Before she takes her first step and celebrates her first birthday, a foster baby can expect a minimum of 3 to 4 placements with different foster families. Before she speaks her first words at age two, she can expect to have lived with 5 different families.

The reasons foster children are moved from home to home are often complex and hard to understand, but they can leave devastating life-long scars.

Makayla was referred to Angels at age 14 months.  She had been abandoned by her mother at 8 weeks, and remained in the home of a relative for the next 3 months.  When that relative could no longer care for her she was moved to a foster home where she was one of 3 infants and 4 older children.

She developed some medical problems requiring frequent visits to the doctor which her foster mother could not accomodate. At 10 months of age she moved to her 3rd placement, where she stayed for 3 months. At that time the home had their foster care license suspended due to allegations of child abuse and Makayla was taken to the Polinsky Center.  She remained there until Angels was contacted to find her a suitable home.

That was 2 years ago, and Makayla has since been adopted by her Angels family. She has attached and bonded closely with her “forever” family.

Makayla was one of the lucky ones, and was saved from the “revolving door” situation that far too many foster children endure.