Recently adopted by their cottage foster parents, the Stantons, these twins just graduated kindergarten and were honored as Place of Hope's Elementary Honors by Place of Hope's Lily Bean Fund!
Before coming into care with the Stantons at Place of Hope in January 2021, the four-year-old brother and sister twin set lived in a shelter for 18 months. They also were placed in several non-relative homes. They came into foster care due to substance misuse and environmental hazardous conditions by their biological parents.
The Stantons recall that when the four-year-old sibling set came into their cottage on our Palm Beach Gardens Paxson Neighborhood Foster Care campus, they were not potty trained, needed speech therapy, and had behavioral and academic challenges. After some time, their case plan, determined by the state, dictated that the twins would return to non-relative care.
The twins had an older sibling who rallied for the Stanton's to consider adopting the twins so they could have safe, loving, and forever home. Right before Christmas in 2022, the twins were placed back into the home of the Stantons and they began working the case plan for adoption.
After nearly five months, the twins officially became "Stantons!" They were overjoyed to be adopted by their "Momma and Poppa" and know they have a very extended family through Place of Hope!
