There are 195 adoption agencies in this country dealing with about 22,000 adoptions a year. In addition, each year, over 40.000 children are placed with foster parents.
How does one go about adopting or fostering a child? What are the criteria for selection? What are the practical and legal difficulties, both before and after a child is found a home? And how can the 'difficult-to-place' children be found suitable parents? Do foster parents get enough advice and help? And are they paid adequately?
In the studio to answer your questions will be Raissa Page of the National Children's Bureau, and June Gaunt, foster-mother to over 200 children. In the chair Barbara Myers
Produced by the Woman's Hour Unit
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