Family Link, with its Legacy Ranch, is a nonprofit foster care and adoption organization based in Gonzales, Texas. The agency looks for homes for children who have been abused or mistreated, in direct collaboration with child protective services. One of the questions frequently asked at Family Link is whether a single person can adopt or be a foster parent. The answers is yes. The agency also points out that a safe home with a caring single parent is more desirable than a dangerous home. The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) has laid out requirements for adoptive and foster families applicable to prospective parents either married or single. Some of the basic requirements include being at least 21 years of age, showing financial stability, and being mature and responsible adults. There must be a sharing of information pertaining to lifestyle, and agreement to a allow background checks on all household adults. Foster parents need to provide adequate sleeping space and agree to a discipline policy that is nonphysical in nature. To learn more about Family Link and how to adopt, you can call 830-875-6062 or visit their website at legacyranchkids.com.
As a children’s home and foster care and adoption agency based in Gonzales, Texas, FamilyLink Kids at Legacy Ranch (FamilyLink Foster Care) provides a safe haven for children in need of temporary and permanent care. FamilyLink Foster Care’s services include placing children from infants to teens in safe and loving foster or adoptive homes and advocating on behalf of children by giving presentations near and far at a variety of institutions throughout the city of Gonzales and surrounding areas.A joyful picture of a young boy from Arizona holding his fist in the air following his adoption after spending 832 days in foster care has gone viral. According to People magazine, the three-year-old child, Michael Brown, lived with three different families during that time. His biggest wish for Christmas was to find a forever home, and his wish came true just before the winter holiday when his foster mother, Tara Montgomery, legally adopted him following failed plans to reunite with his birth mother. His picture on Twitter to date has been liked more than 143,000 times and shared more than 57,000 times. For more information about foster care and adoption through FamilyLink Kids at Legacy Ranch, please call 830-875-6062 or visit legacyranchkids.com.
