Allen

Description

*Meet Allen!

*Allen is 5 years old and was adopted at birth by a single mom.  There are three other children in the home, two older and one younger.  Allen does well at home but struggles behaviorally in the daycare setting.  He is strong willed and refuses to follow the scheduled events.  He has mentioned several times that he knows if he misbehaves, he will either be kicked out of daycare (and can stay home) or be asked to leave for the day (and gets to go home).  He greatly prefers to be home however his single adopted mom is unable to due to work.  He would do best with a stay-at-home parent who can work on some of these behaviors and prepare him for school.  We are partnering with her to find a 2 parent family with no other children under age 8 who is agnostic or belongs to a non-Christian religion such as Jewish, Hindu, or Sikh.  Second Chance requires that our adoptive families have a current private homestudy (or one that can be updated quickly).  If this fits your family, write to us for the rest of this child’s information. Write to secondchanceinfo@wiaa.org .

Allen is reported to be a very creative child, taking everyday objects and building things from them.  Recently, he built a ‘vacuum cleaner’.  He enjoys being in the kitchen, helping cook food and especially like to help measure and stir things.  He is sweet and affectionate to those he knows and appropriately shy with strangers.  He tends to be on the neat side and is able to dress himself and brush his own teeth.  He does better with a flexible schedule rather than strict.  Allen sleeps well at night and is always dry.  He does great with pets and is very gentle and loving toward them.  Allen can be a bit hyper sometimes and loves to chatter!

This is a private adoption, so a state or foster home study might not work. A state authorized private domestic or international home study is generally required. You will need to have a current, or easily-updated home study for this adoption.

Due to state laws, we are not able to place this child in CT, MA, NY, or DE. If you live in OR, you may need to travel to the child’s state to finalize this adoption. If you live in WI, please let us know, as the adoption process may be longer and a bit more expensive than what is listed in our paperwork.  If you have never had a home study before, we cannot help you adopt this child. But we would love to share with you the process of starting a home study so you could be approved for a child in the near future. Please write to us and ask us how to get started! If you are a U.S. citizen living overseas, we may be able to work with you depending on a few details.

Adoption is a legal process so there will be costs associated. This adoption may qualify for the IRS Adoption Tax Credit.

Contact us at secondchanceinfo@wiaa.org

*To protect the privacy of our waiting children and their families, Second Chance does not share real names for our waiting children on the Internet. It is our policy to only share a snippet of a waiting child’s details as well as the type of adoptive family we are looking for. If you fit the POSTED REQUIREMENTS, are home study ready (or can be soon!), and interested in adding this child to your family, please write to us for an honest, in-depth profile on the child including medical, educational, and behavioral information and learn the full story of why this child needs a secondary adoption. Our program social worker and program director have worked together with the child’s family to carefully set the requirements for the new family. These requirements are not negotiable, so please honor the needs of this child by not asking us to bend them for you.