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The agencies around where I live tend to charge the same fees for adoption. However we chose our agency based on a few things: we know people who had adopted through them, we know people who are adopted through them, we liked that the fees were "all-inclusive" (covered everything whether or not you needed them, but you also didn't lose money for failed placements), and we could see where our money was going (they advertise, provide tons of classes and can hook you up with specialists for questions about certain health conditions/medical risks, etc., and give lots of counseling to birthparents. Also, they have a fully-staffed nursery on-site to provide care for a baby until a birthmom makes her decision whether or not to parent instead of the child going into temporary foster care). Yes, we paid more fees, and, yes, we would have loved to have spent less, but we had our piece of mind over how our fees were being used.
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