Wendy’s Wonderful Kids® (WWK)
Through its signature program, Wendy’s Wonderful Kids, the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption provides funding to adoption agencies to hire recruiters who implement an evidence-based, child-focused recruitment model. This model has been proven up to three times more effective at finding permanent homes for children who have been waiting in foster care the longest, including teenagers, children with special needs and siblings.
Wendy’s Wonderful Kids recruiters work with smaller caseloads of children to ensure every child is given the time, resources and support they deserve. These recruiters start with familiar circles of family, friends and neighbors and then reach out to the communities in which they live.
Since the national launch of Wendy’s Wonderful Kids in 2004, the number of childfocused recruiters in North America has grown from seven to more than 475. To date, the Foundation’s program has found adoptive homes for a total of more than 9,500 children across the United States.
Learn more at: www.davethomasfoundation.org/wwk.
“We are proud of this impact, but there is more work to be done.”
Rita Soronen, President & CEO
David Foundation for Adoption