adoption

Under the updated programs, caregivers can receive 100% of the financial support a child was entitled to while in the state’s foster care system.

In Indiana, typical foster home placements and what are known as relative or kinship placements are offered different financial resources and supports.

A northern Indiana police officer and his wife have adopted an infant months after she was surrendered at a baby box.

Some adoption agencies say the new funding is helpful but doesn’t go far enough. An investigation from 2008 to 2020 found that more than 2,000 children in Indiana were sent to foster care following failed adoptions.

One listener asks about how children in foster care or awaiting adoption have been affected by the pandemic.