Foundation Coordinating Adoption Agencies

Thousands of children age out of the foster care system each year without a family. The Maryland based Barker Foundation is leading a consortium of private adoption agencies to assist each other in finding adoptive homes for children, especially teens. Emily Marshall with Barker says the group is creating an environment that helps equip agencies to be better equipped to navigate adoptions from foster care…

“The idea here is to form community around private agencies, providing resources and support so that more private agencies feel willing and able to support adoption from foster care.”