The movie is about a late teen, early 20's guy who gets community service and serves it by being a janitor at a orphanage. While working he befriends a little boy and decides to take him (kidnaps, kind of) to family that he has in texas. It might be an independent film, shot around 2006 or earlier. your help would be greatly appreciated.

Is this it?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0471009/

Just Like the Son (2006)

"A petty thief's mentoring of an apparent orphan takes a profound turn when he kidnaps the boy from a foster home and drives him cross-country to his sister's house in Texas."

yes it is, thanks