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
If you have a heart for children with special needs, Lycaine might be a wonderful fit for your family! Those who know Lycaine best describe him as loving, affectionate, easy going and a great advocate for himself when it comes to expressing what he needs from others.
Lycaine loves coloring; drawing; spending time with animals; and attending school, where he gets to play with his friends. This resilient boy doesn’t give up when things are difficult for him and he loves to be outside doing things like going for walks and playing on the swings at the park. Lycaine’s current biggest passion is definitely all things fire truck related! He loves playing with them, learning about them, and listening to the sounds of the loud horns and siren. Lycaine recently got to experience his dream day, a trip to the local fire station, where he donned his fireman’s hat and got to experience holding the hoses and climbing inside to check out all of the gadgets inside of a shiny new fire truck!
Lycaine’s Permanency Team describes the best fit for him as an engaged, active family (ideally with a stay-at-home parent) who loves to play and who will connect with him by sharing in his favorite activities. A family who can be a dedicated educational and medical advocate for him, that possesses a strong understanding of developmental delays and parents with patience and flexibility, will be an amazing fit for him. The right family for Lycaine will be one who understands that he will likely need lifetime support and can commit to caring for him in some capacity into adulthood. Lycaine’s Team would ideally like to find him a Forever Family in the Eastern Idaho area, however they are open to hearing from any family who feels they may be a good match for him.
If your family is ready for a lifetime full of hugs, fun, joy and lots of love from this endearing little boy, we look forward to receiving your inquiry for Lycaine today!
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.