[ddhuab]

I have spent most of my adult life working at colleges and universities, and since for many years I was a receptionist/secretary, I have found that regular people in the community often call colleges for help that they are willing to pay for, simply because they don't know where to start.

You might try giving business cards and/or a flyer to language departments at Universities, community colleges, and high schools, as well as to day cares or elementary schools where Spanish is taught.

As a person whose specialty is English/writing, I can tell you that working within an institution is often restrictive about services you can/cannot perform while in that environment, AND full-time specialist are also BOMBARDED with people asking them for help... so it is nice to have some extra names/numbers on hand to give to strangers.

This would provide you with clients other than adoptive parents, but if you are looking for a chance to fund your adoption, I think this might be a good place to start.

I would think agencies would be a perfect contact medium, but I know some agencies offer their own translation services AND some agencies discourage direct contact between the p-adoptive parents foster families/attorneys, so you may have to think outside the box.

Good luck,
D.