Destinee loves reading, games

Destinee is an intelligent 12year-old of Caucasian descent. She likes to play games and is skilled socially. She is open and trusting with adults and able to communicate her needs. She likes to play outside, do gymnastics, have her nails and hair done, roller skate and read. Destinee is very athletic and does well in sports. She is above grade level in reading. She resides in a residential program.

Destinee is legally freed for adoption. She has an open adoption agreement of three visits per year with her birth mother. She would do best with a single female, two moms or a mom and dad. A family with no other children or much older children in the home would be best for Destinee. Her family must be willing to transport her to Western Massachusetts for visits with her birth mother and brother.

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.”