When Adam was assigned a Wendy’s Wonderful Kids® (WWK) recruiter from the Lund Family Center, she realized that Adam was not connected to anyone.
Fueled with a sense of urgency, his recruiter used the Connect Our Kids technology platform to search for family and community connections for Adam and created a“big beautiful map” of support for him. As a former Department of Children and Families (DCF) caseworker, she was impressed with its organization of logging contacts and documents and found it easier to identify potential contacts than with previous manual paper files.
The recruiter identified 41 potential contacts for Adam and began outreach efforts.
Adam has been excited to piece together his family history and his place in it. He has received photos, letters, gifts, phone calls and in-person visits from family members. After learning about his need for connection and permanency, some family members have requested caring for him permanently.
“He’s our family and we want to be there for him. We want to get to know him.”
After feeling alone for so long, Adam has felt a bit overwhelmed but is working with a therapist and is beginning to turn his life around. He is grateful to be reunited with his family and cannot stop smiling!
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*Names have been changed to protect privacy.
