About the Program
Through its Wendy’s Wonderful Kids program, the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption provides funding to adoption agencies to support the hiring of recruiters who use an evidence-based, child-focused model to find permanent families for the longest-waiting children in foster care. That includes teenagers, children with special needs and siblings. A rigorous, five-year national evaluation revealed that children referred to the program are up to three times more likely to be adopted.
Wendy’s Wonderful Kids recruiters work with smaller caseloads of 12–15 children to ensure every child is given the time, resources and support they deserve. These recruiters begin their search within a child’s familiar circles of family, friends and neighbors and then reach out to the communities in which they live.
