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Originally Posted by Wittesea
The one thing that we have considered very seriously, is foster care. In my state there is an agency that works only with older children (above 10) who need long-term homes (until they turn 18 and age out of the system). These kids have birth parents who will never get custody again, but for various reasons the children are not able to be adopted. We are very interested in this group because they are older, because they need long-term placement, and mostly because these kids need so much love.
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I might be speaking about the same thing you are but....
Have you checked with your state social services, they also have children for adoption and in most cases these are the babies/children where the bio-parents have already had their parental rights terminated - they are usually already in foster care....we have a nieghbor who is a foster parent but has legally adopted MANY of her foster children.
Be sure you are ready for this - many of these children have mental health issues as well as health issues and learning difficulties. If that is not a problem for you then thats wonderful.
Also you could check with orphanages, these are usually Catholic (?) run - many of those children are also adoptable.