Children’s Bureau officials are hoping to bring kids into loving homes, and spreading information about how at College of the Canyons on Aug. 27, in a meeting for adults interested in fostering or adopting children.   

The monthly meetings have been occurring for approximately 15 years, said Marcia Morris, a recruitment coordinator for Children’s Bureau.

“Every single day we receive calls from the Department of Children and Family Resources for families for children who are coming into the system for various reasons and we never have enough homes,” Morris said.

“Adoption is a meaningful way for individuals and couples to fulfill their dream of parenting,” the news release said.

There are approximately 64,000 children in foster care in California.

Los Angeles County’s foster care population exceeds 21,000 children with 450 foster children waiting to be connected to a family who will adopt.

Children’s Bureau offers a comprehensive foster care and adoption program that brings families together for a lifetime.

The agency is in need of resource families for children in foster care while reunifying with birth families or to provide legal permanency by adoption.

Children’s Bureau Resource Parents protect and nurture children, meet children’s developmental needs, support children’s relationships with their birth families and do all of this as a member of a professional team.

“We’re really looking for people to work with us and become members of our professional team to help these children and to provide families for them,” Morris said.

Qualifying families receive training, certification and support.

The monthly information meeting is being held Saturday, Aug. 27 from 10 a.m. to noon at College of the Canyons, Dr. Dianne G. Van Hook University Center, Room 222.

To RSVP or for more information,  call 661-208-4212.

An information packet or application may also be requested by filling out a request form here.

About Children’s Bureau:

Since 1904, Children’s Bureau has been a nonprofit leader in the prevention and treatment of child abuse and neglect.

More than 30,000 children and families are helped each year throughout Southern California with services that include school readiness, parenting classes, family resource centers, support groups, mental health counseling, foster care and adoption.

Ed. Note: This article is a press release provided by Children’s Bureau.