FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ohio — There's no place like home, but not every child has that luxury. 

What You Need To Know

• For National Adoption Day, Trevontae Myers is one of 7 foster care children in Franklin County getting adopted


• Myers has been in 6 different foster care homes over the last decade and said he never imagined this day would come


• Franklin County Children Services has 85 foster care children in agency custody still waiting on a home

More than 16,000 children are part of Ohio’s foster care system, but this November, many of them are finding their forever homes.

National Adoption Day is being celebrated across the state this month.

Trevontae Myers is 17 years old but always felt something was missing. 

"I'll be honest, there's a point in time where I'm like, well, I'm gonna end up not having a family," he said. 

Myers said he never knew his parents, so his grandma took him under her wing. When she passed, he had nowhere to go but the foster care system.

"I've probably been in six different foster homes,” Myers said. 

Then reality set in.

“Because of, A, my age and, B, because of me being that transgender youth, it was hard to find a connection family,” he said. 

All that was about to change when Shannon Jenkins came into the picture. 

"At the group home I work in, he became a resident when he was about 15,” said Jenkins. 

Jenkins works with teens with at-risk behaviors because of trauma, and after meeting Myers, they formed a special bond.  

“I’m adopted, so I know what it’s like to always feel like something's missing,” she said. 

A connection that would later lead Shannon to adopt Myer's adoption. 

“It wasn't even a thought,” Shannon said. “They thought he was ready to leave the program, and I said ' I'll take him. He's mine'." 

And after five months, Myers officially became part of the family.  

With the adoption finalized at the Franklin County Courthouse, Trevontae couldn't be any happier. 

"I am very excited because it's like the way I think of it is these people didn't really know me was like all agreed to take me in just because of who I am and my personality and all the above, which really just warms my heart," he said. "She was the one that basically rescued me." 

That's everything a kid like Myers could ever ask for.

Right now, Franklin County Children Services has more than 250 children in agency custody. Fortunately, more than half of those children are in the adoption process, but 85 are still waiting on a home.

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