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If your state allows private agencies to do foster care, I would contact some of these agencies. I went through a private agency and the 24 assistance, the extra support I got from them I found to invaluable.
Also beware when bringing an older child in your home because for some insane reason DCF sometimes doesn't reveal all the issues the older child has. I say its insane because if you tell them you're interested in an older child obviously you've done your research and talked to other families who have adopted or fostered older children, yet I believe DCF fears you might not foster or adopt if you knew the full truth so they withhold facts.
I will give DCF the benefit of the doubt and say that sometimes they don't know all the issues an older child has because the child has not revealed it to anyone.
Talk to as many people as you can, read as much as you can about adopting older children.
Definitely visit the foster care boards. They are great on this site.
Best of luck!
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