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Funded Programs

The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption currently funds the following programs:

Grantee Initiative
Wendy's Wonderful Kids Funding for 109 adoption recruiters across the U.S. and in Canada to find families for children waiting in foster care.  $6,800,000

A Family for ME, Gardiner, ME
Adopt America Network, Toledo, OH
Adoption Center of Delaware Valley, DE
Adoption Center of Delaware Valley, Southern NJ
Adoption Coalition of Texas, Austin, TX
Adoption Links Worldwide, Omaha, NE
Adoption Resources of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Adoption Rhode Island, Pawtucket, RI
Aid to Adoption of Special Kids (AASK), Phoenix, AZ
Alabama Department of Human Resources, Montgomery, AL
Alaska Dept. of Health & Social Services, Juneau, AK
Arkansas Department of Health and Human Services, Little Rock, AR
Bethany Christian Services, Candia, NH
Bethany Christian Services, Columbus, GA
Boys and Girls Aid Society of Oregon, Portland, OR
Casa Central, Chicago, IL
Catholic Charities Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
Catholic Charities North Dakota - AASK, Fargo, ND
Catholic Community Services of Southern Arizona, Inc., Tucson, AZ
Catholic Social Services of Montana, Inc., Helena, MT
CHARLEE of Dade County, Miami, FL
Children Awaiting Parents, Inc., Rochester, NY
Children's Aid and Family Services, Paramus, NJ
Children's Bureau, Inc., Indianapolis, IN
Children's Home of the Wyoming Conference, Binghamton, NY
Children's Home Society of Florida, Tallahassee, FL
Children's Home Society of North Carolina, Inc., Charlotte, NC
Children's Home Society of North Carolina, Inc., Greensboro, NC
Children's Home Society of North Carolina, Inc., Raleigh, NC
Children's Home Society of South Dakota, Sioux Falls, SD
Children's Home Society of Virginia, Richmond, VA
Children's Home Society of Washington, Seattle/Tacoma, WA
Children's Service Center of the Wyoming Valley, Wilkes-Barre, PA
ChildServ, Chicago, IL
Clark County Department of Family Services, Las Vegas, NV
Cornerstones of Care, Kansas City, MO
D.C. Child and Family Services Agency, Washington, DC;
   Fiscal Agent is the Center for Adoption Support and Education
Diakon Lutheran Social Ministries, Allentown, PA
Diakon Lutheran Social Ministries, Allentown, PA
Family and Children's Service, Memphis, TN
Family and Children's Service, Nashville, TN
Family Builders By Adoption, Oakland, CA
Family Service and Children's Aid, Jackson, MI
Family Service Center, Columbia, SC
Family Services of Metro Orlando, Inc., Orlando, FL
Family Support Services of North Florida, Inc., Jacksonville, FL
Foster Care Coalition of Greater St. Louis, Inc., St. Louis, MO
Four Oaks Family and Children's Services, Cedar Rapids, IA
Franklin County Children Services, Columbus, OH
Hamilton County Department of Job and Family Services, Cincinnati, OH
Hennepin County, Minnetonka, MN
Hillsborough Kids, Inc., Tampa, FL
Hillside Children's Center, Rochester, NY
HOPE Adoption & Family Services International, Inc.,
   Oak Park Heights, MN
Kansas Children's Service League, Wichita, KS
Kinship Center, Los Angeles, CA
Klingberg Family Centers, New Britain, CT
Lund Family Center, Burlington, VT
Lutheran Social Services of Montana, Billings, MT
Lutheran Social Services of the South, Dallas, TX
Lutheran Social Services of the South, San Antonio, TX
Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange, Inc., Boston, MA
Mission West Virginia, Inc., Hurricane, WV
Mississippi Families for Kids, Jackson, MS
Montgomery County Job and Family Services, Dayton, OH
Northeast Ohio Adoption Services, Warren, OH
One Church, One Child, Oklahoma City, OK
ROOTS Planting Seeds to Secure Our Future, Inc., Atlanta, GA
Sierra Adoption Services, Inc., Nevada City, CA
Southern Christian Services for Children & Youth,
   Harden House Adoption Services, Jackson, MS
Spaulding for Children, Houston, TX
Spaulding for Children, Detroit, MI
Special Needs Adoption Program (SNAP), Lexington, KY
Special Needs Adoption Program (SNAP), Louisville, KY
Special Needs Adoptive Parent Servs. Inc. (SNAPS) - ID, Boise, ID
St. Vincent Catholic Charities, Lansing, MI
Tabor Children's Services, Inc., Doylestown, PA
The Adoption Exchange - Colorado, Aurora, CO
The Adoption Exchange - New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
The Adoption Exchange - Utah, Murray, UT
The Villages of Indiana, Inc., Bloomington, IN
Three Rivers Adoption Council, Pittsburgh, PA
United Methodist Family Services of Virginia, Richmond, VA
Volunteers of America of Greater New Orleans, Metairie, LA
Volunteers of America of North Louisiana, Shreveport, LA
You Gotta Believe!, Brooklyn, NY
You Gotta Believe!, Long Island, NY
Canada
Adoptive Families Association of British Columbia, Burnaby, BC
Children's Aid Society, Toronto, ON 

Adopt America Network National recruitment of adoptive families for special needs children.  $85,000
 
Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute
 
Pair college students, formerly in foster care, with members of Congress as summer interns.  $75,000
 
National Center for Adoption Law & Policy
 
Adoption law curriculum development and legislative adoption initiatives.  $100,000
North American Council on Adoptable Children
 
Adoption subsidy resource center; training of NACAC subsidy volunteers.  $95,000
The Adoption Center at Bellfaire JCB  Study of barriers to rural families adopting urban children.  $5,000