Hundreds of thousands of children across the United States are in foster care and millions more across the world are looking for loving families to take them in.<\/p>\n
Special Advisor for Children\u2019s Issues Ambassador Susan Jacobs kicked off National Adoption Month on Nov. 1. Every year, during the month of November, the U.S. government calls special attention to the millions of children who are searching for families all across the world.<\/p>\n
\u201cLast year alone, Americans adopted over 100,000 children domestically and about 11,000 children from overseas. This is a testament to the generosity of the American people,\u201d Jacobs said. \u201cThe U.S. government is committed to promoting stability for children. We support the desire of American families to provide for children in need of a permanent family through adoption.\u201d<\/p>\n
International adoptions can be difficult due to the sheer amount of paperwork involved and the costs of first visiting the child or children to be adopted (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hundreds of thousands of children across the United States are in foster care and millions more across the world are looking for loving families to take them in. Special Advisor for Children\u2019s Issues Ambassador Susan Jacobs kicked off National Adoption…<\/span><\/p>\n