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
Jordan is an amazing teen with so much to offer! She dreams of having a Christian family who loves going to the lake and taking family road trips to fun places while listening to music in the car. Jordan would really love to go to Disneyland, or maybe even to Mexico. This outgoing girl is always up for trying something new!
Some of the interests you may have in common with Jordan include hunting; dirt bike riding; track; girls wrestling; playing the electric guitar; family dinners-especially sushi, and everything to do with horses! Jordan is deservedly proud of herself for all she has overcome in life and for the hard work she has been doing with learning helpful ways to heal her past trauma and move forward into the fulfilling future she envisions for herself, which may one day include a career as a nurse.
Jordan would like a family that includes both a Mom and a Dad, but would also do well with a single Mom. Jordan would be content either being the only child or having a young sibling in the home. Jordan’s Permanency Team is only interested in considering Idaho families at this time, with a preference for families who reside in Northern Idaho. Active, energetic parents who have a lot of time to dedicate to spending time with her would be a wonderful fit! Jordan would really benefit from parents who have a big extended family who could also wrap around her and help her to feel loved and supported. Parents who are skilled in understanding trauma, particularly regarding how it can affect teens, and those willing to commit to being a strong educational advocate for Jordan will be a great match!
If you’re ready for a life that comes with all of the love, satisfaction, fun, and challenges of raising a teenager successfully into young adulthood and beyond and Jordan seems like she could be a great addition to your family, 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.