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if facilitators are allowed in your state (not all states allow them), they can be a good option. we used an agency for our homestudy and postplacement visits, and a facilitator to handle the match. we loved our facilitator who gave us a personal touch to our adoption, holding our hand during the process, coordinating paperwork, staying in contact with bmom (and her agency), etc. We picked a reputable facilitator who was a non profit and had a sliding fee scale. we were at the top of the scale, and paid under $5000. they have since changed things so we'd now pay $3800. she was/is definitely worth the extra money since the process can be so alienating.
I should add here that we waited 4.5 weeks from end of homestudy to dd's birth, due mostly to the facilitator. our agency didn't reach out to bmoms, but waited for them to come to the agency-so there were few bmoms coming forward. they predicted at 6months-1 year timeframe, the facilitator said 4 -6 months. I'll pm their info to you.
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-first time amom to dd, born 7/7/04
-placed in our arms by a very loving bmom 7/9/04
-bfather's rights terminated 9/7/04
-just connected with bdad!!! 2/9/05
-visited bfamilies for a week, awesome trip 6/05
-bfather signed legally binding open adoption
agreement 7/05
-finalized (woohoo!) 18th of November 2005
-Thinking about adoption #2!
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Last edited by FH-LisaCA : 04-13-2005 at 09:34 AM.
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