Adopt-a-Kid: Available this Week
A real life problem: placement of older kids removed from their families due to abuse and/or neglect. Indiana foster care system struggles to meet the incredible demand. A harder issue is the permanent placement of these kids into adoptive homes when it is ultimately concluded that the kids will not go back.
This is a big problem in Indiana. Indiana removes kids from their homes at a much higher rate than most states (The Powers of the State), so we end up with a lot of kids needing placement.
The Star Press covers the Indiana Department of Child Services new effort to get kids out of the system: post a picture and brief profile on the web: Indiana’s Adoption Program. This is similar to the newspaper ads that Marion County runs in the Star for adoptable kids. I understand the problem and the motivation, it just seems to treat these kids in a way that I would not want to be treated. Sort of more like a pet dog than a human being:
Cynthia will be an adult in 5 years. I wonder if she was consulted about being put up on the web begging for adoption.
