Adoption

The Georgia Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS) and Fox 5 Atlanta partner to sponsor Wednesday’s Child, an award-winning program and a national campaign with a proven track record of success aimed at increasing the number of adoptions of children in foster care.  Featured children are usually past the age of eight (8), sibling groups and/or children with special needs who have been in the foster care system for some time and would love to be adopted into a forever family.  

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Meet the Children

Georgia’s Adoption Photolisting website, It’s My Turn Now Georgia, features children who are looking for caring forever families to help make their dreams come true. To learn more about children who are available for adoption in the State of Georgia, click here.

To speak with someone about becoming a foster or adoptive parent
Contact the foster care and adoption recruitment intake line at 1-877-210-KIDS (5437) or click here to complete Foster Georgia’s Inquiry Form

Wednesday's Child, Georgia Department of Human Services' Division of Family & Children Services

Wednesday's Child (WC) is Georgia's partnership with WAGA Fox 5 TV - Atlanta and the Georgia Division of Family & Children Services Permanency Unit. An award-winning program with a proven track record of success, is a national campaign to increase the number of adoptions of children in foster care. The children featured on Wednesday’s Child are those in the most urgent need of a home. Many of these children are over the age of eight and have been in the foster care system for some time and desperately need a permanent place to call home.

Wednesday's Child Jackson

Weekly Feature: Jackson

Future service member Jackson, born in 2007, is a fun and entertaining African American teen who looks forward to serving his country when he is an adult. Until then, he enjoys spending his time watching Bulldogs and Falcons games, listening to Christian music, and playing basketball and soccer. He would like to play lacrosse too. Jackson also enjoys drawing, playing “Monopoly”, and watching “Top Gun”, “The Flash”, and “Teen Wolf”. At school, where he enjoys spending time with his friends, Jackson loves to learn new things in all his subjects! He is a happy young man who enjoys living and looks forward to a great life with only positive energy around him. Jackson needs a loving adoptive family who will give him the attention, support, encouragement, structure, and nurturing environment he needs to continue to thrive and reach his goals.