| Media Statement November 1, 2018 |
Contact Debra Johnson 360.789.7926 |
One such event will be held in Spokane Nov. 16 to commemorate adoptive families
OLYMPIA – The Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) will join the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) in commemorating the state’s adoptive families in a National Adoption Day celebration in Spokane Nov. 16. The event will include live actors, face painting, craft tables and special visits from Spokane Chiefs hockey players, among many other activities. All are welcome to join the celebration. These are details about the event:
| WHERE: | Spokane County Superior Court 3rd Floor Jury Assembly Room 1116 W Broadway Ave. Spokane, WA 99260 |
| WHEN: |
November 16, 2018 |
| MORE INFO: |
Diana Salinas, Adoptions Supervisor |
Many of these events will held at courthouses across the state and will celebrate the coming together of new families through adoption. Members of the public are welcome to attend all these events.
DCYF has more than 9,200 children in its custody. Of those, nearly 2,000 are legally free to be adopted. While many of these children will go on to find loving,
stable and permanent homes, dozens of youth age out of the foster care system each year without finding adoptive families.
DCYF will be sharing information and stories about adoption all month long on its Facebook and Twitter pages. Follow DCYF @waDCYF. For more information on adoption through foster care, visit: https://www.dcyf.wa.gov/services/adoption.
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