A nine-year-old Oklahoma boy named Jordan, who is living in a group home, made a heartbreaking plea for a family to adopt him during a local news interview last week and received thousands of responses within 12 hours as a result. FOSTER CARE AND ADOPTION SYSTEM SHATTERED BY CORONAVIRUS LOCKDOWN, EXPERTS CAUTIONJordan has been in the care of the Oklahoma Department of Human Services for six years. His permanency planner told KFOR that over 5,000 submissions to adopt Jordan have been submitted thus far. If he were granted three wishes Jordan said he would ask, “To have a family, and family, family. “I would just like to have a family to call mom and dad or just mom or just dad.

Source: Fox News August 16, 2020 20:03 UTC