As November marks both National Adoption month and Florida Adoption month, the Children’s Network of Southwest Florida is holding a series of mass adoption finalizations throughout the region. Yet, despite the agency’s success in finding permanent homes for kids, the need for foster and adoptive parents is on the rise throughout the state and particularly in Southwest Florida where there are currently about 500 children living with licensed foster parents. We’ll take a closer look at efforts to find permanent, stable and loving homes for children in need, how to go about fostering or adopting a child, and how recent changes to state adoption laws by the Florida legislature are impacting kids in foster care.
Guests:
Michelle Farquharson, Director of Quality Management, Children's Network of Southwest Florida, LLC
