adoption Articles

National campaign encourages families to adopt teens

 A new national campaign recently launched to encourage families to adopt older teens. Lakeisha Gomes from Youth Villages' Foster Care program talked with Mary Beth Conley and Alex Coleman on WREG's Live at 9. Watch here.  [.$?*|{}() 0="%91" _i="1"...

Kristin finds her forever family

Neglected as she moved from one relative’s home to the next, Kristin, 12, entered state custody when she was only 2 years old. She was also exposed to domestic violence, sexual abuse and drug addiction.   Kristin spent a year in Youth Villages’ intensive...

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