Gay and Lbian Foster Care and Adoptn - The North Amerin Council on Adoptable Children

Contents:

• HOW YOU CAN BEE GAY FOSTER PARENTS OR ADOPTIVE PARENTS
• HOE CALL: KEV GERS EXPLAS HIS EXPERIENCE FOSTERG-TO-ADOPT AS A GAY MAN
• U.S. SUPREME COURT BACKS CATHOLIC GROUP THAT SHUNNED GAY FOSTER PARENTS
• GAY AND LBIAN FOSTER CARE AND ADOPTN

HOW YOU CAN BEE GAY FOSTER PARENTS OR ADOPTIVE PARENTS

for Foster ParentsThis factsheet was wrten for foster parents to help them learn about LGBTQ (lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and qutng) youth the child welfare system, the unique risks they face, and the important role that foster parents n play rcg those risks.

How You Can Bee Gay Foster Parents or Adoptive Parents.

HOE CALL: KEV GERS EXPLAS HIS EXPERIENCE FOSTERG-TO-ADOPT AS A GAY MAN

As you rearch ways to build your LGBT fay, you may e across rmatn on beg gay foster parents.

However, beg gay foster parents this way n be difficult when a child is placed back wh their legal parents.

U.S. SUPREME COURT BACKS CATHOLIC GROUP THAT SHUNNED GAY FOSTER PARENTS

Child welfare agenci like AdoptUSKids provi special trag and rourc to make sure that all LGBT fai workg through their agenci feel wele and prepared for the gay foster re and adoptn procs. Studi have even shown that whout gay fosterg, the untry would lose $87 to $130 ln child re, wh dividual stat losg as much as $27 ln.

GAY AND LBIAN FOSTER CARE AND ADOPTN

When you choose to adopt gay youth or foster gay youth, you n provi them a posive role mol of an LGBT dividual, which they may have never had growg up. Clearly, when you ci to bee a gay foster parent or adoptive parent, you will make a huge difference the life of the child that you wele to your home. An epiphany durg the early days of the panmic led him to foster young children, and as a sgle gay dad, he’s thrivg.

Now Gers, 35, who is also a real tate agent Los Angel, California, is hopg to spire other sgle gay men wh hop of fosterg to adopt their own children.