Important program update
The Family Resource and Training Center wishes to extend a heartfelt thank you to every one of you who has had such a caring heart for the youth we have served through this program for the past 10 years.
Please read the information below outlining how the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare plans to continue its diligent efforts to find permanency for all children in foster care in Idaho.
Please complete inquiries for any youth you are interested in as soon as possible so that we may process your inquiry before our website closes.
July 28, 2026
To Our Community Partners,
The Idaho Department of Health & Welfare has been proud to partner with Eastern Washington University (EWU) and other community partners to recruit adoptive families for Idaho’s children in foster care. Since Idaho’s Wednesday’s Child began over 25 years ago, the landscape of adoption from foster care has changed yet there continues to be a need for child-specific recruitment for youth most in-need of a permanent home. Over the years the department has reorganized how permanency cases are managed to address this need and to achieve timely permanency for children who cannot return home. These changes include permanency workers “teaming” earlier with family services workers and the addition of a Family Find team to help identify previously unknown relatives and connections for our youth in care. Meanwhile, advances in technology and social media have resulted in increased risks related to public profiles causing Idaho and other states to consider the long-term impact to the youth featured.
The Idaho Department of Health & Welfare is in a position to innovate practices for child-specific recruitment while demonstrating fiscal responsibility. With this in mind, the contract for Wednesday’s Child, Waiting Families and intensive recruitment services is ending effective 09/30/2026. These services will be provided through Youth Safety & Permanency team members beginning October 1, 2026. During this transition, the current website for Idaho Wednesday’s Child will be unavailable while an updated website is created for both our waiting children and waiting families. Idaho will continue to use the AdoptUSKids website during the transition to ensure ongoing efforts to achieve permanency for waiting children.
Thank you for your continued support and advocacy on behalf of Idaho’s children.
Thank you,
Jean M. Fisher
Start the music and watch Alex come into his element as he throws down some breakdancing moves. Alex has enjoyed breakdancing since he was a young boy, and it’s become one of his favorite things to do with friends or just to express himself at home. This breaker boy likes to mix his own music and even come up with the lyrics to go along with it. Alex is very creative and shares that his favorite class in school is Theater because he loves acting. Really, he loves being around people and is a very social teenager. Alex says he’s the funny one in his friend group and likes to keep things light and silly, but also knows when a friend is in need, he’s there to help! He describes himself as very nice and funny but can be very protective of those that he loves most.
Alex has played some basketball, tennis, and soccer and would like to try other sports in the future. He is hoping for a family that will be active and adventurous and also very engaging with him. He wants a family that is supportive and wants to hang out with him and do normal family things together like go to water parks or maybe even one day go to Disneyworld!
Alex has siblings that are not able to be adopted with him at this time, so he’s hoping to stay in Idaho to maintain those close connections. His permanency team is looking for a two-parent home but are open to a single parent home as well, if it’s the right fit. A home with other kids in the home for this social boy would be great.
If you’re ready to provide the intentionality, structure, and fun that Alex is hoping for, we would love to hear from you. Follow the steps below!
The Idaho Wednesday's Child Program prioritizes the safety and security of children, above all else. In an effort to protect the safety of the youth we serve, our process requires families to possess a current, approved adoption home study. Only families with a current home study can view youth's full profiles with videos and photos and submit inquiries, on the Secure Gallery Page.