland
Each year the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption ranks the nation’s Top 100 Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces. Throughout November, National Adoption Month, we are sharing the adoption stories from our top adoption-friendly partners. This year Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa ranked fifth in their industry. Heather Sas, a college employee says her family has adopted twice thanks to the… → Read More
American Express Climbs 30 Spots to Top Best Adoption-Friendly Workplace List
Each year the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption recognizes the nation’s employers that offer the best adoption benefits to employees. This year, American Express topped the list by overhauling its adoption benefits package for employees. The first place company offers $35,000 in financial reimbursement for the costs of the adoption and 20 weeks of paid leave to employees to bond with their… → Read More
Adopted Siblings Make Big Impact on Family
The Beaton family has adopted three children from foster care: Halen, Hudson and Holly. They also have two biological children, Hailey and Hunter. After seeing his siblings arrive to his home with their belongings in trash bags, Hunter started a campaign to provide duffel bags for children entering or transitioning through the foster care system. #ItsWorthIt The Dave Thomas Foundation for… → Read More
Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption Recognizes Companies with Best Adoption Leave Benefits
Companies like American Express, Bank of America and Facebook know that to retain top talent, companies have to offer top benefits. The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption survey’s the nation’s employers each year in search of those with the best adoption benefits. This includes both financial reimbursements and paid time off. This year American Express topped the Top 100 list for having the… → Read More
Foster Care Adoption Myth Busting
Siblings Manny and Tabitha were officially adopted by the Kyle family in 2013 after years of sharing their home. Their mom told us, “We love sharing our story in hopes that more people will consider foster adoption. There are so many myths involved with it - all these kids need is unconditional love.” One of the biggest myths of foster care adoption is that it’s expensive. Did you know that… → Read More
Adoption Benefits Come in All Sizes
The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption is excited to announce its 2017 Best Adoption Friendly Workplaces by size. Each year the Foundation ranks the nation’s employers that offer the best adoption benefits to their employees. The Top 100 list features companies like American Express (#1), Capital One (#2), Facebook (#31 tied), Comcast (#31 tied), Hilton (#61 tied), adidas (#74 tied) and Zappos… → Read More
Siblings Through Adoption, but Connected for Life
Cammie and Michael are 7-year-old twins who were placed in foster care at birth in 2010 and were adopted by their forever family in September of 2011. They were soon joined by a sister. Desiree is 10 years old and after spending four years in foster care, was adopted into the same family as Cammie and Michael. Today all three are thriving in their forever family. These are the types of stories… → Read More
A Full House
The Whittmore’s knew they had more love to give and opened their hearts and home to foster care adoption. The family added four more girls to the family when they adopted Autumn, Madison, Tayleigh and Devyn. The girls now have two more sisters Tiffany and Taylor, who are the Whittmore’s biological children. The family says they felt called to foster care adoption and feel blessed to be able to… → Read More
I'm His Mom. I Show Up.
This guest blog post is written by Meryl Phipps, a foster and adoptive mom whose son, Jeremiah, was adopted through the Foundation’s Wendy’s Wonderful Kids program. My son, Jeremiah, was in foster care for more than 10 years. Eight of those years were spent as a “freed” child - a child to whom no one had any parental rights… a child we often describe as “waiting.” He moved 33 times before he… → Read More
A Little Goes a Long Way
Love and support have a cumulative effect. Just ask the Ocasio family, who decided to adopt a group of six siblings they were fostering, and today have a total of 11 adopted children. Every donation is a new opportunity to find a forever family for a deserving child. Join our Circle of Support and sign up for monthly giving today. #ItsWorthIt The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption is committed… → Read More
Foster Care Adoption: Come Prepared with Faith and Heavy Duty Boots
Stacie Booth is a mother of one adopted son and two biological sons, a devoted wife and a small business owner who provides Taekwondo classes for a homeschool group and Montessori schools. She is a relocated Texan living in Michigan and freezes to death every winter, but has found some solace in snowboarding and sledding with her sons. It is written in the Bible that we must “visit orphans and… → Read More
Celebrating His Forever Family
Jayden met his adoptive parents at 14 months old after being in foster care for nine months. His mom shared, “We never expected the adoption process to take as long as it did, but we would do it all over again! He was our son from the first day we met him.” Children like Jayden wind up in foster care by no fault of their own. They are victims of their circumstances. Sometimes it is neglect,… → Read More