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
Are you hoping to welcome an amazing teen into your family? If so, Molly may be the perfect match for you! This multi-talented young lady is an incredible singer who can also play the piano and the clarinet! Aside from music, Molly is super passionate about dogs and is really excited about the possibility of having a dog of her own once she gets settled into her Forever Home.
There are a myriad of other interests that you may find you have in common with this fun-loving teen. She enjoys playing volleyball and softball; going to the beach; playing board games; shopping; familiarizing herself with how to care for and repair a car and learning how to build things in her Construction class at school. Molly loves to travel and has gone on mission trips to Mexico several times in the past, where she helped to build houses for families and learned a lot about the Mexican culture. Molly is proud of her resiliency and considers herself a good person who tries to put others’ needs ahead of her own. She continues to grow and build on her strengths as she moves forward from earlier challenges in her life and is looking forward to a bright future where she is surrounded by a committed family who will love, protect and support her, even on her hard days.
Molly’s Permanency Team is searching for an Idaho family, either with two parents, or possibly a single Mom. She would do well with younger children in the home, as opposed to other teenagers. A trauma-informed family that is fun and outgoing, but also has structure and clear expectations in their home, will be a wonderful fit for her. If you think that you might be a great match for her needs, 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.