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Foster to adopt help

Hi, I am curious about fostering to adopt. I know the primary goal is reunification, and it feels disingenuous to start fostering with the sole goal of adoption. But is…
- Posted by SarahKarah to New to Adoption on Sep 18, 2016 at 1:33am | 9 Comments | Post a reply
When to begin fundraising?

For those who did international adoption when did you begin fundraising? Was it after home study? after dossier? after referral? I just don’t know when we are supposed to take…
- Posted by tlhrebicik to New to Adoption on Sep 16, 2016 at 10:38pm | 6 Comments | Post a reply
Private vs public/county agency for older kid adoption

We have decided we would like to adopt directly rather than Foster to adopt. We have a seven year old girl and would like a child younger than her but…
- Posted by MsRuby to New to Adoption on Sep 01, 2016 at 1:07am | 4 Comments | Post a reply
renaming an adopted child

We are in the early stages of trying to adopt from China.We are wanting to adopt a girl 1 to 5 yrs. old.I know the importance of knowing your heritage…
- Posted by tlhrebicik to New to Adoption on Aug 30, 2016 at 11:37pm | 2 Comments | Post a reply
Identifying an international country that will allow us to adopt.

My husband and I are only 2 months into the idea of adoption. We are an older couple (43 and 48 at the end of the month). We have 3…
- Posted by tlhrebicik to New to Adoption on Aug 04, 2016 at 11:37am | 3 Comments | Post a reply
Tips for Funding your Need to Adopt

Here are some tips for funding your need to adopt a baby. keep reading this article to find out how to help fund your adoption! Read to learn more. http://bit.ly/2aABily
- Posted by Adopthelp to New to Adoption on Jul 28, 2016 at 2:28pm | 7 Comments | Post a reply
USCIS I800A - Background Check

Good afternoon! I am new to the adoption process and I have a few questions about the background check that is required for international adoptions. What are they checking for? …
- Posted by MyAngels0727 to New to Adoption on Jul 15, 2016 at 6:10pm | 6 Comments | Post a reply
Call for adoptive families seeking funding

I’m co-founding a new crowd-funding site called Future Family Funding that will be dedicated to people who are seeking creative ways to pay for their family-building dreams. (We want to…
- Posted by FutureFamilyFunding to New to Adoption on Jun 20, 2016 at 10:12pm | 0 Comments | Post a reply

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