[Harambe2]

Hello all,

I wanted to tell you about a problem I ran into the other day. I am a foster parent trying to start the process of African-American infant adoption. Yesterday I started calling agencies to find the right fit for me. With the first call I made I learned that if I wanted to adopt from a private agency I'd have to give up my state foster license. I currently have a foster child living with me and I care much too deeply for her to simply quit and send her on her way. This is her home too for as long as she needs it. Besides I really like foster parenting and I don't want to give it up. Anyway, to make a long story short, my day of agency shopping turned into a day of agency begging. I called every illinois agency I found on the net and all I got was one "maybe". Finally, in desperation, I pulled out a local phone book. There I found the one agency who had worked with people in my situation before and had no problem working with me with my state license. They also turned out to be the closest and least expensive. I'll be attending the next informational meeting.