Jordan, 11, likes math

Jordan is a happy, personable 11-year-old boy of Haitian descent. He is always smiling and saying, “Hi!” He enjoys playing outside, building with Legos, playing cards, telling jokes and making others laugh. He says he would like to be a professional athlete or a police officer when he grows up. Jordan is an intelligent boy who regularly completes his homework and gets along well with his peers. He does well in school and says math is his favorite subject. He responds well to a highly structured environment with clear, consistent limits.

Who can adopt?

Can you provide the guidance, love and stability that a child needs? If you’re at least 18 years old, have a stable source of income and room in your heart, you may be a perfect match to adopt a waiting child. Adoptive parents can be single, married or partnered; experienced or not; renters or homeowners; LGBTQ singles and couples.

The process to adopt a child from foster care requires training, interviews and home visits to determine if adoption is right for you, and if so, to help connect you with a child or sibling group that your family will be a good match for.

To learn more about adoption from foster care, call the Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange at 617964-6273 or go to mareinc.org. The sooner you call, the sooner a waiting child will have “a permanent place to call home.”