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Our Longest Waiting Children
DCF's Division of Youth and Family Services (DYFS) is focusing on a special initiative to recruit adoptive homes for the 100 children who have been in the foster care system the longest amount of time awaiting a forever adoptive family.
Five adoption recruiters from across the state were reassigned to the DYFS central office in Trenton to work exclusively on finding homes for these children. The vast majority of these children are adolescents and some who want to be adopted with their siblings.
DYFS and the Heart Gallery of New Jersey (HGNJ) has recently launched a new set of portraits focused on the100 longest waiting children that will be displayed in a series of public exhibits throughout 2008 as well as on the Web. HGNJ coordinates the volunteer efforts of dozens of professional photographers and writers who uniquely and endearingly capture the spirit of these kids.
In 2005, DYFS had worked with the HGNJ to photograph approximately 300 kids who were legally free for adoption.
Click HERE to view the new photos of the "100 Longest Waiting" children on the HGNJ Web site. All the children currently featured on their Web site are DYFS’ kids waiting for an adoptive family.
