{"id":19975,"date":"2018-05-18T19:18:24","date_gmt":"2018-05-18T19:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/?p=19975"},"modified":"2018-05-18T19:18:24","modified_gmt":"2018-05-18T19:18:24","slug":"connecticut-recruiting-lgbt-families-to-adopt-and-foster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2018\/05\/connecticut-recruiting-lgbt-families-to-adopt-and-foster\/","title":{"rendered":"Connecticut recruiting LGBT families to adopt and foster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Connecticut51818.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"970\" height=\"647\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19976\" srcset=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Connecticut51818.jpg 970w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Connecticut51818-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Connecticut51818-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 970px) 100vw, 970px\" \/><br \/>\nConnecticut&#8217;s child welfare agency has launched an initiative to actively recruit members of the state&#8217;s LGBT community to become foster and adoptive parents, bucking recent efforts in some states to curtail adoptions by gay parents.  Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said that Connecticut wants to be known as a state that welcomes and embraces the LGBT community, especially considering there are 4,300 children in state care and about half of them likely won&#8217;t return to their biological families.<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/best-states\/connecticut\/articles\/2018-05-17\/connecticut-recruiting-lgbt-families-to-adopt-foster-kids\" target=\"_blank\">AP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We just have to get this word out,&#8221; Malloy said. &#8220;We have to get more of our children placed with our families in our state.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Connecticut Department of Children and Families&#8217; new outreach campaign is one of a handful of efforts by state and city governments across the U.S. to encourage gays and lesbians to consider becoming adoptive or foster parents. 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