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It was an agency-actually, several. We live in New York and already hold a NYS certification for providing care for the elderly. Our state laws prohibit us from being foster/adoptive parents because we can't be dually certified and because of the nature of our work-they can't guarantee the safety of the home because elderly folks are coming in and leaving, so each resident that came would have to have background checks, etc. So we could possibly pursue a domestic adoption IF we can get certified. I haven't gotten all of my questions answered by the local Social Services department, they referred us to private adoption agencies, so I don't know if we could adopt across state lines or not. We did get some good news today, though, that in spite of everything, we might be able to adopt from Viet Nam.
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