SAFETY HARBOR, Fla. – To rejoice Teen Adoption Day (March 14) and Nationwide Teenager Day (March 21), 10 teenagers had been legally adopted at a ceremony held by Household Help Companies (FSS) of Pasco & Pinellas Counties.
What they’re saying:
“We’re so excited to do what we predict is the primary ever teens-only adoption occasion within the state,” Household Help Companies President Jenn Petion mentioned.
Three siblings will stay collectively, adopted by Sebastian Montenegro and his husband. A workers member advisable the trio’s case, believing that the connection could be a great match.
Sebastian Montenegro and his husband adopted three siblings: 17-year-old Ari, 10-year-old David and 7-year-old Ben.
“We met the children and, yeah, she was proper,” Montenegro mentioned. “We beloved them for the reason that very first second we met them, and right here we’re eight months later.”
Montenegro says the three children all have completely different personalities. Seventeen-year-old Ari, 10-year-old David and 7-year-old Ben had plenty of laughs and a few comfortable tears because the choose finalized their adoptions.
“It was simply how loving they had been, how open to being… they needed to have dad and mom. They need to have somebody of their lives, and simply the openness that they expressed for the reason that very first second, it was all for us,” Montenegro mentioned.
Sebastian Montenegro and his husband adopted three siblings: 17-year-old Ari, 10-year-old David and 7-year-old Ben.
Whereas adopting three was not within the authentic plan for Montenegro and his husband, adopting an older baby at all times was. The adopted trio fall into a number of classes for youths that keep within the foster system for an extended interval: older age and siblings. FSS is continually recruiting households for these conditions.
“It is rather, very wanted,” Montenegro mentioned. “So, I am a numbers particular person. I work with numbers, and having a child age out of foster care lowers their likelihood of being profitable in life. So, altering the lives of those children is simply one thing that’s priceless.”
A standard fear that FSS faces is the potential value of upper training, however workers members say that almost all adopted youngsters and teenagers qualify at no cost in-state tuition.
An adoption ceremony was held by Household Help Companies (FSS) of Pasco & Pinellas Counties.
For Montenegro and the brand new household, they’ll face these questions sooner or later. For now, they’re celebrating the second that they’ve waited months for.
“We’re simply comfortable to make this, you realize, remaining and simply give them some, I do not know what the phrase is, however simply ensuring that they’re protected, proper,” Montenegro mentioned. “Give them that reward of security that this can be a everlasting placement, and that we’re only a household and that is it, there is no going again.”
Sebastian Montenegro and his husband adopted three siblings: 17-year-old Ari, 10-year-old David and 7-year-old Ben.
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