Children's Bureau offers adoptive parent orientation

Children's Bureau will offer a parent orientation from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tues., April 24 at the Grant Brimhall/Thousand Oaks Library, 1401 E. Janss Road, Thousand Oaks.

More than 70,000 children have been removed from their parents' homes due to abuse and neglect, and 119,000 children are waiting for adoptive homes in the U.S., according to a bureau spokesperson.

Qualifying families will receive training, certification, funds and social worker support to aid in the care of their adoptive children. Training is provided by Children's Bureau, a licensed foster family and adoption agency.

For more information, call (800) 730-3933, ext. 0, or visit www.all4kids.org.