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We have adopted special needs chidlren twice thru a private agency. There are private agencies that are licesened by the state to place these chidlren. It means that you can have the best of both worlds. You get access to the chidlren in the public system but you ge tthe personal attention of a private agency. The one down side is that sometimne with these kinds of gencies you have to pay for the homestudy up front and have the cost reimbursed after finalization.
We had far fewer hassles compared to others I know who adopted special needs chidlren and in the end we still did the adoptions at no cost after we got our reimbursment check. I found these agecies by calling the state department of children and family services or whatever it is called in your state and request a list of agencies lisenced by you state to place waiting children and to do foster-adopt. Than call everyone on the list and see if they will work with you.
Good luck
lisa
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