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.
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
Wednesday's Child (WC) is Georgia's partnership with WAGA Fox 5 TV - Atlanta and the Georgia Division of Family and 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.
Weekly Feature: Qua’Maine
Qua’Maine, born in 2002, is an African American teen who enjoys spending time with family and friends, playing outside, and playing video and board games. He also enjoys listening to hip hop music, watching Tyler Perry movies, and playing sports, especially basketball. At school, where his favorite subject is math and he earns good grades, Qua’Maine enjoys getting work done and participating in Navy ROTC. He needs a loving adoptive family who will provide him with the attention, support, encouragement, structure and nurturing environment he needs to continue to thrive.
Learn more about Qua’Maine by visiting the Wednesday's Child website.
Fact Sheet
Facts about Foster Parenting & Adoption