The Children’s Bureau has planned a potential foster or adoptive parent informational meeting to be hosted at College of the Canyons on Saturday, October 21.

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

There are approximately 64,000 children in foster care in California. Los Angeles County’s foster care population exceeds 21,000 children,with 500 foster children waiting to be connected to a family who will adopt, according to Children’s Bureau.

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“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,” said the release. “Children’s Bureau welcomes every foster and foster-adoptive parent regardless of, race, age, religion, disability, marital status, ethnic background, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.”

This meeting is one part of a recurring series organized by the Children’s Bureau, which is held monthly at College of the Canyons to better inform those interested in pursuing child adoption or fostering.

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This month’s meeting is being held Saturday, October 21, 2017 from 10 a.m. to noon at College of the Canyons, Dr. Dianne G. Van Hook University Center, Room 222, 26455 Rockwell Canyon Road, Santa Clarita, CA 91355.

To R.S.V.P. or for more information, call 661.208.4212 or email RFrecruitment@all4kids.org. An information packet or application may also be obtained by filling out a request form here.

To view an informational video about becoming a resource parent, visit here.

This above information was provided to KHTS by The Children’s Bureau.

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