11,370 Kids In Georgia Are In Foster Care Right Now

Raising Awareness For Kids In Foster Care from UGA to Santa And Even The NFL

Atlanta NOW Spotlights GKB

Dec 18, 2023 — Georgia Kids Belong recently was in the news recently to raise awareness for the need for more foster and adoptive parents, and showcasing how its Foster Friendly App unite businesses and churches to support area foster families.

University of Georgia cheerleaders volunteer at I Belong Project Shoot on-campus. The I Belong Project offers kids in foster care, who are eligible to be adopted, a fun and therapeutic day and captures their faces and voices on video to help them find adoptive families.

Falcons Linebacker Kaden Ellis Supports Georgia Kids Belong

NFL players recently wore customized cleats to recognize a charity of their choice as part of the My Cause My Cleats campaign. We were delighted to learn that Atlanta Falcons linebacker Kaden Elliss selected Georgia Kids Belong.

Atlanta Falcons linebacker Kaden Elliss #55 lines up during the first half of the Week 13 Game against the New York Jets at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ on Sunday, December 3, 2023 sporting his custom Georgia Kids Belong cleats. (Photo credit: Brandon Magnus/Atlanta Falcons)

NFL players “wear their hearts on their feet” through My Cause My Cleats where they have the opportunity to choose a cause that is important to them and represent it on custom designed cleats. Players then have the option to donate their cleats to NFL Auction where you can make their custom cleats yours. All proceeds from sales go to the respective causes selected by players.

(Photo credit: Jay Bendlin/Atlanta Falcons)

Meet the Kids

Nearly one-quarter of kids in foster care are legally free for adoption.
Our I Belong Project is a video storytelling initiative that gives kids a face and a voice and helps connect many of them with loving, forever families.

Whether you’re just beginning your journey to foster, a seasoned foster parent considering adoption or simply someone with a heart for vulnerable kids, we invite you to meet, listen to and see some of the amazing kids right here in our community in need of adoptive families.

Georgia Kids Belong Is Part of the America’s Kids Belong Family

We’re dramatically improving the experiences and outcomes for kids in foster care.

We have 1 mission: FAMILY

We Target 2 Profound Problems

  • RECRUITMENT – Foster care has half as many foster parents as kids in care.
  • RETENTION – Half of new foster parents quit within a year.

We Offer 4 Signature Solutions

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Our I Belong Project video storytelling initiative films kids in need of adoptive families. It is the largest, most effective program of its kind that has the additional benefit of inspiring thousands of people each year to pursue adoption and fostering.

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We come alongside people ready to explore fostering and adoption to provide the inspiration and information they need to persevere in their journeys and find a way to help that is the right fit for their families now.

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Our Foster Friendly
Communities Movement and App target retention by equipping churches , businesses and entire communities to support, equip and encourage local foster families.

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Our coalition campaigns
leverage the convening authority of state governments to get businesses, faith communities and government working together to create collective and drive sustainable change in foster care.