In the state of Minnesota, over 600 kids need homes. Of those 600, 38% are between the ages of twelve and eighteen. Many adoption agencies agree that finding homes is much harder for older children than for babies and toddlers. Laurie Aaronson adopted a 17-year old girl through an organization called The Homecoming Project.

"Aaronson used The Homecoming Project, a federally funded Minnesota Adoption Resource Network experiment now in its third year, to find Maria. It lets kids describe themselves to help find their own families."

The Homecoming Project focuses its energy on placing adolescents in permanent homes. So far, twenty-three teens have found homes through the Homecoming Project, but fifty are still waiting. Read more online.