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The Michigan Department of Human Services is part of a year-long
campaign to recruit foster and adoptive parents. The theme of this
year’s campaign is “Answering the call: You don’t have to be perfect
to be a perfect parent.” It is designed to appeal to families willing to
provide safe, permanent, loving homes for children in need.
Of the 16,000 children in foster care, about 4,000 are available for
adoption because they are state or court wards after their parents’
rights were terminated by a court due to abuse or neglect. We’re
working to return the other children home or to another appropriate