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There's a woman in my local adoption group that recently adopted from Guatemala. With the changing laws, her child was the last that her DD's foster family would be able to foster since funding for foster families has stopped. The foster family was very loving, but cannot afford to feed a child with no additional funding. I understand that corruption must be stopped, but they had already done multiple DNA tests (baby must be tested at several different ages to ensure it's still the same baby and birthmom and no switching has occured). Also, as I understood it, the corruption was not within the foster system segment of adoptions. Maybe something that could have been stopped while keeping foster based adoptions open? Instead, with pressure from US, they halted the entire program. Does Guatemala have the resources to handle an adoption overhaul of this magnitude? Where will the babies go that are unable to be fed by their birth families? As in my friend's case, her DD's birthmom could truly feed no more children, and no US welfare system to apply for. As I understood it, there are no orphanages standing by waiting to accept babies, and since the foster system has been completely shut down I worry about what will happen to the children.
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