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Information about policies, procedures, and practices involved in adopting and fostering through the foster care (child welfare) system in the US.

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Adopting a Waiting Child Step-by-Step

The steps to adopting a waiting child in the U.S. foster care system are similar to those in private agency and independent adoption, with some important differences. Here's what you need to know.

• Step 1 - Educate yourself about adoption
• Step 2 - Examine your capabilities
• Step 3 - Learn about adoption expenses
• Step 4 - Select an Adoption Agency
• Step 5 - Complete an application
• Step 6 - The homestudy
• Step 7 - Take classes
• Step 8 - Locating a Child
• Step 9 - Matching
• Step 10 - Prepare to Welcome Your Child
• Step 11 - Placement
• Step 12 - File a Petition to Adopt
• more

Photolistings

Photolistings and profiles of children waiting in the U.S. foster care system and around the world. Includes procedures, practices, policies, and how-tos.

• How to Find and Use Waiting Child Photolistings
• Waiting Child Information Providers
• State - County - City Photolistings
• Multi-State Photolistings and Profiles of Waiting Children in the U.S. Foster Care System

Special Needs Considerations

Many of the children in the foster care system have heightened needs that may fall in the category of "special needs." Learn about various challenges and adoption assistance (subsidies) that may be available.

Adopting Across State Lines

When adopting a child from the US foster care system who is located in another state, the legal provisions of two Interstate Compacts will regulate both the child's move from one state to another as well as the payment of adoption assistance or subsidies

Waiting Child Adoptions
Excellent general information on pre-placement, counseling, medical issues, and subsidies, from the National Endowment for Financial Education.

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