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Chris and Amanda are a brother and sister in search of a family to adopt them before their time in foster care runs out. (Photo by Mark Fitzgibbons)

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Wanted: Parents

Broadcast: Midday, 11/05/2007, 12:00 p.m.

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Every year, more than 24,000 American young people in foster care "age out." Many foster kids who have not found permanent families by age 18 wind up on the streets. A new American RadioWorks documentary follows two teens as they search for a family to adopt them before time runs out.

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  • Michelle Chalmers: Coordinator of the Homecoming Project, a Minnesota Department of Human Services initiative to increase the adoption of adolescents.
  • Erin Sullivan-Sutton: Director of the Minnesota Department of Human Services' Division of Child Safety and Permanency.
  • Mark Courtney: Professor of social work at the University of Washington and executive director of Partners for Our Childen. Dr. Courtney studies young people who age out of foster care.
  • Chris and Amanda: Two of the children featured in "Wanted: Parents."

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