The push is on to bring happy endings to many more African-American orphans.

They make up more than 30 percent of the children in foster care.

As CBS 2's Derrick Blakley reports, a new ad campaign urges black parents to open their hearts.

Of the 510,000 in foster care, 32 percent are African-American, even though African Americans only make up 15 per cent of all U.S. kids.

The same study also shows that black kids in foster care, especially older ones, are less likely than white kids to be adopted.

"A lot of the older teenagers give up on that hope of finding a forever family or a permanent home," Kirsten Ahlberg, of the Childrens Home and Aid Society, said.

To attack that imbalance, a nationwide TV campaign debuts this fall encouraging African Americans to adopt. Even a lack of bar-b-q skills or inability to pack a lunch doesn't mean you can't adopt.

And being a single parent is no barrier, either.

Labels: adoption, race, single parenting

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