Summer

Description

This is Summer! She is 10 years old and a 4^th grader in her local public school. She was adopted through the U.S. foster system when she was seven years old. Summer lives with her adoptive parents and her adopted 17-year-old brother. Summer has struggled to attach to her family, especially to her mom. Her mom has a degenerative illness that is making caring for Summer progressively harder, and her dad often travels for work. Summer is unhappy in her home and frequently expresses it. For this reason, her family is looking for a family able to properly give Summer the time and attention she is hungry for. They are open to all family types and religions; however, they think Summer may flourish as an only child and with a parent who is able to stay home with her and even explore homeschooling. As with all of the children in our program, we ask that she be the youngest in her new family by at least two years.

This is a private adoption, so a state or foster home study might not work. A private domestic homestudy is generally required. You will need to have a current, or easily-updated homestudy for this adoption. If your homestudy is current or you’re within 3 weeks of it being completed, feel free to inquire further. Our goal is to find a new, successful adoptive family for this child. We do not facilitate long-term respite care, nor do we allow for “trial periods” or visits between you and the child before the match is made and the child changes homes. By inquiring further, you are implying you have a desire to adopt, and not to offer other creative placement solutions.

Summer recently started gymnastics and absolutely loves it! She displays a lot of natural talent and enjoys going to her class every week. She also is super artistic and can sit and draw or color for long periods of time. She is very into fashion and likes using stencils to design wardrobes. She also likes to create new hairstyles and try them out on herself or on her dolls. At times, Summer dreams about either being a veterinarian or in the fashion industry.

Summer is able to follow complex instructions on larger Lego sets. She has the patience to organize and build complex things. She also can creatively free build with bins of Legos. Summer didn’t use to enjoy reading, but this year, she’s read the first three Harry Potter books and loves them! Her mom describes her as super social and being a good helper who likes partnering with an adult to do tasks around the house.

Unless otherwise noted, we require that all of the children in our program be the youngest in their new family by at least two years. We ask that you honor this requirement and not ask us to bend the rules. These children need the chance to be the “baby” of the family and to receive much needed attention so they can attach and have a healthy start in their new home. When a sibling is close in age or younger than them, this will usually foster jealousy and competition which won’t lead to a successful placement. Thank you for understanding. If you are married, we also ask that you have been married for a minimum of 2.5 years before applying to adopt through our program.

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. NJ residents will need to check with their homestudy agency or an adoption attorney to see if their homestudy will work for this type of adoption. Some states are harder than others to get permission for the placement, and attorney fees are billed accordingly. If you live in AL, we will need a pre-placement meeting between the child’s parents and a social worker after you are matched to a child. This will be an additional cost to you.

If you have never had a home study before, we cannot help you adopt this child. However, 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. The easiest method is to Google “home study” and the name of your city. You can then call the agencies on that list and compare prices and timelines for getting a completed domestic homestudy. Once you’re within three weeks of having a completed homestudy, you can begin pursuing a match to one of our waiting children.

If you are a U.S. citizen living overseas, we may be able to work with you depending on a few details. Please let us know your situation.

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.