RaiseAChild.US believes that all children deserve a safe, loving and permanent home. We educate and encourage the LGBT community to build families through fostering and adoption to answer the needs of the 400,000 children in our nation's foster care system.
RaiseAChild.US Releases Video Answer to U.S. Supreme Court Justices Who Believe No Data Exists on Same-Sex Parenting New Video Cites Three Decades of Research on Quality and Effects of LGBT Parenting LOS ANGELES, CA–As the nation waits for the U.S. …
We hope you will join us at a special brunch event celebrating the history of LGBT family building. Â May 19, 2013, 10:30 am – 1:00 pm W Hollywood Hotel 6250 Hollywood Blvd Hollywood, CA 90028 Â Â FAMILY …
May and June are very busy in the foster recruitment world. Mothers Day and Fathers Day give us all a chance to reflect on the impact our parents have had on us and revisit our own hopes and dreams for …
Angela and Megahn had talked about raising children since meeting in 2004. Over six weeks of evening classes, they learned the “ages and stages” of child development, became CPR-certified and heard foster/adoptive parents speak about the process of integrating a …
Gay people rarely become parents by mistake. It takes some careful planning and sometimes, luck. My husband and I have known we wanted to have kids from when we first were dating back in 1992. We were in college, had …
If you are involved with RaiseAChild, chances are you have spoken with Rich, John, Corinne, Jason, Bita or Andrew. Each with our specific focus, we are working hard to connect prospective parents with children waiting in the foster care system. …
With an average of 50 new recruits each month, RaiseAChild.US could not accomplish its work without a sophisticated and reliable database. Start-up organizations often have to improvise with store-bought software that cannot adequately be customized to their field of services …
We are thrilled to announce that our Parent Advocate program has received a tremendous boost with a $30,000 grant, plus a $30,000 challenge grant from the Annenberg Foundation. “For many people considering fostering or adopting, it can be hard to …
The success of RaiseAChild’s recruitment lies in the events we produce that allow prospective parents to meet the social workers who will ultimately train, certify, and place children with them. This face-to-face meeting has proven to be what allows prospects …
“My partner and I are with Southern California Foster Family and Adoption Agency (SCFFAA), and as luck would have it, just yesterday we met with an adoption social worker for a possible placement. It looks like we’re going to make …
