Kind Akhia, 9, always smiling

Akhia is a happy and smiley girl of African American, Hispanic and Caucasian descent. She is very kind and makes friends easily. She loves to play with dolls, do arts & crafts and make jewelry. She also likes to make slime! When she grows up, Akhia would like to take care of animals.

Akhia does well in school, follows classroom expectations and plays well with her peers. She also gets along with everyone in her current foster home.

Akhia is legally freed for adoption and should thrive in a family with calm and experienced parents. She will do best as an only child or with significantly older siblings. Akhia has a close relationship with her older brother and it is important to her that she is able to maintain contact with him.

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.”