Adoption Facts

The adoption process can be mystifying when you are just beginning and you will have many questions: what types of adoption are there, how much does it cost, what are the requirements? Read on to get answers to these and many other questions.

A national survey reveals that U.S. adults are considering foster care adoption more often than any other type of adoption, but misperceptions abound about the children waiting to be adopted and the adoption process.

Read about America's beliefs about foster care adoption as revealed by the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption's National Foster Care Adoption Attitude Survey.
Myths and Misperceptions

On any given day in North America, nearly 550,000 children are in the foster care system, and more than 150,000 of them are available for adoption, just waiting for the right family to find them.