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 Triston Harlie and Donny

Weekly Feature: Triston, Harlie, and Donny

Triston, Harlie, and Donny are Caucasian siblings seeking a loving adoptive family able to meet their individual needs and commit to raising them together. Triston, born in 2009, is an athletic teenage boy who loves to play football, basketball, and baseball. He enjoys spending time with friends, going fishing, going to football games, and watching sports on ESPN. Triston is also interested in video games and anime’ shows. Harlie, born in 2011, is a social girl who enjoys spending time with friends. She likes to read, watch Disney classics, and go to the beach. Harlie also loves music, particularly HipHop. Younger brother Donny, born in 2012, enjoys playing football and basketball.  He likes adventure movies, going to the beach, reading, and playing video games. All three of these children are described as smart, intellectual, and inquisitive. A caring, welcoming, and committed adoptive family ready to provide stability, routine, guidance, and love are sought for this sibling group.