Calls to cut adoption wait in Wales
More people across Wales are being encouraged to consider adopting as figures show 63 children are waiting more than a year for a permanent home.
The National Adoption Service identified an urgent need to develop and deliver a more targeted approach to finding families for priority children across Wales.
There were more than 300 children waiting to be adopted, but nearly one in five have been waiting for more than a year.
The Minister for Children said while progress has been made, more people need to consider adoption:
This week a new project called Adopting Together, ledby St David’s Children Society, was launched to help place children in homes who have been waiting the longest. The NAS say it is the first of its kind in the UK.
The scheme which will be delivered across Wales, aims to break down barriers stopping people from adopting priority children by offering training and support for the the adopter and child.