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A Step-by-Step Guide to Post-Adoption
A Step-by-Step Guide to Post-Adoption
Bringing a child into your family can be the most rewarding and joyful event of your life, and permanency can take the form of adoption, guardianship or family reunification when it is a safe option. But your journey doesn’t end at finalization. It can bring a unique set of challenges and questions. This guide offers […]
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Learn more about Wendy's Wonderful Kids
Learn more about Wendy's Wonderful Kids
Learn More About Frosty Key Tags
Learn More About Frosty Key Tags
Wendy's has been a key supporter of the Foundation since its inception, and helps to raise money via Frosty Key Tags, Boo! Books and more.
A Fresh Start: Stories of Adoption Milestones
A Fresh Start: Stories of Adoption Milestones
Best Adoption-Friendly Workplace Survey NOW OPEN
Best Adoption-Friendly Workplace Survey NOW OPEN
Resources for Adoptive Families
Finding Forever Families: A Step-by-Step Guide to Adoption
Finding Forever Families: A Step-by-Step Guide to Adoption
Adoption can feel overwhelming. This guide is the perfect first step to understand the adoption journey. This will help you know what to expect at each phase of adoption.
Financial Resources for Adoptive Families
Financial Resources for Adoptive Families
Read the answers to frequently asked questions and preview financial resources available to support families on the adoption journey.
Adoption-Friendly Workplace
2025 100 Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces List
2025 100 Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces List
Adoption-Friendly Workplace Program
Adoption-Friendly Workplace Program
More and more employers are learning the value of offering benefits such as parental leave to adoptive parents. Get details here on how you can help.
Asking the Experts: How to Get Started with Foster Care and Adoption Benefits Policies
Asking the Experts: How to Get Started with Foster Care and Adoption Benefits Policies
Human resource experts and adoptive parents shared valuable insights and guidance about how to create a policy or augment an existing policy.
Jason's Story
Jason's Story
About the Foundation
Our U.S. Website
Our U.S. Website
The Dave Thomas Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting adoption of children who are lingering in the foster care system.
Our Canadian Website
Our Canadian Website
The Dave Thomas Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting adoption of children who are lingering in the foster care system in Canada.
Our History and Dave's Story
Our History and Dave's Story
Founded in 1992, the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption is committed to finding forever homes for children in foster care, with 13,000-plus placements so far.
Our 2025 Annual Report
Our 2025 Annual Report
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Join the Foundation's Circle of Support
Our Circle of Support is a special community of dedicated donors who are committed to advancing the Foundation’s mission through ongoing, monthly gifts.
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The Dave Thomas Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting adoption of children who are lingering in the foster care system.
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5 Things People Get Wrong About Single-Parent Adoption
5 Things People Get Wrong About Single-Parent Adoption
As more non-traditional families become the norm, single-parent adoption has also been on the rise. Here, experts explain why single people might want to adopt, and why they are just as suited for the job of parenting as partnered people.
This Is My Room: Marisol's Story PSAs
This Is My Room: Marisol's Story PSAs
The youth featured in these TV PSAs share their journeys from foster care to being adopted with help from the Foundation. The spots end by highlighting the safe, special and permanent space that they now call their own — their room.
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Supporting Child Welfare Professionals
Child Welfare Professionals: Share Your Thoughts
Child Welfare Professionals: Share Your Thoughts
Reducing Barriers to Permanency: A Resource For Legal Professionals
Reducing Barriers to Permanency: A Resource For Legal Professionals
Explores strategies for how you can help promote permanency for the most vulnerable children and youth in foster care.
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