November is Adoption Awareness Month, a time to recognize those who provide loving, stable forever homes to South Dakota children.
Department of Social Services Secretary Laurie Gill says DSS staff and private adoption agencies throughout the state work to find permanent families for children. She says in fiscal year 2021, 262 South Dakota children were placed with an adoptive family through DSS, but more families are always needed. She says adoptive families provide the love, connection, support and belonging that children need.
Governor Kristi Noem says adoptive parents play a key role in the future success and prosperity of youth in the great state. She encourages people to celebrate current adoptive families and focus attention on those children who are still waiting a safe and caring home.
To help meet the needs of children and adoptive families, DSS and its partners launched the Stronger Families Together initiative aimed at helping foster and adoptive families find helpful resources.
For more information about adoption in South Dakota, please visit www.StrongerFamiliesTogether.com.
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