Program Highlights
In 1985, one child was placed in a home recruited from a local church by Child SHARE. Today, more than 1,000 children have lived in foster homes recruited from a network of 350 churches and parishes in Southern California.
- Two out of three foster children* placed in a Child SHARE home stay with the SAME FAMILY until they are reunited or adopted!
- Since 2001, one out of three foster children* placed in a Child SHARE home is adopted—usually by their foster or respite foster parents! This is more than DOUBLE the national adoption rate.
- Most Child SHARE foster families stay active for five years—more than TWICE the the County of Los Angeles average. Many "drop out" to adopt their foster child!
- Child SHARE has the nation's only recruitment campaign in deaf congregations to find American Sign language-fluent foster parents for abused and abandoned deaf children!
- Child SHARE launched an expanded bilingual Hispanic outreach campaign in 2005.
*Permancy rates do not include emergency shelter placements which are short term by design, but do include all regular foster placements including children considered 'unadoptible.'
References:
On December 23, 2003, the CBS Early Show featured Child SHARE adoptive families in a nationally broadcast Christmas feature, "Adopting Older Children".
Child SHARE was featured on ABC's World News Tonight with Peter Jennings as part of the "Solutions" series on innovative programs. Child SHARE has received endorsements from US Senate Chaplain Dr. Lloyd J. Ogilvie, Cardinal Roger M. Mahony and Governor Pete Wilson among others.
Dale Evans Rogers, Olympic Gold Medalist Rafer Johnson, author and talkshow host Dennis Prager, Former UCLA Coach John Wooden, and California's First Lady Gayle Wilson have served as "Guardian Angels" for Child SHARE.
Carol Burnett, Dick Van Dyke, and Art Linkletter have all donated time as celebrity hosts for Child SHARE events.
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