Utah’s Adoption Connection envisions a world in which all children are valued and grow up in safe and permanent families, and where families are supported in their critical roles.
About the Website
Utah’s Adoption Connection works with Utah’s Division of Child & Family Services (DCFS) to host this website and is managed in partnership with Raise the Future, a non-profit child welfare agency serving eight states in the west, including Utah.
The children featured are all children who are in the custody of the state of Utah and are currently in foster care waiting for adoption. The best way to get more information about a particular child is to make an inquiry through this website. To be considered for a child, a family must have a current home study. Some of the post-adoption services listed are only available to families who have adopted through the Division of Child and Family Services, but the majority of the services are open to any family.
Raise the Future Board Utah Advisory Board
John McPhie, Chair, Community Leader
Lori Harding, Adoptive Parent, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Charities
Kelly Bennee, Prime Acceptance Corp.
Carolyn Hansen, Youth Services
Mary Burns, Prime Acceptance Corp.
Kim Pumphrey, Wendy's
Royce Webb, UT Division of Child & Family Services
Blake Moore, State Representative, Cisero Impact
Elizabeth Hawkins Pratt, Former Wednesday's Child
Tanya Vea, KSL
Heidi Monroe, Community Leader
Bonnie Webb, Prime Acceptance Corp.
Douglas Mclain, Adoptive Parent, Zions Bank
Shara Park, Wednesday's Child Anchor, KSL
Amy King,For the Orphan Network
Tara Brandshaw, Adoptive Parent, Community Leader
Heather Carter-Jenkins, Jenkins Law