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
This introspective young man pays great attention to detail when it comes to building things, especially large Lego sets or car models. Nolan’s love for building and learning how things are made, has led to a desire to one day go to college and become an engineer. Nolan can be quieter and more reserved at first, but it doesn’t take long to see how bright and sincere he is. He describes himself as being smart and pretty chill.
He enjoys spending time reading a good book, playing sports outside, or watching funny movies. Movies with Adam Sandler or Will Smith make him laugh the most! Nolan has played football in the past and is hoping to play on a team again in the future. Playing sports and spending time outside is one of his favorite past times with his younger brother. Family is very important to Nolan and just being near to them makes him happy! Nolan will need an Adoptive Family that is open to maintaining important family connections for him. A family that can encourage him in his goals and start each day fresh. And if his Adoptive Family enjoys Mexican food as much as he does, that would be an added bonus!
Nolan’s permanency team is looking for a two-parent family. They are open to out of state families and think it would be best if Nolan was the only or youngest child in the home. Could you provide him with the Forever Home he 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.