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In my state, the state public agencies (it's state here as well, not county by county, though there are workers in each county) handle most if not all of the Level 1 cases and some of the Level II cases. Some Level II and all Level III cases are subcontracted to private agencies (i know of two but i believe there are more). The private agencies run group homes and also recruit foster parents to foster their kids who aren't in need of institutionalization any longer.
Since i'm not an experienced parent much less foster parent, i'd prefer to handle Level I cases. Of course, some kids new to care may be elevated and i may still foster them if they were in my care from the beginning, but that's my perfect world.
i believe there are states where there are foster/adopt infants available through private agencies, but that's not the case here to my knowledge. It's generally the medically fragile or those with high behavioral or developmental issues.
i reserve the right to switch to a private agency lol, once i know what i've gotten myself into.
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