December 26th, 2025 by WCBC Radio

Maryland expanded foster care capacity statewide this year, but child advocates note many older children continue struggle to find a lifelong home.  By age 10, the likelihood of a child being adopted falls by 50%.  Nationally, there are more than 100,000 adoption-eligible kids in foster care. Saara McEachnie with the Barker Adoption Foundation says every child deserves the kind of secure foundation found in a family…

   

“Being able to step forward for that child so that they can see a new reality, they can see a new trajectory, to be able to see themselves as something that they might not have envisioned before. All of those things are necessary, as children really are the bedrock of society.”