waiting children
Foster care youth
Waiting children are foster children legally available for adoption who have not yet been placed with permanent families.
The term appears in adoption advocacy and child welfare contexts, emphasizing that these children—often older, part of sibling groups, or with special needs—are actively hoping for homes: The agency held an event to introduce waiting children to prospective parents.
- orphansChildren whose parents died
- adoptionLegal family formation
- fosterEncourage development of
- foster careSupervised substitute parenting
- anticipationState of awaiting something
patience · longing · hopeful · families · placement · nursery · eager · anxious · custody · guardians · group home · reunification · permanency · home study · new beginnings · limbo · expecting · queue