Children available for adoption through DCYF are currently in foster care or relative care. They are also unable to go back with their birth parents.
These children:
- Range in age, sex, and gender
- May be part of a sibling group (two or more)
- Represent diverse ethnic and cultural populations
- Have a variety of religious beliefs
- May have medical, mental, and/or physical health issues
- May have developmental delays or disabilities
- May have been exposed to drug and alcohol use/abuse
- May have been abused (physically/sexually/emotionally) and/or neglected
- May have behavioral issues related to trauma they have experienced
