• Find out more about foster care statistics in the United States.

• Click here to read some facts about foster care.

• Read about foster care reform and the effects it will have on kids in the foster care system by state.

• Interested in the foster care system? Click here to find out more about what being a foster family means.

• Here's some general information about adoption.

• Read out more adopting children in foster care.

• Curious about the children that generally take longer to be adopted? Click here to find out common characteristics of children waiting for families.

• Want to know more current updates on adoption? Check out the results in google news!

• The National Adoption Center's website provides excellent information on how to adopt, including considering adoption of children with special needs, transracial adopting, adopting options for a single parent, adopting options for LGBT couples, and more.

• Find out some adoption statistics of how much it costs to adopt, the stats for placing children in homes, and more.

AWOL trips addressing this issue:

• 2004 Tulsa, Oklahoma