Some foster children will never go back to their birth family. But every child deserves a "forever family."
If you are interested in providing a safe and loving home to a child; if you have patience and wisdom to share; you could be the perfect parent for a child who truly needs you.
Children waiting for adoption include:
- Children with special needs, such as physical, mental, and emotional disabilities
- Sibling groups
- Teenagers
- Minority children, especially African American males
Want to know more about them? Meet the children.
You can be an adoptive parent if you can provide a child with care and stability, and are ready to meet the challenges that will arise. More on who can adopt.
The process of becoming an adoptive parent is not expensive or complicated, and resources are available to adoptive parents.
Mariah is like many young ladies her age. She likes cheerleading, video games, dancing and doing cartwheels. Mariah is well liked by everyone that meets her. She aspires to be a dance teacher one day and to travel to the beach often. Mariah is known for being agreeable, quiet, gentle and sweet. She does well with expressing herself and is a well behaved child. Mariah works hard to keep her grades up at school.
Mariah would benefit from other children in the adoptive home but she could also do well as an only child. Mariah is excited and wants to be adopted by a mom and dad.
