AUSTIN, Texas — Every week on KVUE, we feature a different child in the Texas foster care system, in hopes of helping them get adopted by a forever family.
Julio is 14 years old and in the eighth grade. He deeply enjoys a game of basketball.
"Steph Curry is my favorite player. I just love him," Julio said.
Julio and KVUE's Hannah Rucker met up for a morning of shooting hoops at a basketball court in Central Austin. He was eager to show some of his new moves and how quick he is on his feet.
"I don't always have people to play basketball with," Julio said. "A lot of the other kids around me like soccer and other sports."
Julio said he is ready to be adopted and find a good family that will be his forever family. He would love for his future family to help him try out for his school's basketball team.
"Just a family that likes me and loves me, so I have some support and people to help me get there," Julio said. "So I also have memories, and people to help me."
Julio loves tacos and tamales, action and comedy movies, and his favorite color is black. He does have siblings who live in different places right now, and he would love to try to build relationships with them going forward.
To learn more about Julio or to put in an inquiry to adopt him, visit his page on the Heart Gallery of Central Texas.
KVUE launched the Forever Families segment with Partnerships for Children (PFC) in June 2020 to highlight children in the Heart Gallery of Central Texas who need secure and permanent families. Every day, there are nearly 1,000 children waiting to get adopted in Central Texas, according to PFC.
Editor's note: The children who are in the Heart Gallery program and featured in KVUE's Forever Families segments are children who have had every effort made on their behalf to connect them with family or others in their community to provide options for permanent, adoptive homes. Through no fault of their own, that hasn’t happened yet, and so in partnership with the Department of Family and Protective Services, we collaborate to bring awareness to KVUE viewers about these children in the hopes of finding them permanency before they age out.