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Tuesday, September 16, 2025

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Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Buckner to Host Foster Care and Adoption Interest Meeting

adoptionDALLAS— Buckner Children and Family Services will present a FREE foster care and adoption information meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 20 at Buckner’s office, located at 5200 Buckner Blvd.

A Buckner representative will give an overview of foster care and adoption options in Texas, including foster-to-adopt, Waiting Texas Children, domestic infant adoption and international adoption programs.  For information or a reservation to attend the meeting, please call Sheree Scott at 214-319-3425 or email sscott@buckner.org.

For more than 135 years, Buckner Children and Family Services has been transforming lives through hands-on ministry, serving the most vulnerable from the beginning to the ending of life. Buckner is one of the oldest and most unique faith-based social service organizations of its kind, serving more than half a million people each year in the United States and worldwide.

To learn more about foster care and adoption services through Buckner, visit beafamily.org.