Forgotten Adoptables in San Antonio Seek Real Homes
In San Antonio agencies list 82 hard to place children awaiting adoption hindered by medical issues, family backgrounds, and mixed heritage. Arlene Robinson and Barbara Payne note many linger in foster care as agencies formed the Interagency Adoption program in 1988 to tackle minority and mixed background placements, counting 36 children adopted under Grimm’s leadership.
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Arlene Robincon
Barbara’ Payne
Bexar County
Louis P. Grimm
Forgotten Adoptables Hard to Place in San Antonio
Local adoption agencies describe about 82 children as forgotten due to back stories and circumstances. Cases include siblings needing placement together, handicaps requiring medical care, and histories of abuse or racially mixed backgrounds. Agencies warn many prospective parents seek easier adoptions and that the interagency program to place these children has stalled, with hope to reactivate it through new channels.
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San Antonio
Ana
Sexauer
Penny and Her Problem Adopts Nine Month Old Girl
A local adoption agency describes Penny a nine month old with facial deformities and speech challenges. She has undergone surgery to correct her mouth roof and will require extensive therapy. Adoption staff stress Penny's vivacity and the need for a patient, understanding couple to love and raise her.
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Penny
Wil
Wang
Pomly
Agendy
Vlund
Sharen Needs Kindness and a Hopeful Home
Shara, a Maduthyale child with an incurable hydro-ceplatis, faces limited mental growth without care. Adoption officials say loving foster parents could unlock relatively normal development into adulthood, but without a stable family she risks institutionalization.
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Shara
Sharon
Youngest Foster Child Seeks Joined Siblings Adoptive Family
Jerry is the youngest of four neglected siblings. Abandoned at seven months, he lives in foster care with his three brothers and sisters. Adoption officials face reluctance from families to adopt all four due to racial and group dynamics, risking four children growing up apart without a permanent family.
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Grimm
Jerry
State Welfare Department
Theirector
Fury
Jory
Lupe a Beautiful Child Adoptable Despite Troubled Family
Lupe, an illegitimate child described as hopeful for adoption, lives in a foster home after a state removal. Her family history includes drug addiction, prostitution, mental health issues, and criminal activity, yet Lupe remains rehabilitated and ready for a stable home.
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Lupe
Saddest Adoption Case From San Antonio Agencies
Guffie a four year old Negro girl with severe handicaps and David a three month old Anglo boy with critical heart defects face bleak prospects for adoption. Doctors warn of major surgeries, uncertain futures, and possible lifelong care. Agency officials say only an exceptionally devoted couple could take them. Gulfie stays in a foster home while David remains in hospital awaiting outcome.
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