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Don't let "not for profit" status fool you
I talked with several agencies in our area Unfortuantely, the one working with our bmom was very biased - racially, culturally, socioeconomically, you name it...and is situated in one of the most affluent communities in MA and their clientele is almost exclusively the six figure white traditional family crowd looking for the "blonde haired, blue eyed" baby (preferrably with an impresssive bloodline) sorry, I digress...
Anyway, I don't know much about NFP status in the adoption community but I do know about health care and it's quite tricky and lots of the same !@#$ that goes on in big business goes on in the NFP arena. DH and I decided to make a donation this year to an adoption agency, our money did NOT go to any of the agencies we dealt with on Addy's adoption (lots of reasons I won't spell out) We specifically looked for an agency that worked with ALL KINDS of families, worked hard to place special needs kids, went the extra mile for birthmoms, did extra stuff in the community etc. These agencies are out there but unfortunately they are few and far between, they don't have big advertising budgets (thus my original point) so unfortunately, they may not reach as many birthmothers or even potential adoptive families who may not be looking for the perfect "blonde haired blue eyed baby"
Take home message: Non profit status does not necessarily go hand and hand with ethics and virtue.
stepping down off my soapbox now...
Martha
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