The purpose of the information provided below is to briefly introduce you to the children for whom our agency is recruiting an adoptive placement.

Verge stands around 5’5 feet tall and has dark brown skin. He likes to wear his hair in short twisted hair locks and keeps it above his shoulders. Verge is a sweet kid who is funny and likes to make jokes. Verge has stated that he “wants to go to truck driving school like his dad when he gets old enough.”

In school, Verge gets average grades and his teachers state that Verge is a smart kid. Verge plans on trying out for the basketball team next year.

Verge has five siblings. He has three sisters and two brothers. None of his siblings are placed in care and some of them live on their own. Verge would like to maintain contact with them and also his grandmother.

Verge is a healthy teenage boy.

Parental rights have not been terminated yet.

Profile entered January 26, 2012.

For more information, please contact:

Lori Jester, Adoption Specialist
615 E. 13th Street
Kansas City, MO 64106
816-889-2591
816-889-3150 Fax
Lori.B.Jester@dss.mo.gov