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Collaboration helps TX foster kids find forever homes

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Monday, February 10, 2025   

The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption and the Texas Alliance of Child and Family Services are working together to find homes for foster-care children who are at risk of aging out of the system.

The collaboration recently facilitated its 500th adoption. Megan Ranson, interim CEO of the TACFS, said the Wendy's Wonderful Kids program focuses on helping children who have been waiting the longest.

"We help identify community-based organizations throughout the state of Texas that then hire Wendy's Wonderful Kids recruiters," said Ranson. "And the model itself focuses on older children, teens, sibling groups, and children with special needs."

Recruiters are working in seven of Texas' 11 regions that manage its foster-care adoption process.

Adrian and Shane Potter adopted their three children through the Wendy's Wonderful Kids program. Adrian Potter said the recruiters played a huge role in making the process run smoothly.

"Checking in on them constantly," said Potter. "Our kiddos knew them by their first name. They knew their interests they helped us get them in contact with therapists. Just lots of different people - just to kind of keep the kids happy and successful."

Ransom said having a family or support system is crucial for the success of all children when they enter adulthood.

"Anyone who has children knows that your child is not fully grown, and isn't going to just fly the coop and never come back once they're 18," said Ranson. "So, there's a whole host of issues they may encounter, aging out and not having a supportive or loving home to come back to."





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