OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — There's a growing need for foster families in Oklahoma to give children a safe home and place to sleep. Now, Sunbeam Family Services is requesting families to step up and help.

"We hear from DHS that every night, there could be between five and 20 children sleeping in the office. And that really speaks to the need for having more foster families," said Angie Doss, a spokesperson for Sunbeam Family Services.

Across Oklahoma, the Department of Human Services said there are about 6,000 kids seeking a foster family.

"That is a large and kind of overwhelming number. But it is also in the last decade, we dropped that down from where we were at, over 10,000 children in care," said Andrea Weaver, a Child Welfare Specialist at the Oklahoma Department of Human Services.

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