[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 13]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 18876]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




     IN HONOR OF THE WAIT NO MORE ADOPTION AND FOSTER CARE PROGRAM

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                           HON. DOUG LAMBORN

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, December 2, 2010

  Mr. LAMBORN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor ``Wait No More'', 
an adoption and foster care awareness program that is a part of Focus 
on the Family and displays exceptional service to our nation's 
children.
  Focus on the Family has long believed that all children deserve to 
know the joys of a permanent, loving family. At its very core, Wait No 
More believes in the value of all human life, and this guiding 
principle led to the creation of the Wait No More program.
  The goal of Wait No More is to raise awareness of, and recruit 
families for, waiting children in foster care. Its mission is straight 
forward--``Finding Families for Waiting Kids''. While the need for 
orphan care and adoption exists all around the world, Wait No More 
focuses on the needs right here in our own communities.
  Wait No More held its first recruitment event in November of 2008 in 
Colorado Springs, a community within my district in Colorado. That one 
event has since blossomed into numerous other recruiting events around 
the country, drawing over 4,300 people from Los Angeles, California to 
Cincinnati, Ohio, to Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
  To date, over 2,400 families have benefited from Wait No More through 
its services of adoptive and foster family recruitment, post-placement 
support, and local foster care agency engagement. Of those, more than 
1,100 families have initiated the process of adoption from foster care.
  Furthermore, based in no small part to the efforts of Wait No More, 
the number of children who are waiting for placement in Colorado has 
dropped from over 800 to less than 400.
  By the end of today, 850 children will have entered the foster care 
system, many of whom have suffered from abuse or neglect. By week's 
end, 4,250 children will find themselves on the beginning of their 
journey through the foster care system. However, due to the 
extraordinary efforts of the dedicated individuals at Wait No More and 
Focus on the Family, new families across the country are now waiting 
with open arms to welcome these children home.
  I consider it a great privilege to represent the district that is 
home to Wait No More. I rise today to show my gratitude to Wait No More 
for its efforts in bringing hope to children and families both in 
Colorado and across the nation.

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