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Hi! I just wanted to say that we started the process to adopt a child w/ the state and with a private agency at the same time, because we couldn't decide what we were meant to do.
It was not easy to work with our state agency. We said we'd consider sibling groups and children under 5. Our private agency did only newborn adoptions.
We adopted through the agency a healthy newborn 8 months after being approved. The cost was close to your desired amount (BEFORE the tax credit).
Aside from receiving weekly letters and invites to seminars needed to keep us approved as foster parents so we could adopt, we never heard from the state about any prospective children.
Feel free to PM me if you have more specific questions.
Definitely check out both options!
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QUOTE: "Just like a woman who gives birth forgets the pain due to the overwhelming joy when she holds the baby, an adoptive mom also experiences that same joy when she holds her child for the first time." - Kat-L, forum member
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