In November, let’s celebrate National Adoption Month to raise awareness of the importance of adoption and honor those who open their hearts and homes to children in need of a loving family.
In recent years, Senate Republicans have championed many new laws to support adoptive families and children in foster care like:
Doubling Indiana’s adoption tax credit;
Updating our laws to help adoptive parents of special-needs children; and
Removing hurdles that can unnecessarily slow adoption.
These laws aim to help more families afford adoption and consider becoming part of our state’s adoption system so more children can go home to loving families.
In 2024, more than 1,500 children were adopted in Indiana, and over 1,200 have been adopted this year. Currently, more than 190 Hoosier children in Department of Child Services care are waiting for placement in an adoptive home, and the average age of a child waiting for placement is 12 years old.
For more information about adopting and to view all of Indiana’s waiting children, click here.
https://www.indianasenaterepublicans.com/celebrating-national-adoption-month-2025