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3 to 11. You can bet you'll end up with the high end. They won't waste your willingness on a toddler when there are so many who will only consider those.
By only being able to stay in-state you are fishing from a much smaller pool. The age of your kids is certainly a hurdle. My experience is that many social workers won't even consider placing an older kid when a younger one is present, regardless of the kid's histories and profiles. Tolerance for this also seems to vary from state to state. The don't tend to pay nearly as much attention to this principle when making foster placements.
We successfully adopted kids older than our others but they ended up crossing state lines. The referral only took about a month.
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