When nine-year-old Jordan got a chance to speak to the people of Oklahoma, he did not waste one second. His interview, which was broadcasted to thousands of people across the state from the local television station, included a plea to all potential parents that he did not want his brother to be adopted without him.
Jordan begged in front of the television camera for someone to adopt him because he has been struggling to cope with the state’s poor foster care system and does not want to grow up without a family.
Since he was a three-year-old boy six years ago, Jordan has been stuck in Oklahoma’s foster care system. For most of his life, Jordan has been in and out of homes across the state as his caseworkers try to get him to be with the best family possible given the challenges. Read the full story here ▶
