News Stories about Foster Care and Adoption

"Heart and Home: Foster parents offer love to kids in need"  

The Monroe Monitor Editor, Polly Keary, did a cover story on Stephanie and John Hanson, foster and adoptive parents for fifteen years.  Stephanie works for Fostering Together as a Liaison in the Monroe area. 

Stephanie and some of children

Open your heart and home to a foster child 

 Nicole Sanchez, an adoptive parent in Washington, wrote a guest column in the Seattle Times about her experience, and her feelings about the children waiting for "forever" families in our state.

Childhaven's Short Term Foster Care Program Helps Keep Families Together 

Seattle Times Reporter, Erik Lacitis profiles a family that received much-needed respite through the Childhaven Crisis Nursery program.

175 Children in Washington State Get "Forever Families"

Friday, November 20, 2009 was National Adoption Day.  In Washington State, 175 children got their forever families.  Read about the party at the King county courthouse!

More information on National Adoption Day, 2009 

Lynwood Foster Child Has Second Heart Transplant 

If it hadn't been for Cindy Locke and her family, Mykal Cochran might be dead.  Erika Schultz from the Seattle Times tells the story.  Read more about Mykal in our Everyday Heroes Section.

Fostering Children: a Full Family Affair 

The Thompsons of Puyallup tell Seattle's Child magazine what their experience with fostering children has involved: how it's impacted their family, their friends, and their community.

Navigating the Process: Q & A with Yolanda Comparan, MSW, Foster Care-to-Adoption Expert

Cheryl Murfin, writing for Seattle's Child, asks Comparan to provide insights into the process of becoming a foster parent and the option of becoming a permanent parent though the foster care-to-adoption option.

You learn a lot in 25 years of helping children and families navigate the foster care system to permanent adoption. You learn even more as an adoptive mom. So Yolanda Comparan, founder of Bellevue-based Adoption Referral and Information Services, has learned quite a bit in the past few decades. Comparan has provided information, referrals, counseling and education to hundreds of parents, kids and professionals in Washington, including those involved in the foster care, juvenile justice and mental health systems.