AUSTIN, Texas — Every week on KVUE, we feature a different child in the Texas foster care system, in hopes of helping them get adopted by a forever family.
Joseph is a 5-year-old boy in Texas foster care who has a smile constantly glued to his face. He is friendly, energetic and loves to explore and engage in interactive games and play.
KVUE’s Hannah Rucker met Joseph at The Therapy Xploriment on Fitzhugh Road in southwest Austin for a morning of fun in a multi-sensory play-based gym.
Joseph loved playing in the sand, and he likes to repeat different words people say to him. He loves if you can make him laugh and play back and forth with him.
His caseworker said he enjoys playing with other children, animals and going outside to get some fresh air. He loves Mickey Mouse and his favorite food is French fries, but he also eats his veggies.
His caseworker said at his foster home, he enjoys helping to take care of the other children and even helping clean.
To learn more about Joseph or to put in an inquiry to adopt him, visit his page on the Heart Gallery of Central Texas.
KVUE launched the Forever Families segment with Partnerships for Children (PFC) in June 2020 to highlight children in the Heart Gallery of Central Texas who need secure and permanent families. Every day, there are nearly 1,000 children waiting to get adopted in Central Texas, according to PFC.
PHOTOS | Forever Families: Meet Joseph
Editor’s note: The children who are in the Heart Gallery program and featured in KVUE’s Forever Families segments are children who have had every effort made on their behalf to connect them with family or others in their community to provide options for permanent, adoptive homes. Through no fault of their own, that hasn’t happened yet, and so in partnership with the Department of Family and Protective Services, we collaborate to bring awareness to KVUE viewers about these children in the hopes of finding them permanency before they age out.