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Finding A Forever Family: 12-Year-Old Christian

ARKANSAS (KFSM) — A 12-year-old boy is searching for his forever family in Arkansas. His name is Christian and he’s been searching for a family to c...

ARKANSAS (KFSM) -- A 12-year-old boy is searching for his forever family in Arkansas. His name is Christian and he's been searching for a family to call his own for quite a while.

Christian is a quiet young man until you get to know him. Especially when some of his favorite things are around him. He loves to fish and learn about nature, but not as much he as he loves playing basketball.

Christian hopes to be an NBA Star someday. "I like to pass because I make good passes, and I play good defense," he said.

If Plan A doesn't work out for Christian, hopefully Plan B will. He hopes to save lives by becoming a police officer or a firefighter. "I'm going to get a job and start doing stuff that adults do," said Christian.

However, Christian is looking for someone to come into his life to look up to as he wants to have a family of his own again. He was born in Honduras and moved to the United States when he was just a baby. Even though he's young in age, he definitely has big dreams for his future with a family involved.

If your family is interested in adopting or fostering, a background check will first be completed. Then comes an in-home meeting with the family to do a brief walk through assessment of the home. Training classes are then conducted for the family to learn more about the adoption process. The safe home study is the final step.

After all the training, families can take a child into their homes to live. The child must live with the adopted family for at least six months before the adoption is finalized. The entire adoption process from start to finish takes about one year.

If you would like to be a foster parent, DHS is always on the look out to place kids in temporary homes until they're reunited with their family.

To learn more about adopting or fostering a child, CLICK HERE.

 

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