Waiting Children

Meet Emily, an amazing 16 year-old young lady! Emily is creative, hardworking, and a good advocate for herself. She enjoys drawing, music, making friendship bracelets, and dancing. Some of her favorite foods/drinks are Sprite, sour cream and onion chips, vanilla milkshakes, and Frosty’s from Wendy’s. Emily loves Chick-Fil-A and McDonald’s. She is outspoken and will voice her needs and ask for assistance. She hopes to attend cosmetology school one day. Emily has done a lot of hard work and is ready to join her forever family. She would prefer a two-parent home and would love siblings and/or pets in the home. She will benefit from a loving, consistent family who will build trust, support her, and be involved in her services as she heals.

Olivia is a young and adventurous 13-year-old who loves to be outside. She loves animals and nature. Olivia enjoys collecting and reading about squishmallows. She would love to be a role model/big sister to younger children. Olivia is a loveable person who loves giving hugs. She can adapt to new environments and recreate long term connections. Olivia loves to eat and is a great helper with age-appropriate tasks. She likes to be the center of attention and loves to make memories. She is good at vocalizing her needs and wants. Olivia is creative with her coloring and drawings. Her favorite colors are pink and purple. She loves unicorns. Her favorite artist is JoJo Siwa. Olivia has a positive attitude given what she has been through at a young age. She is incredibly strong and is a motivated young girl who just wants to be loved and cared for.

Lillie is a bright and active 11-year-old with a passion for being outdoors and staying creative. She loves riding bikes, playing soccer and softball, and is always eager to explore new ways to express herself through arts and crafts, especially making bracelets. Lillie is a thoughtful and self-aware young girl who enjoys using her diary to reflect on her feelings and emotions. She thrives in environments where she feels supported and unjudged, and she benefits from receiving affection and attention. Lillie excels in school, consistently making the honor roll, and she flourishes in calm, less crowded spaces where she can focus on emotional regulation and avoid triggers. She is eager to form healthy, loving connections with those around her.

Meet Epifani! Epifani is a smart, determined 12 year-old with a big heart. She enjoys singing, dancing, watching movies and shows, and playing electronic games. She looks forward to spending time outside and does well with opportunities to burn some energy. She does well with taking on some responsibility, such as maintaining her daily routine and caring for pets in the home. Epifani hopes for a family that will spend time and enjoy pizza together! Her team is looking for a trauma-informed family who is committed to working through challenges together. Her ideal family will be consistent, committed, patient, and very involved in her services and activities. She would do best as the youngest child in the home.

11-year-old Jase is a fun and energetic child. He loves to help others in any way he can and loves any one-on-one attention that he can get. He can be timid at first, but once he is comfortable, he is very outgoing. Jase is very funny and loves to make others laugh. His favorite activities are playing outside, hopscotch, and making up new games like “golf soccer!” He has a fantastic imagination, and his energy is contagious. Overall Jase is a very playful kid with a smile and laugh that lights up a room.

A family that would be a good fit for Jase would be a family that is energetic and likes to do activities together outdoors. Jase is very intelligent and loves to build and create new things, but he especially loves it when he has someone to do it with. Jase craves stability. He wants a family that can be there for the long haul. He recognizes his behavior but wants to work through it with someone by his side. He enjoys collaborating and working with others as a team, and he has been looking for a team to stick by him for quite some time. Jase would enjoy having siblings, but he would prefer to be the youngest in the home. He is a very kind child and hopes to see kindness and nurturing in a family. Could you be that family to finally show him the unwavering love he so badly deserves?

Match Pending

JinLong “Jin” is 13 years old and is shy when you first meet him. He is caring, sweet and almost always has a smile on his face. He loves fast cars and fast food! Jin is described as a sweet boy, and a pleasure to be around. His smile is contagious, and he can light up an entire room. Jin yearns to have normal life experiences and to enjoy being a kid. He enjoys getting head rubs before bed, playing outside, soccer, and enjoys looking for undercover police cars when he’s out and about. Jin will enjoy tagging along running routine errands and just being out in the community. This young man loves to talk and can carry on quite the conversation! He most likely will need lifelong support in place in his day-to-day activities. Jin is holding on to hope that there is a family out there who will love him, keep him safe and allow him to enjoy life.

Meet Dylan! This 16-year-old is excited about the idea of adoption and about searching for his forever family. His ideal home would consist of a loving family where games of all types are played regularly. Dylan dreams of having a kind and loving family, having a job that is not too complicated and he wishes he could be the smartest person in the universe. He will tell you his spirit animal is a tiger because they are brave, fierce, smart, and protective. Dylan’s favorite subjects in school are math and science, but he says he enjoys them all. Some of his other favorite things include slushees, Frosties, ice cream and Mexican food.

Piano playing and fiddling with instruments have been interests for quite some time and he also enjoys singing. He always has his mp3 player and ear buds on him as music means a lot to him. He is incredibly tech savvy and enjoys anything with a screen! He wants his future family to know that he may become a YouTube celebrity/influencer and wants to be a computer specialist or an astronaut when he grows up! Seeing volcanoes in person would be something on his bucket list if he were to create one and if he could have a superpower, it would be to control the weather. Dylan enjoys being inside playing games or reading but he also likes spending time outside. We have also discovered that this young man can CLEAN! He enjoys doing projects around the house and making everything look good while being immaculately clean and sanitized!

Dylan has a beautifully unique personality and enjoys being around people. He has never met a stranger and will walk up to anyone, introduce himself and get to know them. His manners are amazing, and his level of engagement is very impressive. He loves to laugh; he thrives with praise and does well one on one time with people who care about him. At times, Dylan needs extra support and guidance when in social situations. Over time, a family can model this and encourage him. He is protective of the ones he loves and now we need to find him a family to be protective of him. Dylan does come with some strong connections in his life, so a family in or accessible to those in Virginia is very important.

Ra’Son (pronounced Ray-sahn) is a sweet and happy 15-year-old who can be incredibly polite and respectful. He typically has a smile on his face and can be a bit shy when you first meet him, but he warms up pretty quickly, especially if you are kind and like slime! Ra’Son is loves the color red, kind, loving, helpful and a good problem solver. He has also been described as creative, intelligent, inquisitive, and resourceful.

Ra’Son is proficient with electronics, as mentioned, he loves (is obsessed) with slime, and he loves arts and crafts! He has recently taken an interest in graphic novels and crystals. He does very well in therapy right now because it’s art therapy. He enjoys making bracelets, origami, and Legos. He is also athletic and excels at most sports he tries.

Ra’Son has experienced high levels of loss and rejection in his life and is open to finding a new family; a family who will commit to him and allow him to feel a sense of belonging and safety. It may take some time to gain his trust as he has had people let him down in the past.