2021 Highlights from Rita Soronen
…such as The New York Times and The Washington Post. In a year filled with so much uncertainty, I am grateful for the Foundation’s staff, Wendy’s Wonderful Kids adoption professionals,…
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2020 Annual Report
Anthony’s Story: An Adoptee’s Journey to Discover His Past
…feel like a high school student waiting at the mailbox for his report card, intercepting the data to get a first look. My next post will be about what happens…
2021 Annual Report
National Foster Care Month: 5 ways to make a lasting impact
…during National Foster Care Month about the urgent need for foster care adoption. Follow us on social media and share this post with your network on Facebook. From all of…
A call for practical changes to protect children in foster care
The following letter to the editor ran in the Washington Post, April 22, in response to the article, “A celebration saved.” (April 11, 2020). The novel coronavirus crisis has created an uncertain…
Letter to the Editor: Our foster care system is broken — and getting worse. But it can be fixed.
Source: iStock Rita Soronen, President & CEO of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, wrote the following letter in response to the Washington Post’s editorial “The crisis in foster care”…
National Adoption Month: 4 Ways to Make a Difference
November is National Adoption Month — a special time to celebrate families that have grown through adoption and raise awareness of the more than 125,000 children waiting in foster care…
How moving outside my comfort zone led to a perfect match
This guest blog post is written by Roberto Rivera, an adoptive dad whose son, Gabriel, was adopted through the Foundation’s Wendy’s Wonderful Kids program. The first time I saw my…
The Adoption Exchange Association and the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption Launch Initiative to Create Adoption Ready Employees
…a healthy employee turnover rate. [SABA Blog post]. Retrieved from https://www.halogensoftware.com/blog/does-your-organization-have-healthy-employee-turnover 5 U.S. Government Accountability Office. (2003). HHS could play a greater role in helping child welfare agencies recruit and…