Pauline, born in 1994, has beautiful brown eyes, a pretty smile, an engaging personality and is full of energy. She enjoys camping, riding her bike, swimming and making crafts.

Pauline has been in the custody of the Department of Health and Human Services since the fall of 2000 and has won the heart of everyone she has worked with since she has been in care. Pauline attaches to others easily and shows affection readily to her foster parents and staff she has worked with. She responds well to empathy and emotional support.

Pauline does well with one-on-one attention. She enjoys attending school and although she is working below grade level, she is improving daily. Pauline receives extra help with her reading and writing skills at school. She engages easily in conversation and works hard to get beyond frustrating challenges.

Pauline would do best in a two-parent family that would be open to her having contact with her two younger sisters. She would benefit most from a family where she would be the youngest child because she was responsible for her younger siblings in her birth home. Pauline needs a family to provide her with supervision, emotional support and patience.

An adoption subsidy may be available to the most appropriate family. Pauline is one of 150 children in Maine Department of Health and Human Services care who are seeking an adoptive family. Based in Gardiner, A Family for ME is a nonprofit program that works in collaboration with Maine DHHS to find foster and adoptive families for Maine children in care.

For information about Pauline or other children available for adoption, contact A Family for ME toll free at 877-505-0545 or visit www.AFamilyForMe.org and see photographs of children awaiting a “forever family.”