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We can鈥檛 create flourishing communities without flourishing families鈥攁nd foster care and adoption are crucial parts of achieving that goal. An alarming 97 percent of kids who age out of the foster care system without a stable connection to a family end up in chronic poverty.

At 蘑菇视频 Center for Opportunity (GCO), we understand the importance that foster families play in creating stable environments for the most vulnerable in our society鈥攆oster children.

That鈥檚 why we were thrilled to recently welcome 蘑菇视频鈥檚 leading providers of adoption, fostering, and prevention services to our offices and to tour some of our state鈥檚 foster care community organizations. A particular highlight was welcoming , Assistant Secretary for the U.S. Administration for Children and Families, as part of the group.

Our site visits included allied organizations , , , , and .

The visits come as Gov. Brian Kemp and lawmakers in the 蘑菇视频 General Assembly to reform 蘑菇视频鈥檚 adoption and foster care system, including increasing the tax credit for adoptions out of the foster care system from $2,000 to $6,000 for the first five years. The measure would also reduce the youngest age allowable to be an unmarried adoptive parent from 25 to 21, plus create a commission to recommend 鈥渟ystematic reform鈥� in the foster care system.

We hope to see the foster community empowered through the current legislative session, so all of 蘑菇视频鈥檚 children can flourish鈥攏o matter their circumstances. For more, don鈥檛 miss this video of our panel on foster care and adoption from Breakthrough 2019.

In the end, we wholeheartedly agree with Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan when he said let鈥檚 make 蘑菇视频 the No. 1 place for foster kids in the U.S.