Two-year-old Jacob was removed from his home based on allegations of sexual abuse. He soon developed behavioral problems that forced his foster parents to separate him from his sisters. Jacob was sent to a Residential Treatment Center (RTC) and declared unadoptable.

Then, he was assigned a volunteer Advocate named Mary Ann, who refused to accept that Jacob was “unadoptable.”

Mary Ann was the one constant in Jacob's life amidst 11 different foster homes and three hospital stays. She worked tirelessly to get Jacob out of the RTC; she personally selected a loving foster home for Jacob and she was with him when he met his new foster parents.

Those foster parents eventually adopted Jacob, and Mary Ann helped them contact his sisters’ adoptive parents to reconnect Jacob with his siblings. Jacob now has a happy home and a bright future. He no longer needs a volunteer Advocate – but he and Mary Ann remain good friends.

Jacob's story is true, and there are hundreds of children like him. Become a volunteer Advocate and change a child’s life today.