OSCEOLA COUNTY

I-D: Kenia Sánchez, asistente administrativa del Condado Osceola; Kristine Vorpagel, directora de Desarrollo; Lynette Rao, gerente de Adopciones del Condado Osceola; Morgan Donovan, directora de Participación Comunitaria; Brandy Tavares, gerente de Operaciones del Condado Osceola.

Ceremonias del Día Nacional de la Adopción Florida Central unen a 12 niños con familias eternas

Nueve familias locales tienen más que agradecer cuando se reúnan alrededor de la mesa este año. El viernes 18 de noviembre, en el Tribunal del Condado Osceola, 12 niños se unieron con sus "familias para siempre" como parte de las ceremonias del Día Nacional de la Adopción en el Condado Osceola.

Aunque las adopciones se realizan durante todo el año, este día se diseñó para concienciar a las personas de los más de 110,000 niños de todo el país en espera de ser adoptados, esperando así encontrar familias permanentes y cariñosas.

Embrace Families es la principal organización sin fines de lucro que supervisa los servicios de adopción y bienestar infantil en la región. Los gestores de casos emparejan cuidadosamente a los niños con familias de acogida y adoptivas en función de varios factores, con el objetivo principal de encontrar una solución permanente y estable para los niños que necesitan amor y cariño. Dado que aproximadamente uno de cada cinco niños del sistema de adopción de Estados Unidos es un adolescente, se presta especial atención a las adopciones de niños mayores, específicamente de 8 a 18 años, así como a mantener unidos a los grupos de hermanos.

Adopting families with their adopted children.

Central Florida’s National Adoption Day ceremonies unite 12 children with forever families

Nine local families have more to be thankful for when they gather around the table this year. On Friday, November 18, at Osceola County Courthouse, 12 children were united with their “forever families” as part of National Adoption Day ceremonies in Osceola County.

While adoptions happen year-round, this day was designed to raise awareness of the more than 110,000 children in foster care nationwide who are waiting to find permanent, loving families.

Embrace Families is the lead nonprofit organization overseeing foster care, adoption and child welfare services in the region. Case managers carefully match children with foster and adoptive families based on several factors, with the main goal of finding a permanent, stable solution for children who need love and nurturing. With approximately one in five children in the U.S. foster care system being teens, there is a special focus on adoptions for older children – specifically ages 8 through 18 – as well as on keeping sibling groups together.

This past weekend, Florida new House Representative for District 47, Paula Stark, has begun helping the community by providing a refrigerator to a veteran in St. Cloud. as well as participating in the Veteran's Day Parade. “Wilda Belisle, Senior VP Osceola Meals on Wheels & Dining Clubs at the Osceola Council on Aging contacted us on Veteran’s Day about one of her clients in need,” said Paula Stark, Florida House Rep., District 47. She shared with us that her client needed a new refrigerator, so we were honored to be able to step up and provide a new refrigerator to Marine Corporal Mark Cox and his wife in honor of Veteran’s Day.”