Adoption and Permanency Awareness Month is about celebrating the devoted families created when people open their hearts and commit to sharing their lives with a vulnerable child or youth. A permanent family environment provides a solid foundation for lifelong connections to community and culture, opportunities to thrive, and all the support these young people need along the way.
Permanency is transformational for everyone involved. The emotional and social impacts of belonging can last a lifetime. That is why Adoption and Permanency Awareness Month is also about recognizing the children and youth who are still waiting for permanent, stable, and nurturing homes.
- Adopt BC Kids - an online portal that provides British Columbians wishing to adopt children and youth from foster care with information and guidance through their adoption application.
- The Ways to adopt in British Columbia Website provides information on adoption in British Columbia, such as infant adoption, relative and step-parent adoption, and adopting a child or youth from another country.
- https://belongingnetwork.com (formerly Adoptive Families Association of BC) - provides information and support services for families who wish to adopt now or in the future.
- https://adoption-bc.com - a detailed and comprehensive guide to additional adoption resources.