After a little hiatus, we are bringing Matching Mondays back!
What are Matching Mondays?Just about every Monday, I feature children who are waiting to be adopted through the foster care program. Each child has been approved by the heart galleries that host them to appear on my blog. Not every heart gallery from every state has given us permission to post their waiting children (some we can only link to, some we can use photos and some change their minds constantly about whether or not we are allowed to help in their outreach efforts) …we are working on that. Brenda of Another Small Adventure really does all the work on this. She knows foster care waaay better than I do and I am grateful for all her help.
A few days ago, Brenda was contacted by an Adoptive Mom named Debra Cronnelly. She wondered if we would be willing to help spread the word about a handsome little boy named Alex.
You can learn more about Alex by clicking on his photo.
Here is what Debra wanted to share:
My name is Debra Cronnelly and my family is big, beautiful and created through special needs adoptions. We have been so blessed to have a wonderful relationship with an adoption agency in New York that has a special needs adoption program (we have 5 special needs children from them). The agency is Spence-Chapin Adoption Services in new York.
They have been diligently trying to find an adoptive family for an adorable Chinese heritage 5 yr old who has cerebral palsy. His name is Alex and his smile lights up any room he is in. He has lived in a children’s rehabilitation hospital in New York since he was born. His birth parents have been involved with him the whole time, but are unable to care for him at home and come to the loving decision to place him for adoption. Spence-Chapin has been trying to find him a family for several months now, but there have been only a few inquiries, with no matches yet.
I told them I would try anything I could think of to try and help find Alex a family.
I would be love to be a contact for anyone wanting to know more about Alex or Spence-Chapin. Alex is eligible for an adoption subsidy and Medicaid, regardless of parental income, in any state through his eighteenth birthday. The adoption subsidy from New York is very generous and would really go a long way to helping a family provide for Alex. Spence-Chapin’s adoption fees for special needs are $1,000-3,000 on a sliding scale, but they can waive this based on family need. They are looking for a strong family that has resources near by and parents no older than 45 years old, family size is not an issue, as long as they have a strong plan for Alex’s care.
I know this is a lot from someone you have never met but Alex has captured my heart and I want to do everything I can to find him a family. If you can help with your blog or connections it would be such a blessing. Anyone interested can contact me anytime, I will help in anyway I can.
Debra also shared with us that Alex’s Birth Family has no religious preference.
You can view the heart galleries from all the states by going HERE and clicking on the states you are interested in.
Share the Matching Monday link on your blog to help these children find forever families! See all the buttons available HERE. Or press “like” at the top or bottom of the post to share these waiting children with your Facebook friends!
I check spence-chapin on a regular basis to pray over those little ones. Alex has really been on my heart. Unfortunately we are not in the position to be able to adopt him, and our house in definitely not accessible, but I know that the Lord has the perfect family out there for him, and that’s what I’m trusting in.
Thanks for being diligent in getting Matching Mondays back. It really is important.
Blessings!
Hannah