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Even though I am located in MD, I found my daughter on the SWAN web site. They wanted to place her out of state for safety reasons.
It is true that there is a shortage of parents for hard to place children. They are usually older, have mental disabilties, behavior problems, emotional disorders, physical handicaps. These children need parents. On the other hand, there is much competition for younger, less disturbed children.
My daughter's worker said she received hundreds of calls the first week her picture was on SWAN. Many families chose not to send in their homestudies after finding out her issues. But they received 75 homestudies. We were the chosen family. So it does happen.
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