ADOPTION

Google and Apple built a system to let people know if they've come in contact with someone who has covid-19. Many Americans still don't know it exists.

Saturday marks National Adoption Day, so with that in mind, we’d love to see your pictures.

KPRC 2 is proud to once again join NBC and Telemundo's Clear the Shelters initiative and team up with Telemundo Houston and animal shelters in the Houston area to host the seventh annual Clear the Shelters nationwide pet adoption drive from now until September 19.

A local firefighter born in Chile was taken from his birth mother as a newborn.

Dr. Stephen Klineberg, Ph.D., has been taking the pulse of the Houston area for 40 years through the Houston area survey that started at Rice University.

HOUSTON – It was an emotional reunion for one Tomball, Texas father and his daughter, who were separated at her birth and then came together again after 50 years. Winski’s daughter, Kerri Beggs, said at the age of 19, she began a quest to find her biological father. Beggs, who now lives in Tucson, Arizona, took a plane to Hobby Airport on Friday, a flight that was delayed. For the first time after a lifetime of missing each other, the father and daughter embraced each other. For the last four months, I’ve been looking forward to this day.”Added Winski, “She’s my little girl.

HOUSTON – The Houston SPCA will finally reopen its adoption center after closing for seven months due to the coronavirus pandemic. Since March, the Houston SPCA hosted several curbside adoptions and tele-adoptions during the pandemic and shut down. The option for tele-adoption will end Oct. 31. The adoption center will welcome potential adopters on Nov. 2 by appointment only. Houston SPCA says visitation appointments can be booked on Oct. 31 from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. by calling 713-869-7722.

KPRC 2 is proud to once again join NBC and Telemundo's Clear the Shelters initiative and team up with Telemundo Houston and animal shelters in the Houston area to host the seventh annual Clear the Shelters nationwide pet adoption drive from now until September 19.

Across the world, families who were on the brink of adopting a child have had their futures together postponed by the coronavirus pandemic. "There's nothing easy about adoption, there's a lot of just every step, you know, kind of not getting our hopes up too much." He said there were "large numbers of families who are ready" to adopt and "thousands of children waiting." Most children are transferred from foster care to new families through a gradual handover and a series of meetings. "Trust is a really, really important part of this process," she said.