Sunday’s Child is a monthly column featuring a child currently in foster care awaiting adoption.
Veronica, sixteen-years-old, is a sweet girl of Hispanic descent. She is very shy with new people however once she warms up to you she is very engaging! She is inquisitive and loves to learn new things. Veronica is very loving and compassionate, and is willing to help anyone that is in need.
Veronica is diagnosed with mild mental retardation and attends school in a specialized classroom. At school, she has been learning how to cook and enjoys making breakfast for everyone. The school has a couple of dogs that attend daily and Veronica enjoys seeing and patting them when allowed. Veronica loves playing with her iPod and listening to her music. She is the first person to be dancing to the songs at adoption parties. Veronica, like most teenagers, is longing for a cell phone with Wi-Fi on it. Her favorite TV show is ‘Sponge Bob’ and she loves watching movies. Veronica loves to laugh at comedy movies and her laugh is infectious!
Veronica
Veronica will often coordinate her outfits to match, all the way down to the hair elastics in her hair. She had watched her American Girl Dolls get their hair done at the local store and has since tried the styles on her own hair. Veronica i would do best in a single or two-parent female family, without other children, or with older female children.
What does Adoption Cost?
It costs little or nothing to adopt a child from foster care. Unlike international or private adoptions, there is no adoption agency fee. There are also a number of free post-adoption support services available to families statewide, including support groups and respite care. Children with special needs who are adopted from the foster care system are eligible for ongoing financial and medical assistance after adoption. These children are also eligible for a tuition waiver to attend a Massachusetts state college or university.
Veronica is one of over 600 children in Massachusetts foster care, waiting for adoption. If you’re 18+, have a stable income, and room in your heart, you may be just the right parent to adopt Veronica or another local child. You can be single, married, or partnered; LGBT; experienced or not; a renter or homeowner.
To learn more about Veronica, and about adoption from foster care, call the Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange (MARE) at 617-54-ADOPT (617-542-3678) or visit www.mareinc.org. The sooner you call, the sooner a waiting child will have “a permanent place to call HOME.”
