Increase Awareness

November 23

Courtrooms across Idaho host hundreds of adoptions each year. In November 2023, the Idaho Judicial Branch celebrated that adoption process while recognizing National Adoption Day.

Read Chief Justice G. Richard Bevan’s special proclamation. 

National Adoption Day is an effort to increase awareness of the children in the nationwide foster care system who are waiting to be adopted. At the time of the proclamation, more than 400 foster children awaited adoption in Idaho.

Most Idaho judicial districts took part in celebrations in 2024 that included adoption events, speakers, and donated gifts for newly adopted children. Events took place in Lewiston, Caldwell, Boise, Pocatello and Blackfoot.

Watch in November for information on Adoption Day festivities for 2025!